The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-29

half trying. return the voice OF your depart
ed? And " he can return the voice. why
not the lips. and the tongue. and the throat
that fashioned the voice? Aud N the lips.
and the tongue. aud this throat. why not the
brain that suggested .he wordsg And II the
brain. why not the nerves, OF which the brain
Is the headquarters And II he can return
the nerves why not the muscles. which are
less ingeniousp And 1.-THE muscles, why no;
the bones. that ars iess wonderiul2 And II
the voice. and the brain. and the muscles.
and the bones. why not the entire body? II
man can do the phonograph, God can do the
| resurrection.
! viii II be the same body that in the last
day shall be terminated? Yes. but Infinitely
| improved. Our bodies change every seven
years. and yet In one sense IL Is the same
| body. On my wrist and the second finger
/ Of my right hand there is "a scar. made
that at twelve years OF age, when. disgusted
at the presence OF two warts. I took a redhot
/ iron and burned them on aud burned them
out. Since then my body has changed at
least n half dozen times, but those scars
prove Il Is the same body.
1--WE never lose our identity. n God can
and does sometimes rebuild q man five. six
ten times in this world. is Il mysterious that
He can rebuild him once more and that in
the resurrsction2 II lie can do II ten times.
| think He can do II eleven times. Then
look nt the seventeen year locusts. For
seventeen years gone. Mt the end OF seventeen
years they appear. aud by rubbing the hind
leg against the wing make that rattle at
which all the husbandmen and vine dressers
tremble rs the insectile host takes up the
march ot devastation. Resurrection every
seventeen years--a wonderful fact
Another consideration makes the idea Of
resurrection easter. God made Adam. He
was not fashioned after any model. There
had never been human organism, and so
there was nothing To copy. At the first at
tempt God made u perfect man. II mado
him out OF the dust Of the earth. II ont OF
ordinary dust OF the earth and without \
model God could make perfect man. surely
out OF the extraordinary dust OF mortal body
and with millions OF models God can make
each one OF us perfect being in the resur-
rection. Surely the last undertaking would
not be greater than the first. See tho gospel
algebra. Ordinary dust minus model
equals n perfect man. Extraordinary dust
aud plus a model equals n resurrection body.
Mysteries about III oh, yes. That is one
reason why believe IL. IL would not be
much ofa God vino could do things only a.
far as ! can understand. Mysteries? on.
YES. But no more about the resurrection OF
your body than about its present existence.
Will explain 10 you the last mystery OF the
resurrection and make IL as plain to you as
that two and two make four Il you will tell
me how your mind, which is entirely inde.
pendent OF your body can act upon your
body so that nj your will your eyes open. or
your foot walks. or your hand Is extended.
SO find nothing in the Bible tatsment CON
cerntng the resurrection that staggers me
Tor u moment. All doubts clear from my
mind. | say that the cemeteries. however
beautiful now, will ne more beautiful when
tue bodies OF our loved ones come up in the
morning Of the resurrection.
They will come in improved condition.
They will come up rested. The most of
fham lax hnkrn nj no la tfr.aI
often you have heard them say. IL am so
tired y The fact Is, II Is u tired world. II |
should go through this audience and go
ronnd the world could not lind person IN
ANY style OF life ignorant OF the sensation OF
fitigue.
do not believe there ara ATTY persons Ia
this audience vino are not tired. Your head
Is tired. or your back Is tired. or your foot is
tirsd, or your brain Is tired. or your nerves
are tiret. Long journeyns or business ap-
plication or bereavement or sickness has put
on you heavy weights SO the vast Majority
ot those who went out OF this world went
Of, fati~"s'. A. IT the poorest place to rest
in Is TINS world. J. ..ulosphere, its sur
roundings aud even Its hilarities are exhaust
ing. So God stops our earthly life and
merclfully closes the eyes. and more espe-
cially gives quiescence to the lung and heart
that have not had ten minutes rest from the
hrst respiration and the first beat.
II a drummer hoy were compelled In the
army 20 beat his drum for twenty-four hours
without stopping. his officer would Ia court
/ martialed Tor cruelty. IL the drummer boy
should be com mnanded To beat his drum for u
week without ceasing, day and night, he
would die In attempting 1t. But under your
yestment is "a poor heart that began its drum
beat for the march OF life thirty or forty or
sixty or eighty years ago. and II has had no
! iurlough 10y day or night, and whether In
st.,
for N II had stopped seven seconds your life
would have closed. Aud your heart wilt
keep going until soma time after your spirit
has down, for the auscultatot says that after
the last expiration OF lunH and the last tbrob
q. pulse, and alter the spirit IL released. tho
heart keeps on beating Tor u time. WHAT q
mercy, then. II - that the grave IL the place
where that wondrous machinery OF yenIricls
aud artery can halt
Under the healthiul chemistry OF the soil
all the wear and tear OF nerve aud muscle
and bone will b- subtractsd. AMI that bath OF
good fresh clean soil will wash of the last
ache, and then some OF the same STYLE of
dust out oil which the body OF Adam was
constructed may he Infused into tue resur-
/ rrction body How can the bodies OF the hu-
mau race, which have had no replenish m ent
lrom the dust since tue time OF Adam in par-
aise, get any recuperation rom the store
house from which he was constructed with
ouN out koluk DauA lhNO lhe uustF InAt
original life giving material having been
added 10 the body as II ones was aud all the
defects left behind what body wilt be the
resurrection body And will not hundreds
OF thousands of such appearing above the
Gowanus heights make Greenwood more
beautiful than any June morning after "a
shower? The dust OF the earth being the
original material for the fashioning of the
hrst human being, We have To go back to the
same place to get perfect body.
Factories are apt TO bs rough places, and
those who toll In then have their garment.
grimy and their hands smutched. But who
cares for that when they turn out for us
beautiful musical instruments or exquisite
upholstery What though the grave is a
| rough placs--it is resurrection body manu-
factory, and from II shall come the radiant
| and resplendant forms OF r.s friends ON the
brightest morning the world ever saw. You
| put into q factory cotton. and Il comes ont
apparel. You put into "A factory lumber and
lead, and they come out pianos aud organs.
Aud so in tins factory OF the grave you put
in pneumonias and consumptions. and they
come out health. You put In groans. and
they come out hallelulahs. For US, on the
| final day, the most attractive places will not
be the parks, or the gardens, or the palaces.
I but the remafAriAS