Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-03-29

cDlnery OF Ventricie and artery can haltl
Under the healthful chemistry Of the soil
all the wear and tear OF nerve and muscle
and bone viii be subtracted, and that bath
q good fresh clean soil viii wash Of the
last ache, and then some Of the same style
Of dust out OF which the body Of Adam was
constructed may be infused into the resur-
rection body. How can the bodies Of the
human raee, which have had no replenish-
ment from the dust since the time Of Adam
In paradise. get any recuperAtion from the
storehouse from which he was constructed
without our going back into the dusti That
original. life giving material having been
ad 4 70 the body as IL once was, and all
the defects left behind, what body will be
the resurrection bodyi And will not hun
dreds OF thousands Of such appearing above
the Gowanus heights make Greenwood
more beautiful than any June morning aft
er q showerf The dust Of the earth being
the original material for the fashioning Of
the first human being, we have to 20 back
to the same place to get perfect body.
THE FACTORY OF THE GRAVE.
Factories are apt to be rough places, and
those who toll in them have their garments
grimy and their hands smutehed But who
cares for that when they turn out for us
beautiful musical instruments or exquisite
upholstery What though the grave is q
rough place, IL Ia q resurrection body man
ufactory, and from it shall comethe radiant
and resplendent forms of our friends on the
brightest morning the world ever saw. You
put into factory cotton, and 1t comes out
apparel. You put into factory lumber and
lead and they come out pianos and organs.
And SO into the factory OF the grave you
put in pneumonias and consumptions, and
they come out health. You put in grcans,
and they come out halleluiahs- For US on
the final day the most attractive places will
not be the parks, or the gardens, or the pal
aces. but the cemeteries.
We are not told in what season that day
will come II it should be winter, those
who come up will be more lustrous than
the snow that covered them. II In the au-
tumn, those who come up will be more
gorgeous than the woods after the frosts
had penciled them. II in the spring, the
bloom on which they tread will be dull
compared with the rubicund Of their cheeks.
Oh, the perfect resurrection bodyl Almost
everybody has some defective spot in his
physical constitutions dull ear, or dim
| eye, or rheumatic foot, or q neuralgic brow,
or twisted muscle, =. weak side, or an
indamed tonsil, or some point at which the
east wind or q season of overwork assaults
him.
But the resurrection body shall be with
out one weak spot, and all that the doctors
and nurses and apothecaries Of earth will
thereafter have to do will be to rest with
out interruption after the broken nights of
their earthly existence. Not only will that
day be the Identification of well kept cems-
teries, but some of the graveyards that
have been neglected and been the pasture
ground for cattle and roofing places for
swine will for the first time have attract
iveness given them.
It was q shame that in that place un-
grateful generations planted no trees, and
twisted no garlands, and sculptured no
marble for their Christian ancestry, but
on the day of which l speak the resurrect-
ed shall make the place of their feet glo-
rious From under the shadow of the
church, where they slumbered among net
ties and MULLEN stalks and thistles and
slabs aslant, they shall rise with glory
that shall flush the windows of the village
church, and by the bell tower that used to
call them to worship, and above the old
spire beside which their prayers formerly
assembled. What triumphal procession new
or did for a street, what an oratoVio never
did for an academy, what an orator never
did for brilliant auditory, what obelisk
never did for king, resurrection morn will
do for all the cemeteries.
IF WE ARE HIS
This Easter tells us that in Christ's res
direction our resurrection, If we are his,
and the resur rection of all the pious dead, is
assured, for he was the first fruits Of them
that slept" Renan says he did not rise,
but $50 witnesses, so of them Christ's enc
mics, say he did rise. for they saw him aft
er he had risen. If he did not rise, how did
|, 60 armed soldiers let him get awayi Surely
90 living soldiers ought to be able to keep
! one dead mani Blessed be God! He did
get away.
After his resurrection Mary Magdalene
saw him. Cleopas saw him. Ten disciples
in an upper room at Jerusalem saw him,
On a mountain the IL saw him. Five hun
dred at once saw him. Professor Ernest
Renan, who did not see him, will excuse nj
for taking the testimony of the $50 who die
see him. Yes, yes, he got away. And thai
: makes me sure that our departed loved onei
and we ourselves shall get away. Freed
himself from the shackles of clod, he Is MOI
gong 10 leave US huu OURS III bue luECus
There will be no doorknob on the insid'
of our family sepulcher, for we cannot com'
, out of ourselves, but there is a doorknob OF
. the outside, and that Jesus shall lay holt
: of, and opening will say: Good morning
You have slept long enoughl Arise, arfsep
5 And then what futter Of wings, and what
flashing of rekindled eyes, and what glad
!. some rushing across the family lot will
cries of Father. is that your" Mother, il
: that your" my darling, is that your
How you all have changedl The cougl
: gone, the Group gone, the consumption
gone, the paralysis gone, the wearines
!: gone. Come, let US ascend togetherl Th
older ones first, the younger ones next
. Quick now, get into linel The skywarG
: procession has already started! Steer nov
!, by that embankment Of cloud for the near
= est gatep'
And as we ascend on one side the eartl
gets smaller until it is no larger than
mountain, and smaller until it is no large
than palace, and smaller until it Is n
g larger than ship, and smaller until 1t /
{ no larger than wheel, and smaller unit
4 it is no larger than speck.
\ FAREWELL TO EARTH.
+ Farewell, dissolving earthl But on tn
other side as we rise heaven at first appear
l. no larger than. your hand. And nearer
/ looks like chariot, and nearer it looks lik
y throne, and nearer it looks like stai
v and nearer it looks like sun, and nearer
Q looks like universe Hail, scepters tina
I shall always wavel Hail, anthems tina
Q shall always rolll Hail, companionship
never again to partl That is what resul
rection day will do for all the cemeteries an
graveyards from the Machpelah that wa
n opened by Father Abraham in Hebron t
d the Machpelah yesterday consecrated. An
It that makes Lady Huntington's immorts
II rhythm most Apostle:
L When thou, my righteous Judge, shalt com
6 To take thy ransomed people home,
10 Shall among them stand?
Ia Shall such q worthless worm as l,
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