Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-14

| q prophecy or the rising or all Ills people
can you tell us something about the resur-
rected bodyP' can. There are mysteries
about mat, but shall tell you thres or four
things in regard to the resurrecte1 body
that are beyond guessing and beyond mis-
take.
In the first place. [ remark, in regard to
your resurrected body, it will be a glorious
body. The body we have now is a mere
skeleton Of what it would have been if sin
| ha not marcel and deface1 it. Take the
| most exquisite s'atu. that was ever made BY
an artist and chip it hers ddt chip it there
with ch.sel and batter and bruise it her,
and there and then stand it out in the storms
of hundred years, aud the beauty would
be gone.
Well, the human body has been Clipped
and battered and bruised and damaged with
the storms Of thousands OF years the phys
ical defects Of other generations coming
down from generation to generation, we in
herlting the infelicities of past generations,
but in the morning of the resurrection the
body will be adorned and beautfied accord
ing to the original model. And there is no
such difference between a gymnast AMI an
emaciated wretch In laz lret5o as there will
be difference between our bodies as they
are now an our resurrected forms
There you will see the perfect eye after
the waters of death have washed out the
stains of tears and study. here you Will
see the perfect ban after ihs knots of Toll
have been unite from the knucles. There
you VIII see the form erect an elastic after
the burdens have gone off the shoI.der-the
very Ii e of God in the BODY.
In this world the most impressive tn ng.
the most expressive thing, is the human
face, but that face is yelled with the griefs
nf q thOticaHI ,.st
morn that veil will be taken away from the
face, AMI the noon lay sun is Gull and dim
AMI stupid compared vita the outhaminp
gIorles OF the countenances o, thu saved.
when those faces of the righteous. tn use re-
suiTected faces, turn towarI thu gate or
look up towarl the throaa, IL will be Ike
the dawnlng o. new morning on the bose. n
OF everlasting day o., glorious resur-
recte bodyl
But remark also, in regard to that BODY
wb1ch you are to get in the resurrection, it
Will be an Immortal body. These DO lies are
wasting away. Somebody has sal as soon
as we Degln TO live we begin to die. Unless
we keep putting the fue! into the Furnaces
the furnace dies out. The bloc vessels are
canals taking the brea istuffs to all part, Of
the system. We must be reconstructed hour
by hour, day by day Sickness and death
are all the time trying to get their prey uu-
der the tenement, or to push US off the en-
DanKment or the grave; but, blessed be God,
In the resurrection we will get a body i'm
mortal
No malaria in the air, no cough, no neu-
ralgic tWlnge, no rheumatic pang no hut-
terlng of the heart, no shortness of
breath. no ambulance, no dispansary, no
hospital no invalid's Chair, no syecta cles to
improve the dim vision, but health. i'm
yhA tox -.
pains indescribable this morning.. Oh We
who are never well-Oh We who are lacerated
with physical distresses, let me tell you of
the resurrected body. free from all disease.
lmmortal immortal
will go further and say, in regard to that
body which you are to get in the resurrec-
ton, 1T will be powerful body. We walk |
now eight or ten miles, an we are fatigued, |
we lift few hundred poun Is and we are ex-
nauste5l unarmej; we meet wild beast,
and we must run or fly or climb or do 1ge,
because we are incompetent to meet it: wa
toll eight or ten hours vigorously, ami then
we are weary. but in the resurrection We are
TO have body that never gets tired. Is it
not glorious thought?
Plenty OF occupation in heaven. | suppose
Broadway, New York, in the busiest season
If the year at noonlay is not so busy as
heaven is all the time Gran1 projects of
mercy for other worlds. Victories t. be
celebrated, The downfall Of despotlsms on
,arth to be announced, Great songs to be
earned and sting. Great executions on
which God shall send forth His children.
Plenty to do, but no fatigue. IL you are
Gated under the trees of life, it will not be
o rest, but to talk over with some old COM
ade old times-the battles where you fought
boulder to shoulder.
Sometimes in this worl1 we feel we would
Ike to have such a body as that There is
o much work to be done for Christ, there
re so many tears to be wiped away, there
re so many burdens to lift there is so much
D be achieved for Christ, we sometimes wish
bat from the first of January to the last of
december we could toll on without stopping
} Sleep or take any recreation, or to rest,
r even to take too1-that we c )uld toll
ght on without stopping a moment in our
'ork Of commencing Christ and heaven to
j the people. But we all get tired.
1t is characteristic OF the human boJy
this condition. We must get tired. ls
not glorious thought that after while
q are going 10 have body that will never
ct weary o., glorious resurrection day.
lady will l fling aside this poor body of
II and fling it into the tomb. if at Thy bid
ing shall have body that never wearies
hat was splendid resurrection hymn that
as sung at my fathers burial
Jesus slept. Gods dying Sons
Passed through the grave and blessed the bed.
est here, blest saint, till from His throne
The morning breaks TO pierce tae shade.
. blessed resurrection Speak out sweet
overs, beautiful flowers while you tell of
risen Christ and tell of the righteous who
all rise. May God fill you this morning
it1 anticipation
hesr OF father and son who among
hers were shipwrecked at sea. The father
Id the son climbed into the rigging. The
Their held on, but the son after a while lost
s hold in the rigging AMI was dashed down.
ne father supposed be hal gone hopelesslY
lder the wave. The next day the father
as brought asoor5 from the rigging in an
hausted state and laid in bed In fisher
ans hut and after many hours had passed
came to consciousness and saw lying be-
lie him on the same bed his boy.
Oh. my friends, what a glorious thing it
Ill be when we wake up at last to find our
we'd ones beside us. Coming up from the
me plot in the graveyard, coming up in
e same morning light-the father AMI son
i've forever, all the Lowell ones alive for
er, nevermore to weep, nevermore to
TT, nevermore to die.
May the God of peace that brought again
om the dead our Lord Jesus that great
epherd of the sheep, through the blood of
e everlasting covenant, make you perfect
every good work, to do His will and let
is brilliant scene OF the morning transport
r thoughts to the grander assemblage be-
% the throne. q
mis- august ssssmblage is nothing COM +
req with il. The one hundred AMI forty
d four thousand, and the great multitu-e
1T no man can number" some of our best
ends among them, we after awhile to /
IL the multitude. Blessed anticipation
My son anticipates the day,
Would stretch her wings and soar away
To aid the sony, The palm to bear {
And bow. The Chief Of sinners. there ,