Democratic messenger., 1893-06-24

q thousand million other spirits doing the
same thing. and all the assortment 10 be
made within IN" day
You say -. hundred and fifty men 20
into plac. Of evening entertainment and
leave their hats and oycrcoats i'll the hall,
when they come back it is almost mpossi-
BILE for them Ia get the right ones. or to get
them without n great deal Of perplexity.
and yet you tell me that myriads Of spirits
i'm the last day will come and find myriads
of bodies
Have you any more questions to ask,
any more difficulties to suggest, any more
mystcricss Bring them on, Against a
whole regiment Of skcptcsm will march
these two champions: Marvel not at this,
for the hour i coming when all who are in
their graves shall come FORTH The Lord
shall descend from heaven with shout,
and the voice of the archangel. and the
trump Of God. and the dead in Christ shall
rise first You see stick TO these two
passages. Who art thou. q fool. that
thou rcplc~t against Gods Hath he prom
iscd. and shall lie not do it, Hath he com
manlc,i. and shall he not bring it 10 passs
Have You not confidence in his omnipo-
tcnces II he coiiid in the first place build
my body. after it is torn down can he not
build it again.
oh you say. II would believe that il
you would explain it, | am not disposed
to he skcptical. but explain how it can he
dome" My brother. YOU believe a great
many things yoii cannot explain. You be-
lievc your mind acts on your body. Ex-
plain the process. This seed planted comes
up "A blue flower Another seed planted
comes up yellow flower. Another seed
planted comes up a white flower. Why:
Why that wart on your finger. Tell me why
some cows have horns and other cows have
no horns WHY, when two obstacles strike
each other in the air. do you hear the per
cussion. What is the subtle energy
that diSsolvc> solid in cruciblc:
What makes the no; ches on an oak leaf diff
frrcnt from any other kind of leaf, What
makes the orange blossom different from
that Of the rose How can the almight-
ness which rides on the circle of he heaven
find room to turn its chariot II hello
tropes Explain these. Can you not do it
Then will not explain the resurrection
You explain one-haf of the common mys-
tcrits of everyday life. and | will explain
all the mysteries of the resurrection. You
cannot answer me very plain questions in
regard To ordinary affairs. | am not
ashamed to say that cannot explain God
and the Judgment and the resurrection |
simply accept them aS facts. tremendous
and infinite.
SILENCE or THE TOME.
Before the resurrection takes place. cv-
erythin. will bc silent. The mausolcums
and the labyrinthS silent. The gr;lvcyar,ls
silent. the cemetery silent. save from the
claShing of hoofS and the grinding of
wheels ~ the last funeral procession comes
in. M breath Of air disturbing the dust
where pcrScpoiS stood. and Thcbcs, and
Babylon. \o winkin,s Of the cyelids long
closed in darkness No stirring Of the feet
that once bounded the hillside M open
ing of the hand that once pluckc,l The flow
er out uf the edge of the wildwood
No clutching of swords 10y the men
who went down when Persia bat
tied and Rome fell. Silence from ocean
beach To mountain clitf and from river to
river. The sea singing the same old tune.
/ II e lakes hu>hcd To sleep in the bosom of
the same great hills. No hand disturbing
the gate of the long barred scpulcher. All
the nations of the dead motionless in their
winding sheets. Up the side of the hills,
down through the trough of the valleys, far
out in the cayerns. across the fields, deep
down into the coral palaces of the ocean
depths where lcviathan sports with his fcl-
above height. depth below d.pth-,lead!
dead. dead, But in the twinkling of an eye
n quick a> that, n the archangcl : trumpet
comes pcalng. rolling, rcverbcrating, crash
ing across continents and seas the earth
will give on. fearful shudder. and the
door of the family vault, without
! being unlocked, will burst open, and
all the graves Of the dead will begin to
i throb and hcave like the waves of the sea
and the ma,ISolcum of princes will fall into
the dust. and Ostcnd and Sebastopol and
Au>tcrltz and gettysburg stalk forth in
the lurl air, and the shipwrccked rise
from the deep, their wet locks looming
above the billow, and all the land and all
the sea iecomc one moving mass Of life
all generations, all ages with upturncd
countet;.nccs kindlcd with rapture
and other, blanched with despair, but gaz-
ing in one direction upon one object. and
that the throne of resurrection,
On that day you will get back your Chris
tain dead There is where the comfort
/ comes in. They will come up with the same
hand, the same foot. and the same entire
body, but with n perfect hand. and per-
feet foot. and "A perfect b"iy-corruption
having become interruption. mortality hav-
/ ing become Immortality. And oh. the re-
union. oh. the embrace after 50 long an alb
sencc, Comfort one another with these
words.
! While present these houghis this morn
/ ing does it not seem that heaven colaes
very near To u~. as though our friends.
whom we Thought great May of. ara not
4 in the distance but clo>c b;s iul have
sometimes come down IL river at ai,ht-
/ fall AMI you have been surprised how easily
i YOU could hear voices aCgusS that river
1 Iun shouted over I" the o;h her side of the
/ river and they shouted back. IL i said
that when George Whiiciicld preached in
! Third street. Philadelphia. one evening
/ time hi. voice was heard clear across to the
+ New Jersey shore
When was Il little while chaplain in the
army, remember how III cvcnii,!c we could
easily hear the voices uf the pickct> acros~
/ the Potomac just when they were using
I ordinary tones. And ~ we come today and
T stand by the river of Jordan that divides
,is from our friends who ;,r ..M,r il seems
/ to me we stand on one irl;.h and hey stand
on the ether aud il i o,.ly narrow
\ stream and our Nuicc- go and their voice,
come lIark. Hush. hear distinctly what
/ they say. These are hey Who c.imr out OF
| great iribulatipn and i,ad their robes
washed and m.i,i.. ws,itc il The blood Of
| the Lamb" Still the roicc comes acro~s
i the water and | hear. Ne hunger no
more: we thirst no more: neither shall the
sun light on Ils. nor any hrat. for the Lamb
which i in the midst ef til throne l.:i.l> Ils
tc living fountains ut water, anil t;od
/ wip,ih away all tears from nGr eyes.
How Young i:ciwo"i> Grow.
/ One element that favor> preservation Of
r.lyood forest IL tin, fact tia; ih,. t.,lttiu.