New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-06

mn MENTIONS INFERENCEs FROM THE
RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.

..,r,.pr HE SAYS HAS 40 BoDILEss EXIST
,.xcr AND AFTER DEATH WE SHALL. BE
CLOTHED IN SOME FORM WITH CON
rISrANcr OF PERSONAL IDENTITY.
Tho theme OF the Rev. Dr. II. Heber Newton
sermon AZ All Souls Episcopal Church !eS''.u"'
morning was again based upon inc ie'"' -, .
r.nder the heading Of ''Our Resurrection !" Wv
,,,h, ., the Resurrection OF Jesus. Or. Ne"'o"
-, - now theories and thoughts upon
-, ,o,,, which he will take beyond the grave
Tho ,nost striking OF the differences wh'h ne NV"
,-om the resurrection OF Jesus Christ was inc su
s,antiali,y OF the future lifc. Nature "'o"S ~
bodllcss existence" he said ana he pio'ee''
x,ross tho belief that after death there "o""
b. a continuance OF that when IL '''"' "
sential In the present existence nc IN "e'
listened TO by "A crowded congregation
Dr Newton took his text from the -V'h Ve'S' Va
"a, ,.,h chan,,r OF the First Epstle TO the cor
lnthians: THE first fruits OF them tha' s'eP''
doth no, yet appear what we shall De. p"' "o
know that when h" shan appear wv ''"
him" In part he said ... ,,r,,
,.,,chel IA. other day the nrst bud come ior,n
unom a neach tree In ~ delicate beauty iorcsa a
W. yiorv ~ every other blossom that VIII ion9m
a., ,trn mat Tree That early blossom was VIC
nrs, fruits os them that st sleep III w., ~ Tho
res,lrrrction OF Jesus Christ We shan see ~ IL "a
tyne OF every other resurrection VA. 10 a, about
NJ ara constrained to think in some way aoou.
IA. Resurrection nfc II are TO believe III II d.
ali such thoughts "" can form s"vi., ~ Gus
90 h iiI,,mued from the stories OF the rs'n J'sus
The Ne 10 come cannot be a bodiless eNis'el me-
Nature knows no bodileas cNisteh.r ~ w. 'other
,bat llves clothes Itself In some FORM or nlncI
More or less inc matter COMPOSING those forns
but matter OF some sort or m sure that the dead
living still live merely IN som, some Tse, ,Sonsh
existence; they have bodies or tner OWL '"o"s"
our eyes may not ordinarily see them ,.,s
That is clear IN the story OF TIE risen Jssus
new body the continuity OF ire VIII a, ps ,n ,m
80, -. hsVOp1 pprSOnal
shau continue That means that In some way or
other there shall be c9ntnuance oi ,nnt wnc
/ have never cared to discuss the question as TO
ub"thor we shall know each other In the heavenly
That il Necessity in my mind II there is to
be- continued personal identity. This again is seen
In the stories OF the risen Jesus .,,
r. This he true then there must be something
ut,,in those outer feshly bodies which Is. as IT
were the germ ana hs hese bodies When we see
and touch in continued identity here notwith-
standing tnnr cbonee OF material going on in the
Elements composing our bodies. Every seven years
ana vot there is something which holds this con-
ux Of matter in perpetuain eH aey, o, fTr
with form and maintains its IDENTITY must be
TIE finer hs Is ana to- whoh Pon
when he sad s psy na s DUdy b aqa
Is TO- be Spiritual body but there is and
here within us each spiritual body.
h h aslh fo hDi H t H secret Of its future
veoms bowers occa slonay Transforming the outer
which ordinarily enslaye the outer body. Its pow
ara hurst forth under right conditions and we have
hints as 10 the Of that body that shall be
These hints we fad In the mystic experiences Of
mon, he occult phenomena the resduum OF which
are undoubtedly facts, so far as can see. after
oil rho allowance IL made for fraud and deception
Tho mysteries OF clairvoyance and telepathy. or
mind reading these and other well-authenticate ted
powers OF men not powers OF the outer body.
but are powers OF some inner organization. trans
formed by the mind. This again we see illumned
IN the stories OF the risen Jesus. The powers OF
II,s body were wholly beyond the ca
paSies OF the body of the flesh as we know IT,:
tut they were developments OF the powers OF that
inner organization whose action In His earthly life
we call miracles .,
awav and the inner. spiritual body - freed Tor
the new life 1t NAV draw around Itself 'ro"' ~"
body which II leaves or from the spiritual ele-
ments In the encompassing ether. tho elements for
n new and finer material body or In ways In which
NE cannot even dream OF the mystery OF being
clothed upon" may accomplish itself At the
moment or death. so II seems to me. the spirit
masses out OF the earthly house into the house
not made with hands, eternal IN the heavens"
Eyarv death is resurrection. From every sepul-
chre the stone Is already rolled away This.
again / think we see In the stories OF the risen