Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-15

better, with wider room and yelocltia. ~
yonu computation, the dullest OF ns into
eoinphnionship with tho very hest ,,,irits
IN Their very best moods, Ia tho very hess
room OF THO universe, tho four walls fur-
hlShoh ana paneled and pictured ard eiorl.
heu with all the splendors that tho inilnit,
80, III an ages has been able to invent.
=, ms view, OF course, makes It of hut III /.
tlc Importance whethor wo are orcmatod or
h,pnltnrSi. II tho latter Is dust TO dust
VIC former is ashes to ashes. II any pre.
.or ihoinoration, let them havo IL withoub
uo'loaturo. Tho world mny bccomc so
PROVIDED thnt cremation may be universal
auop'eu ny law ms well as by general
consent Many Of the mightiest and best
OF earth have Como through thia nroccss
InouSands aud tens oil thousands OF Coda
children have been cromated p y n,iss
ana wifo, tho evangelist singers orcmnted
Dy accident at AshtabulA bridge. John
kogers, cremated by persecution; Intimer
ana Ridley, crcinAtcd ut Oxford, Pothinus
anu blondina, slave and Alexander. n
physician, aud their comrades, crcmattd
~ the order OF Marcus Aurclius. Al leasu
iVoioOO OF Christ's disciples cremated. and
tnorecan DO nudoubt about the resurrection
OF their bodies, II the world lasts ns tnuch
longer as 1t haa already bcon built. thero
perhaps may be no room for the large mere.
ago set apart for resting places, but that
time has not como. Plenty Of room yrt
and tho rnce necd not pass that bridge az
hro until IL comes to It, The most Of ua
prefer tho old way. But whether ont ~
natural dlsintcgrntinn or cremation We
shall get TINT luminous buoyant, glad
some, transccndant magnificent, ino1plie.
able structure called the resurrection BODY.
You Will have II, | win have II. l say 10
You today, as Paul said to Agrippa, "Why
should 1t be thought thing incredible
with you that God should raise tho dcndy''
mat farup cloud, higher thnn the hawk
Mes, higher than tho eagle flies what Is 10
made Off Drops Of water from the Hud-
SON Other drops from East river, other
drops from stagnnnt pool ont on Newark
hats. Up youdcr thore, embodied In n
cloud, and the sun klndlos II. II God can
mako such lustrous cloud out OF water
drops, many Of them solled and Impure
and fetched from miles away con no not
transport the fragments OF q human body
from the onrth, aud out OF them build IA
radiant body Cannot God who owes all
tho material out Of which bones and mus
Gle and tlesh nre made, set them I'M again
II thoy have fhlonf II manufacturer Of
telescopes drop II telescope on tho floor, and
II brinks can no not mend u again so YOU
can SEQ though III And N God drops tho
human eye Into the dust tho eye which he
originally fashioned. can he not restore it2
Aye, II tho manufacturer OF tho telescope
by change Of the glass and change Of
focus, cur mako G bcttcr glass than TINT
which was originally constructed and ar-
tually improve 1t, do you not think tho
iashioner Of tho human eye NAV improve
Its Rlght and multiply the natural eye by
tho thouSindfold additional forces Of the
resurrection eyoY
Why Is the RcsurreotIon IncrcdIbieg
"Why should /, be thought with You an
Incredible thing that God should raise tho
dcad2' Things all around US suggest IT.
Out OF what grow all these fluwcrsY Out
Of tho mold and earth. Resurrrcted Res
directed Tho radiant butterfly, whcro
did IL come from? The loathsomo catcrpil.
Jar. That albatross that snltcs tho tom
past with It's wing, where did II come fromg
\ scnsee's shell. Near DcrgCrac, France,
in n Collie tomb, undcr IA block, were
found flower eccds TINT had been buried
Z, 200 years. Tho explorer took the Hover
seed and planted II, aud It came IN, IL
hlooncd In hlncbcll and holiotropc. Two
thousand years ngo buried yet rcsut1VCtpd.
a traveller snys he found in mummy pit
In Egypt garden peas that had been buried
there q, 900 years ago. lie brought them uui
aud on juno 4, 1874 he planted thcm, and
in 80 days they spmng up. Buried o, 600
years yet rcsurrrctcd.
"Wly should It be thought a thing ia. |
credible with YOU that God should raise
the deadS' Where did all this pilk come !
from-tho silk TINT adorns your persons
aud your homosP In tho hollow Of n STAFF |
a Greek missionary brought from China to |
Europe the progcnitpFs Of those worms /
that now supply tho silk markets OF many I
nations. Tho pnEcnntry OF hammered host |
mud tho luxurious articles OF commOrcil /.
blazing ont from tho sllkwormsl |
And who shall he Nlrpriscd II ont Of this |
earthly lifo our bodies unfold |
Into something worthy OF the coming ctcr-
nifty. Put silver Into diluted inter, and IL .
Is the silver COMO forcvcrY No. ,
Put In sonic pieces OF copper, ard the sill |
vor reappehrs. II ono force dissolvcs, an
other force reorgani2cs
"Why should It be thought thing in.
credible with you that God should raise the
dcad2" The Insects flew and the worms
crawlcd Inst autumn fceblcr and fccbcr,
and thcn stopped. Thuy havo taken no
loOui tUcN Wnhi mono. lhry lie DORMANT |
and insonsible hut soon tho south wind
viii blow Tho resurrection trumpet, md
tho air and tho earth will DO fun OF them.
DO you not think chat God can do as much
for our bodies rs no does for the wosps,
and the spiders, and tho snnils3 This
at half past I O'Clock there was
Out Of tho night, tho day.
In fow weeks there win DO resurrection
In all orr gardens. Why not some day
resurrection amid all tho grnvcsg Ever
aud anon there arc instances Of men and
women cnuannod. A trance Is death, fol-
lowed By resurrection after few days.
Total suspension Of mental power and vol
untary action.
Suspended Animation.
Rev William Torment, great oyangcl-
list Of tho last generation, Of whom DIR.
Archibald Alexander, q man far from he.
Ing sentimental, wrote IN most eulogistio
terms --Roy. William TpnnHns sremcd to
die. His spirit seemed 10 bnvo departed.
People oamo IN day after day and said;
''1io IA dead. Ilo Is dondp But the soul
returned, and William Torment lived to
write out experiences OF what he had seen
wbilc his soul was gone. 1t may DO found
some timo That what IL called suspended
animation, or cOmatoso state, is brief
death giving The soul an excursion into
tho nrSt world, from which IL comes bhok
~ fs,ass gaU frDtt /