Democratic messenger., 1894-03-31
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den Of iheS,. ATTITUDES. The late frosts
Of spring and the early frnsts of autumn
ar, So near each other that there are
only IA few months of flowers i'll the field.
All the flowers we see today had to be
pette,l and coaNc,l and put under shelter.
or they would not have bloomed at all.
They are the children of the conservato-
rieS. But nj this season and through
the most of the year the Holy Land is
all ablush with floral opulence.
lou find all the royal family of flow
crs there. some that you supposed indig
snous to the far north. and others indig-
euous Ia the far south-the daisy and
hyacinth. crocus and anemone. tulip and
water lily. geranum and ranunculus.
misnunette and sweet marioram. In the
college at Beirut you may see DIR.
Posts collection of about 500 kinds of
Holy Land flowers. while among trees
are the oaks of frozen climes, and the
tamarisk of the tropics. walnut and will
low. ivy and hawthorn, ash and elder.
pine and sycamore If such floral and
botanical beauties are the wild growihs
of the field. think of what Il garden must
I've in Palestine. And in such garden
Jesus Christ slept after. on the soldiers
spear. his last drop of blood had coagu-
lated. And then see how appropriate
that all our cemeteries should he floral
lied and tree shaded. In June Green
wood is Brooklyn's garden.
THE RESURRECTION IDEA.
We'll, then. you say. ''how can you
make out that the resurrection day will
beautify the cemeteries: Will it not
leave them "A plowed up ground: on
that day there will bc an earthquake,
and will not this split the polished Aber-
deem granite as well as the plain slab
that can afford but two wOrls-.Our
Mary or Our Charley" Well. | will
tell you how resurrection day will bean
tify all the cemeteries Ii will be 10y
bringing M the faces that were to lis
once. and in our memories are Ia MS
now. more beautiful than any calla lily,
and the forms that are 10 Ms more grace
full than any willow by the waters. Can
you think of anything more beautiful
than the rcappearance of those from
whom we have been parted: do not
care which way the tree falls i'll the blast
of the Judgment hurricane. or if the
plowshare that day shall turn under the
last rose leaf ana the last china aster. If
out of the broken sod shall come the bod
les of our loved ones not damaged, but
irr;idiated.
The idea Of the resurrection gets seasier
TO understand as hear the phonograph
unroll some voice that talked into il n
year ago. just before our friends decease.
You touch the lever. and then come forth
the very tones. the very song of the per
son that brcaihcd into it once. but is
now departed. If man can do that.
cannot Almighty God. without half try
ing. return the voice of yonr departed:
And If he can return the voice. why not
the lips. and the tongue. and the throat
that fashioned the voice: And If the
lips. and the tongue. and the throat. why
not the brain that suggested the words:
And if the brain, why not the nerves. Of
which the brain Is the Headquarters:
And il he can return the nerves. why not
the muscles. which are less ingenious!
And ii the muscles. why not the bones,
that are less wonderful. And if the voice.
and the brain. and the muscles and the
bones. why not the entire body: If man
can do the lph"nograph. God can do the
resurrection.
\ WONDERFUL. FACT.
Will Il be the same body that in the
last day an all bc reanimated: Yes. but
infinitely improved. Cur bodies change
every seven years. and yet i'll one sense
it is the same body. On my wrist and
the second finger of my right hand there
is scar. | made that at II years Of age,
when, disgnstcd nj the presence Of two
warts. took redhot iron and burned
them off and burned them ont Since
then my body has changed at least Il half
dozen times but those scars prove il Is
the same body.
We never lose our identity. If God
can and ,loes sometimes rebuild "A man
five. six. ten times in this world. is il
mysterious tina; he can rebuild him once
more aud that in the resurrection: Ii he
can do il 10 times. ! think he can do it | |
times. Then look AT the Il year locustS.
For ! : years gone. at the end of II years
they appear. and by rubbing the hind leg
against the wing make that rattle at
which all the husiandmcn and vine
dressers trcmble as the insectile host
takes up the march of devastation. Res
direction every II years-a wonderful
fact,
Another consideration makes the idea
of resurrection easier. God made Adam.
He was not fashioned after any model.
There had never been "A human organism.
and 50 there was nothing To- copy At
the first attempt God made "a perfect
man. He made him out of the dust of
the earth. II out of ordinary dust Of the
earth and without "A model God could
make "A perfect man, surely ont of the
extraordinary dust of mortal body and
with millions of models God can make
each one of us a perfect being i'll the res
direction. Surely the last undertaking
would not be greater than the first. See
the gospel algebra. Ordinary dust minus
Il model equals a perfect man. EXtraor
dinary dust and plus IA model equals "A
resurrection body. Mysteries about il:
Oh. yes. That Is one reason WHY hc-
heve it, II would not br much Of IA God
who could do things only as far as can
understand. Mysteries: OH, YES. But
no more about the resurrection of your
body than about lis present existence.
TIRED woRIn
/ will explain Ia you the last mystery
of the resurrection and make il as ri iin
10 you as that two and two make funr
if you will tell me how your mind. which
is entirely independent "f vour body. can
act upon your body SO that a, your will
your eyes open. or your f"ot walks. or
your hand Is extended. ~ find moth
ing in the Bible statement concerning
the resurrection that sta.gers me for -
. moment. All doubts clear from my
mind ! say that the cemeteries. how.
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