Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-04-19

the telescope, by a change Of the glass ana
change Of focus. can make letter glass Than
that which was originally constructed aaa
actually improve IL, do you not think tnr
fashioner Of the human we may improve IL
sight and multiply the natural eye by the
thOusandfOld additional forces OF the rrsuf-
r,ction eyer
"Why should il be thought with you al IN
credible thing that God should rals- the
dead.' Things all around u suggest II. Out
OF what grew all these flowers! Out OF the
mold and earth. Resurrected. kesurected.
The radiant butterfly. where did u come
from? The loathsome caterpillar. That al
hatrOss that smites the tempest with IT. wing,
where did IL come from 4 senseiess shell.
Near Bergerac, France. In Celtic tomb, I'M
der block. were found flower seeds that had
been buried 1000 years. The explorer took
the flower seed and planted 1t. and IL came
up. II blomed In bluebell and heliOtrope.
1.-Two thousand years ago buried. vet resur-
/ rected. A traveller says he found in mum
my pit in Egypt garden peas that had been
buried there 5000 yGars ago. He brought
them out. and on June 4. lsii, he planted
them. and in thirty days they sprang up.
Buried 5000 years, yet resurrected.
"Why should IL De thought thing in
credible with YOU that God should raise the
dead?" Where did all this silk come from
the silk that adorns your persons and your
homes! In the hollow Of stan ureek
missionary brought from China 10 Europe
the progenitors OF those worms that now
supply the silk markets Of many Nations.
The pageantry OF hammered hosts aud the
, luxurious articles OF commercial emporium
blazing out from the silk worms, And who
shall be surprised IT, out OF this Insignificant
earthly life, our bodies unfold into something
worthy OF the coming eternitiesg Put silver
into diluted inter- and II dissolves. Is the
silver gone forever? No. Put in some pieces
of copper. and the silver reappears. II one
| force dissolves another force recognizes.
why should Il be thought thing In
credible with you that God should raise the
dead?n The insects few and the worm,
| crawled last autumn feebler and feebler and
| then stopped. They have taken no food;
| they want none. They lie dormant and in
| sensible. but soon the south wind will blow
| the resurrection trumpet, and the air and the
| earth will be full Of them. Do You not think
| that God can do a. much for our bodies as He
/ does for the wasps. and the so ders. and the
snails? This morning at half past O'Clock
| there was resurrection. Ont OF the night,
| the DAY. In few weeks there will be res
surrection in all our gardens. Why not some
| day resurrection amid all the graves
Ever and anon there are instances OF men
! and women entranced.
| trance is death. followed by resurrection
! after few days-total suspension OF mental
| Tennent. great evangelist Of the last gem
Grafton Of whom DIR. Archibald Alexander, a
| man far from being sentimental, wrote in
! most eulogistic terms-Rev William Ten
nent seemed to die. His spirit seemed to
have departed. People came in day after
day and said. "He is dead; he is dead But
the soul returned, and William Tennent lived
to write out experiences OF what he had seen
while his soul was gone. 1t may be found
some time what Is called suspended anima-
ton or comatOse state is brief death, giving
the soul an excursion into the next world
from which il comes back-a furlough of Il
few hours granted from the conflict Of life Il
which II must return.
Do not this waking up OF men from trance
and this waking up OF grains buried 3OOl
years ago make II easier for you to believe
that your body and mine. after the vacation
OF the grave. shall rouse and rally. though
there be 5000 years between our last breatl
and the sounding OF the archangelic reVellle
Psychologists tell us that, while the most o
our bodies are built with such wonderful
economy that we can spare nothing, aud th'
loss Of finger is q hindrance. and the in
Jury Of q toe Joint makes Us lame. still W.
have two or three apparently useless physi
cal apparati. and no anatomist or phystolOg
ist has ever been able to tell what they ar,
good for. Perhaps they are the foundation
OF the resurrection body. worth nothing t,
: Us in this state, TO be indispensiGly valuable
, in the next state The Jewish rabbis appea
to have had hint of this suggestion whel
, they said that In the human frame there wa
u small bone which was to be the la ais Of tn
resurrection body. That may have been
Z delusion. But this thing Is eertain, the Chris
tian scientists of our day have found GU
that there are two or three superhuities q
! the body that are something gloriOu-ly sng
, gestive of another state.
+ / called at my friends house one summe
, day l found the yard all piled up with rub
, hish OF carpenters and mason's work. Tn
door was of. The plumbers had torn up tn
floor. The roof was being lifted in cupola
: All the pictures were gone, and the pape
, hangers doing their work. All the moderl
, improvements were being introduced int
that dwelling. There was not room in tn
( house tit to live in at that time, although
month before, when | visited that house
: everything was 50 beautiful could not hav
, suggested an improvement. My friend ha
: gone with his family to the Holy Land, ex
pecting to come back at the end OF six months
when the building was to be done.
, And, oh, what was his Joy when at tn
end OF six months he returned and tine oil
q house was enlarged and improved and glo
; ritied That is your body! 1t lOooks wei
, now. All the rooms filled with health, an
, we could hardly make a suggestion. Blu
a albNi avn Nvul SDui Will ~ W Tue Jlpi
. Land, and while you are gone the old hous
! Of your tabernacle will be entirely recon
. structad from cellar to attic. every nerve
\ muscle and bone and tissue and arter
. must be hauled over, and the oil
: structure will be FURNISHED ami adorne
= and raised and coupolaed and enlarged
4 and all the improvements of heaven intro
u duced. and you will move into il ON resurrec
= ton day. For we know that, if our earthl
=. house Of this tabernacle were dissolved, W
;, !, have building of God, a house not mad
= with hands, eternal in the heavens" Oh
: what day when body and soul meet again
They are very fond of each other Di
i your body ever have a pain and you
= soul not re-echo it? Or changing tn
!. question, did your soul ever have an
- trouble and your body not sympathiz
- with it. growing wan and weak undo
- the depressing influence? Or did you
- soul ever have II gladness but your bod
celebrated it with kindled eye and cheek an
: elastic step. Surely God never intended tw
. such good friends to be very long separated
y And so when the worlds last Easter mornin
shall come the soul will descend crying
:, Where is my body?" And the body wi
! ascend, saying, "Where is my soul?' An
4 the Lord OF the resurrection will bring thel
u together, and it will be perfect soul In
n perfect body, introduced by perfect Chri,
Il into perfect heaven. Victory!