Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-30

mere Dr. HnUIuu| case OF NNfrENs bHs
llobor NrgfHn, iue rector Of An
souh' Episcopal church, Sow YORK.,
ina recent sermon on the Resugrsc'
l.gu, frankly declared that 70 was lm.
possible lr him 60 believe that our
Luu f0su from tho tomb lH tho
physical u5Iy 300 which he suffered
Iplb 3u Calvary. lie declined 90
discuss ihg question whist became %
this body, be-, maintained TINT what
appeared O. ths disciples Afterwards
vine only tHr spirit n jesus, in "a
spiritual .dy, "wh'e1 De- isr house %
the living .'igr DEATH" 10 1'horw .g.s
the clergyman ia.,B tho up.r,uaIs!
Wow Of mo after death, denying
tho usHiH.l,y OF a rscousiructloa
" tho physical body after its c9mn8.
ueut fata have been rl s1,sd 20 die.
Solution. HE argument g
ttis clDur from tho manifest Imp1saI-
llIiN according Goo all known Lave, .lH.
thH physical body shHU bU reconstructed,
lH Che uHu.u NJ tho HpITit boo iuu future
ll'H. Nature Zoo IIsuUUIIus UuIwHru
bodies docs Uu' 900 back aud pick Thorn
up again. Tho constituent elements Doe
our coolies Hs iHuY uruuH'n into dust au
in form ihH materials iDr uIHHr urFtr.g4-
lions ltlH uu"IiHfs iH UuiIrsu Uu ihIa
point MuH.tuough.uiu.upi. arJ at ono
hero.
twin be noted trst Ono doctrine h'
oEpouudod by DE- Euot1u really
amounts 20 denial % tue fesutrec.
ton; Tor although % admits of the
continuation OF existence beyond the
grave, without the rising Of the body
no resurrection, In the meaning iu
which that term IL employed In the
Scriptures, Il possible But this part Of
the Christian faith 10 10 corner
stoue. "li tho dead are not
raised, neither hath Christ been
raised: and n Christ hath not
been raised, your laiih is IN vain;
~ are yet In your sine. Then they
alsO which have fallen asleep In Christ
have perlshed." So that, according to
the high authority just quoted, with
the doctrine Of the resurrection stands
or falls the truth Of the Christian re-
llgion.
Some Of the disciples after the death
Of Christ, when He appeared to them
were terrified. Their first Impression
was that which Or. Newton an.
nounoes o. bis conviction, that they
behold "spiTit," But the risen sayigr
Immediately allAyod their fears and De-.
olared. "5ce my hands and my feet;
that It IL myself handle mo and
sec; for spirit hath not
llesn and bones, Aa 70 behold me
having" He further parlook with
thom 1fio5d. What a sorry spectacle
TO eco o proiessional minister In .
modern church boldly deny the posi-.
tive statements Of Christ Himself and
His fire, Apostles, Ia order to establish
a theory that has no basis except In
that doubt which Is natural only 60
coarse raiionalisml
Mystsry there viii always be al.
lacned 10 the belief IN resurrection OF
the body, unsolvabls, perhaps, until d
higher state VI knowledge shall have
bcun reached; but mysteries surround
W. ON every hand, We perceive that
the human body never lases lts idcn.i,
~ from the cradle 10 tho gravc,auJ yet
ilscomponoui parts iluJ,uate constantly
Like a stream that hassyns from IN,
springs where Il is born, steadily rush,
ing forward until II reaches the ocean,
never the same during all its course tot
asinglo hour and yet the same stream
from age 10 age; % tho human body
preserves ne Identity, Notwithstanding
the urvtrcessing dissolution aud a.
uuwal 90 which It is subjected. There o.
really NO reason Tor supposing tna
that identity r. Loot ut death, aitcl
having revived all through HE. In
/ tact Che mystery of resurrection Is con
| saGlly ba'.rs our eyes IN oil nature
Who eau deny that there are ln Ga,
] uhkNfhl NNHN laN lIN INlNth NNirHaAiA
for igs renewal whatever these force
| may tt2 hut % their rElstcucr To- ad
| mttcI. tho conclusion that T,suT
rgcu0u must follow seems inevitable.
ln the language Of Paul, the rtsur
rooted body ls tho very 60 summation
| w Tue wonlr0us process OF develop
mgut Of the phyrIcal body. 10 is
magnificent tran,Irmnlon whereby
90 hst b. c5runI1Io iu thIa tab,r
usu.c Is thrown sway end exchanged
Fo1 "It In sown Iu corruption; II &
nlsrI iu interruption; DC 10 eown il
.isnou Q; ltia rair,d in glory" Sll
i.lsulways lao am body, never Doe
iu- iH idyuuly Tho doctrine Is p
scientifically rauudas q, Is c9m'orlln0
10 contemplation Of death, the grav
aud eternity.
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