Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-03

C1On TO SenefdUlOIl, we 1nner1C1ng the 1T"
felicities of past generations, but in the
morning of the resurrection the body
will be adorned and beautifed according
to the original model. And there is no
such difference between a gymnast and
an emaciated wretch in lazaretto as
there will be a difference between our
bodies as they are now and our .resur-
rected forms.
There you will see the perfect eye
after the waters OF death have washed
out the stains of tears and study. There
you Will see the perfect hand after the
Of toll have been united from the
,,c.1les. There you will see the form
!, -5 and elastic after the burdens have
gone OF the shoulder-the very life of
&c. il the body.
II this world the most impressive
thing, the most expressive thing, is the
human face, but that face is yelled with
the griefs Of a thousand years, but in
the resurrection morn that veil will be
taken away from the face, and the noon
day sun is dull and dim and stupid COM
pared with the outf1aming glories of the
countenances Of the saved. When those
faces of the righteous, those resurrected
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! Oh, glorious resur-
rected body
THE IMMORTAL BODY.
But l remark also, in regard to that
body which you are to get in the resur-
rection, it will be an immortal body.
These bodies are wasting away Some
Hu hoe To
we begin to die. Unless we keep put
ting the fuel into the furnace the fur
mace dies out The blood vessels are
canals taking the breadstuffs to all parts
of the system. We must be reconstruct
ed hour by hour, day by day. Sickness
and death are all the time trying to get
their prey under the tenement, or to
push us OF the embankment of the
grave: but, blessed be God, in the resur-
rection we will get a body immortal.
No malaria in the air, no cough, no
neuralgia twinge, no rheumatic pang, no
futtering Of the heart, no shortness of
breath, no ambulance, no dispensary, no
hospital no invalid's chair, no specta-
cles to improve the dim vision, but
health, immortal health! We who
have aches and pains indescribable this
morning-O we who are never well-O
ye who are lacerated with physical dis
tresses, let me tell you of the resurrected
body, free from all disease. immortal
immortal.
[ will go further and say, in regard to
that body which you are to get in the res
direction, it will be powerful body. We
walk now eight or ten miles, and we are
fatigued; we lift few hundred pounds,
and we are exhausted; unarmed, we
meet q wild beast, and we must run or
fly or climb or dodge because we are in
competent to meet it; we toll eight or ten
hours vigorously, and then we are weary,
but in the resurrection we are to have a
body that never gets tired. Is it not a
glorious thought?
NO IDLENESS IN HEAVEN.
Plenty of occupation in heaven. l
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 despotisms on earth to be
announced. Great songs to be learned
and sung. Great expeditions on which
God shall send forth his children. Plenty
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 so 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 Deem
Der we could toll on without stopping to
sleep, or take any recreation, or to rest,
or. even to take foOd-that we could toll
right on without stopping a moment in
our work of commencing Christ and
heaven to all the people But we all get
tired.
It is characteristic of the human body
in this condition. We must get tired. Is
it not glorious thought that after awhile
we are going to have q body that will
never get weary? Oh, glorious resurrec-
ton day. Gladly will [ fling aside this
poor body of sin and fling it into the
tomb, if at thy bidding | shall have a
body that never wearies. That was a
splendid resurrection hymn that was
sung at my fathers burial:
So Jesus slept. Gods dying Son
Passed through the grave and blessed the bed
Rest here, blesI saint, till from his throne
The morning breaks to pierce the shade.
O blessed resurrection! 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!
A HAPPY REUNION.
I heard OF a father and son who among
others were shipwrecked at sea. The
father and the son climbed into the rig
ging The father held on, but the son