Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-04-14

in the valleys AMI far out into the sea.
Silence.
But IN moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, as the archanyels trumpet comes peal
Ing, rolling, crashing across mountain and
ocean, the earth will give one terrific shud-
der. and the graves OF the dead will heavs
IKE th9 waves OF the sea, and Ostend and
Sebastopol aud Chalons will stalk forth in
the lurid air, AMI the drowned will come up
and wiring out their wet locks above the bif.
low, and all the lanl ani all the sen become
one moving mass OF life-al faces, all ages,
all conditions, gazing in one direction and
upon one throne-the throne Of resurrection.
All who are in their graves shall come
FORTH
But" you say, "if this doctrine Of the
resurrection is true as prefgured by this
Easter morning. Christ, the first fruits of
them that slept Christ rising promise and
a prophecy Of the rising of all His people,
can you tell US something about the resur-
rected bodyP can. There are mysteries
about that, but | shall tell you three or four
Things in regard to the resurrected body
that are beyond guessing and beyond mis-
take.
In the first place, 1 remark, in regard to
your resarrected body it will be q glorious
body. The body we have now is a mere
skeleton OF what it would have been II sin
hai not marred and defaced it. Take the
most exquisite statue that was ever made by
an artist and chip 1t here and chip 1t there
with a chisel and batter and bruise 1t here
and there and then stand 1t out in the storms
of a hundred years, and the beauty would
be gone
Well, the human bo " has been ohipped
and battered and bruised and damaged with
the storms of thousands OF years-the phys.
zeal defects OF other generations coming
down from generation to generation, We In
heriting the inielicities Of past generations,
but i'll the morning of the resurrection the
body will be adorned and beautified accord
ing 10 the original model. And there Ii no
such difference between a gymnast and An
emaciated wretch in a laZaretto as there will
be a difference between our bodies as they
are now and our resurrected forms.
There you will see the perfect eye after
the waters Of death have washed out the
stains of tears and study. There you viii
see the perfect hand after the knots of toll
have been united from the knuckles. There
you Will see the form erect and elastic after
the burdens have gone Off the shoulder-the
very life of God in the body.
In this world the most impressive thing.
the most expressive thing, is the human
face, but that face is veied with the gr-iefs
OF thousand years, but in the resurrection
morn that veil will be taken away from the
lace, and the MONDAY sun is dull and dim
and stupid compared with the outfaming
g!or1es OF the countenances OF the saved.
W hen those faces Of the righteous those re-
surrected faces, turn toward the gate or
look up toward the throne it will be like
the dawning OF a new morning on the bosom
OF everlasting day On, glorious resur.
rectei bodyl
But remark also, in regard to that body
~hlch you are to get in the resurrection, 10
"a ~ 1TNnn fal hz.t.
wasting away. Somebody has said as soon
as we begin to lve we begin to die. Unless
we keep putting the fuel into the furnace
the furnace dies out. The blood vessels are
canals taking the breadstutfs to jail parts 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 un-
DER the tenement or to push US Off the en-
bankment OF 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.
ralElc twlnse, no rheumatic pang, no fut-
terlnE OF the heart, no shortness OF
breath. no ambulance, no dispansary, no
hospital, no invalid's chair, no spectacles to
improve the dim vision, but health, i'm
mortal health Oh ye who have aches and
pains indescribable this morning-Oh ye
who ara never well-Oh We who are lacerated
the resurrected body. free from all disease.
immortal! Immortal!
VIII go further and say, in regard to that
body which you are TO get in the resurreo-
ton, 1t will be powerful body. We walk
now eight or ten miles, anu we are fatigusd;
we lift a few hundred pounds, and we are ex-
hausted: unarfned, we meet a wild beast
and we must run or fly or climb or dodge.
because we are Incompetent to meet it; we
toll eight ten lDuIa yinproualv and than
we are weary, but in the resurrection we are
to have body that never gets tired. Is IL
not glorious thought?
Plenty of occupation in heaven. | suppose
Broadway, New York, In the busiest season
of the year at MONDAY is not so busy as
heaven is all the time Grand projects Of
mercy for other worlds. Victories to be
celebrated. The downfall of despotsms on
earth to be announced. Great songs to be
learned and sung. Great expeditions on
which God shall send forth His children.
! Plenty TO do, but no fatigue IL you are
seated under the trees of life it will not be
to rest, but to talk over with some old COM
rade old times-the battles where you fought
| shoulder to shoulder.
| Sometimes in this world we feel we would
| like to have such body as that. There is
SO much work to be done for Christ, there
are 50 many tears to be wiped away, there
are so many burdens to lift, there Is so much
! to be achieved for Christ, we sometimes wish
that from the first of January to the last of
December we could toll on without stopping
to sleep. or take any recreation, or to rest,
or even to take tood-that we could toll
right ON without stopping moment In our
work of commenting Christ and heaven to
all the people. But We all get tired.
1t is characteristic OF the human body
in this condition. We must get tired. Is
1t not glorious thought that after a while
we going to have q body that will never
get wearyi oh, glorious resurrection day.
Gladly will fling aside this poor body Of
sin and fling it into the tomb, IL at Thy bid
ding shall have body that never wearies
That was d splendid resurrection hymn that
was sung at my fathers burial.
So Jesus slept Gods dying Sons
Passed through the grave and blessed the bed.
Rest here, be.t saint, I'LL from His throne
The morning breaks TO pierce the shade.
o blessed resurrectioni Speak out, sweet
flowers, beautiful flowers, while you tell OF
risen Christ and tell Of the righteous who
shall rise May God fill you this morning
with anticipation
heari OF father and son who among
others were shipwrecked atsea. The father
and the son climbed into the rigging. The
father held on, but the son after a while lost
his hold in the rigging and was dashed down
Tue father supposed he had gone hopelessly
under the wave. The next day the fathel
was brought ashore from the rigging in al
exhausted state and laid in bed In a fisher
mans hut, and after many hours had passet
he came to consciousness and saw lying be
side him on the same bed his boy.
Oh, my friends, what a glorious thing II
will be when we wake up at last to find oul
loved ones beside us. Coming up from tn
same plot in the graveyard, coming mp Il
the same morning light-the father and soI
alive forever, all the loved ones alive for
ever, nevermore to weep nevermore b
part nevermore to die.
May the God of peace that brought agail
from the dead our Lord Jesus that gres
shepherd of the sheep, through the blood Q
the everlasting covenant make you perfsc
In every good work, to do His will and Ia
this brilliant scene OF the morning transpor
our thoughts to the grander assemblags b