The Grenada sentinel., 1893-06-24

D leave their hats 808 0VepO02ta In th
: ! hall, when they come back II l. almos
. impossible for them to get tho righ
. ones, or TO get them without grea
, deal of perplexity. And yet you tel
, me that myriads Of spirits in the las
day will come and find myriads o
bodies" Have you any more ques
tions to ask? any more diniculties t
: suggest? any more mysteries? Brinl
them on. Against . whole regimen
OF skepticism | will march these tw'
champions: marvel not at this, TO
; the hour Is coming when all who ar'
In their graves shall come forth.
1.-THE Lord shall descend from HEAVIER
with . shout, and the voice OF the arch
angel, and the trump OF God, and thu
dead in Christ shall rise first" YOU
zee stick to these two passages. Wht
art thou. oh, fool, that thou repliest
against God? Hath he promised, and
shall He not do 1t? Hath He com
manded, and shall lie not bring 1t Il
pass? Have you not confidence In His
omnipotence? II lie could, IN the hrst
place, build my body, after 1t Is torn
down. can he not build 1t again?
'Oh," you say; II would believe that
if you would explain it. lam not dis.
posed to be skeptical, but explain how
it can be DONE" My brother, you be-
lieve q great many things you can not
explain. You believe your mind acts
ON your body. Explain the process.
Thisseed planted comes up blue flower.
Another seed planted comes up a yellow
flower. Another seed plan ted comes up q
white flower? Why2 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 percussion? What is the sub
tie energy that dissolves q solid in q
crucible? What makes the notches In
an oak leaf different from any other
kind OF Leaf? What makes the orange
blossom different from that OF the rose?
How can the almightiness which rides
on the circle OF the Heaven ind room
to turn its chariot ona heliotrope? Ex-
plain these. Can you do 1T? Then l
Will not explain the resurrection. You
explain one-halt OF the common mys-
terles OF everyday life, and l will ex-
plain all the mysteries OF the resurrec-
ton. You can not answer me very
plain questions IN regard to ordinary
affairs. am not ashamed to say that
can not explain God, and the Judr-
ment, and the resurrection. | simply
accept them as facts, tremendous and
infinite.
Before the resurrection takes place,
everything will be silent. The mauso-
leums and the labyrinths silent. The
graveyards silent, the cemetery silent,
save from the clashing of hoofs and
the grinding of wheels as the last
funeral procession comes in. No breath
of air disturbing the dust where Per-
sepolis stood, and Thebes and Babylon,
No winking Of the eyelids long
closed in darkness. No stirring of
the feet that once bounded the
hillside. No opening OF the hand that
once plucked the flower out of the edge
of the wild wood. No clutching of
swords by the men who went down
when Persia battled and Rome fell.
Silence from ocean beach to mountain
cliff, and from river to river The sea
singing the same old tune. The lakes
hushed to sleep in the bosom of the
same great hills. No hand disturbing the
gate OF the long-barrcd sepulchre. 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 caverns,
across the fields, deep down into the
coral palaces OF the ocean depths where
leviathan sports with his fellows
everywhere, layer above layer, height |
a above height depth below depth
dead dead ! dead! But in the
twlnkl'ng OF an eye as quick
as that as the archangels trum-
pet comes peallng' rolling, reverbcrat-
ing, crashing across continents and
seas, the earth will give one 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 throb and heave like
the waves OF the sea; and the mauso-
leum OF princes will fall into the