The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-04-13

body which you are to get in the resur-
rection, it will be an immortal body,
These bodies are wasting away. Some
body has said as soon as we begin to live
we begin to die. Unless we keep put.
ting the full into the furnace the furnace
dies out. The blood vessels are canals
taking the breads tuffs 10 all parts of the
systalm. We must be reconstructed hour
day by day. Sickness and death are
az the time trying to get their prey un-
der the tenement, or to push us Of the
embankment of the grave. But, blessed
pe God, In tho resurrection we will get n
body immortal.
No malaria in the air, no cough. no
neuralglc twinge, no rheumatic PIANO. no
nutterlng of the heart, no shortness of
breath, no dispensary, no hospital. no
lnvalid's char, 10 spectacles , improve
the dlm vision. But health, immortal
health, O ye who have aches and pains
lndescrioable this morning-O We wh -,
are never well--O ye who are 'lacerated
WIN physical distresses, let me tell YOU
OF the resurrected body, free fro n all.
Immortal! Immortal!
L VIII go further and say, in regard
20 that body which you are to get in
the resurrection, it will be a powerful
body. We walk now eight or ten
miles, and we are fatigued; we lift a
tew hundred pounds, and we are ex-
hausted; unarmed, we meet wild
Defst, and we must run or fly or climb
OF dodge because we are incompetent
TO meet 1t; we toll eight or ten hours
vigorously, and then we are weary, but
IN the resurrection we are to have a
pody That never gets tired. Is it not a
glorious thoughtp
Ilenty 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
WORDS. victories to be celebrated.
Inc downfall OF despotisms on earth
to be announced. Great songs to be
learned and sung. Great expeditions
on which God shall send forth his chill
dren. Plenty to do, but no fatigue. If
you are seated under the trees of life,
IL VIII not be to rest, but to talk over
with some old comrade old times-the
battles where you fought shoulder to
shoulder.
Sometimes in this world we feel we
would like to have such a body as that.
Inere Is so much work to be done for
CnrlSt, there are so many tears to be
wiped away, thers 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 recrea-
tlon, or to rest, or even to take food
that We could toll right on without
stopping a 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 it not "a glorious thought
that after awhile we are going to have
body that will never get weary? Oh,
glorious resurrection day! Gladly will
l fling aside this poor body of sin and
fling 1t into the tomb If at thy bidding
Il; | snail have body that never wearies.
Ihat was splendid resurrection hymn
that was sung at my fathers burial:
So Jesus slept; Gods dying son
Passed through the grave and blessed the
Rest helc, blessed saint, till from his
throne
The morning breaks to pierce the shade.
On, blessed resurrection! Speak out,
sweet flowers, beautiful flowers, while
you tell O, Il risen Christ and tell OF the
righteous who shall rise. MAY God
III you this morning with anticipation!
l heard Of father and son who
among others were snipwrecked at sea.
The father and the son climbed into
the rigging. The father held on, but
the son after awhile lost his hold In
the rigging and was dashed down. The
father supposed he had gone hopelessly
under the wave. The next day the
father was brought ashore from the
rigging in an exhausted state and laid
in bed in a tisherman's hut, and after
many hours had passed he came to con-
sciousness and saw lying beside him on
the same bed his boy.
q my friends, what glorious thing
1t will be when we wake up at last to
find our loved ones beside us! Com
ing up from the same plot in the grave
yard, coming UP in the same morning
light-the father end son alive for
ever, all the loved ones alive forever,
never more to weep, never more to
part, never more to die.
May the God of peace, that brought
again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great Shepherd of the sheep,
the blood of the everlasting
covenant make you perfect In every
good work, to do his will. And let
this brilliant scene of the morning
transport our thoughts to the grander
assemblage before the throne. This
august assemblage is nothing COM
pared with it. The one hundred and
forty and fo IT thousand, and the
great multitude that no man can num-
ber," some of our best friends among
them, we after awhile to join the mul.
titude. Blessed anticipatlonl
My soul anticipates the day,
Would stretch her wings and soar away,
TO aid the song, the palm to bear,
And bow, the chief Of sinners, there.
No Punishment Too Great.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April "A special
from Gallatin, Tenn, says: News of
most diabolical and revolving crime at
has reached here and aroused
Lhe com rlal1nil " To Ernrx.r Of n,.a;La