Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-04-22


n the valleys AMI far ont into the sea
Silence.
But In a moment, in the twingling of an
eye, az the ~archangeis trumpet comes peal
in-. rolling, crashing across mountain and
ocean, the earth viii give one terrific shut
der. and the graves of the dead viii heaye
ike the waves Of the sea, and Os.eui AMI
Sebas.0pol and Chalons will stalk forth in
the lurId air, AM the drowned will come up
and wiring out their wet locks above the bill
low.. and all the land and al the sea become
one moving mass Ok life-all faces, al age,
all conditions. gazing in one direction ansi
upon one t~brone-thet throne Of rasurrfctlon.
All VINO ara IN their graves shall come
ortiz"
gut" you say, IF this doctrine Of tie
! resurrection Is true as p~refgured By this
Easter morning. Christ, the first fruits OF
them that slept Christ rising a promise and
= prophecy Of the rising OF all His people,
an you tell something about the resur-
recte1 BODY can. There are mysteries
about that, but. | shall tell you three or four
things 10 regard TO the resurrected body
thtt are beyond guessing and beyond ms
axe
IN the first place, | remark, in regard TO
vouc resurrecled body, it will be a glorious
body. The BODY we have now Is a mere
skeleton Of what it would have been if SIN
/ Ia ! not marrei and de;ace1 II. Take the
most exquisite statre that was ever made Dy
! IL ARTIST ana chip it here and chip it there
with a chisel and batter aud bruisea 1t here
and there AMI then stand 1t out in the storms
OF q hundred years, AMI the beauty would
he gone.
We'd. the human boly has been Clipped
au1 battered ani bruised and damaged with
tha storms Of thousands OF years-tte phys
cal Objects of other generations coming
own from generation to generation, We Ia
herlting the intelicitles Of past generations,
but in the morning of the resurrection the
body viii he adorned AMI baaUtlilel accord
ing to The original model. And there IS no
such difference between a gymaast and an
emac.atei wretch III a Lag irettO as there Will
be- a difference between our bodies as they
are now AMI our resurrected forms.
There YOU viii see the perfect eye after
the waters Of death have washed out the
stains OF tears aad study, There you Will
sec the perfect hand after the knots of toll
have been united from the knuckles. There
YOU viii see the form erect and elastic after
the burdens have gone off the shOulder-th3
very life of God IN the body.
In this'w world the most Impressive thing,
the most expressive thing, is the human
face, hut that face is yelled with the griefs
of a thousand years, but in the resurrection
morn that vel will be taken away from the
face, ami the MONDAY sun IS dull and dim
and stupid compared with the outlaming-
vlories Of the countenances OF the saved.
When those faces of the righteous. those-re-
>urrectet faces, turn toward the gate or
look up towari the throne, it will be Ike
the dawnInc Of a new morning on the bosom
of everlasting day Oh. glorious resur-
rectel hOdv'
bnt remark also, in regard to that body
which you are to get in the resurrection, it
viii be an Immortal body. These bodies are
wasting away. Somebody has said as soon
as we begin to live we begin to die. Unless
we keep putting the fuel into the furnace
I ~ T,r~ ~ 1i1c sat- ~ L1~~l
canals taking the breadstutfs to all 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 I'M
der the tenement, or to push us off the en-
bankment of tue grave; but. blessed be God,
mortal.
No malaria in the air, no cough, no ner-
ralglc twlnge, no eum pang, no hut-
terlng OF the heart, no shortness of
breath, no ambulance, no dispensary, Nc
hospital, no lnvallGs chair. no specta c!es t.
improve the dim vision. but health, I'M
mortal health, Oh ye who nave aches and
pains indescribable this m~orning-Oh ye
who are never well-Oh We who are laceratec
with physical dlstresses, let me tell you o.
the resurrected body. free from all disease
immortal, immortal
will 20 further and say, in regard to that
body which you are to get in the resurrec-
ton. 1t will be a powerful body. We walk
now eight or ten miles, and we are ~fatigued.
We lift Afew hundred pounds, and we are ex.
hausted: unarmed, we meet a wild beast,
AMI we must run or fly or climb or dodce.
because we are incompetent to meet it: We
toll eight or ten hours vigorously, and then
we are weary. but in the resurrection we are
to have q body that never gets tired. Is it
not a glorious thought
Plenty OF occupation in heaven. l suppose
Broadway, New York, in the busiest season
or the wear 3t MONDAY l nnt CO b,rr o.
heaven is all the time. Grand projects OF
mercy for other worlds. Victories to b,
celebrated. The downfall of despotlsms on
earth to be announced. Great songs to bt
; learned and sung. Great expeditions on
; which God shall send forth His children,
Plenty t" DO, but no fatigue. If you arr
seated under the trees of life, it will not b,
to rest, but to talk over with some old com
rade old times-the battles where you fought
. shoulder to shoulder.
I Sometimes in this world we feel we would
like to have such a body as that. There is
- much work to he done for Christ. there
t are SO many tears to be wiped away. Their,
are SO many burdens to lift, there is 50 muct
to be achieved for Christ, we sometimes wist
,hat from the first Of January to the last OF
: December We could toll on without stopping
~ sleep. or take any recreation, or to rest
n even TO take food-that we could tot
r}-ht on without stopping a moment in GU
work of commenting Christ and heaven t
All the people. But we all get tired.
It Is characteristic OF the human body
n this condition. We must get tired. |
II not a glorious thought that after a Will,
We are going 70 have a body that will neve,
-et weary Oh, glorious resurrection day
tIiadly viii | fling aside this poor body OF
SIN and fling 1t into the tomb, if at Thy BID
ding | shall have a body that never wearies
That was a splendid resurrection hymn tha'
was sung at my fathers burial.
, so JesUs slept GODS dying Sons
Passed through the grave and blessed the bed.
hes here, b!es; saint. III from Es throne
The morning BREAKS 20 pierce tue shade.
= blessed resurrection. Speak out swaa
flowers. beautiful flowers. while YOU tell o
a risen Christ ana. tell OF the righteous wiz
shall rise. May God fl you this mornlne
VII. anticipation
! hear al a father and son wh9 anon:
Others ware shlpwreckei al sea. The fatha,
and the >on climbed into the rigging. In,
father held on, but the son after a while lbs
hl> hoIf IN the rigging ami was dashed down
he father supposed be had gone hopelessI,
, under tha wave. The next day the fa,ha
!, was ~troa1ht ashore from the rigging IN a,
! exhausted state and laid in a bed in a fsbar
Ipan> nut AMI after many hours had nasss.
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