Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-04-20

no anatomist or Psychologist has ever been
able To tell what they are good for. Per
haps they are the foundation of the rcsur.
rcction body, worth nothing to us in this
state, to be indispcnsably valuable In the
next state 'rhe Jewish rabbis appear to
have had hint Of this suggestion when
they said that in the human frame there
was small bone which was TO be the basis
of the resurrection body. That may have
been n dclusion. But this thing Is certain
the Christian scientists OF our day have
found out that there are two or three super
fluitics Of the body that are something glo
riously suggestive Of another state.
/ called at my friends house one sum.
mcr day. found the yard all piled up
with rubbish Of carpenters and mason :
work The door was of. The plumbers
had torn up the floor. The roof was being
lifted in cupola All the pictures wcru
gone, and the paper hangers We're doing
their work. All the modern improvements
were being introduced into that dwelling
There was not room in the house fit 10
live in mt that time. although a month he
fore, when visited that house, everything
was So beautiful could not have suggest
ed an improvement. My friend had gone
with his family to the Holy Land. expect
ing to come back at the end Of six months
when the building was to be done And,
oh, what was his joy when, AT the end of
six months, he returned, and the old honse
was enlarged and improved and gloriiicd
That Is your body IL looks well now
All the rooms filed with health, and we
could hardly make suggestion But aft
or awhile your soul will 60 to the Holy
Land, and while you are gone the old
house of your tabernacle will he entirely
reconstructed from cellar to attic. Every
nerve, muscle and bone and tissue and
artery must DE hauled over and the old
structure will be FURNISHED and adorned
and raised and cupolaed and enlarged, and
all the improvements of heaven introduced,
and you will move into il on resurrection
day. For we know that, il our earthly
house of this tabernacle We're dissolved we
have n building Of God, house not made
with hands eternal in the heavens" oh,
what n day when body and soul meet
again They are very fond OF each other
Did your body ever have pain and your
soul not rc-ccho it, Or, changing the
question, did your soul ever have any trou-
bic and your body not sympathizc with il,
growing wan and weak under the tcprcss-
ing influence! Or did your soul ever have
n gladncSs but your body celebrated il with
kindlcd eye and cheek and elastic step?
Surely God never intended two such good
friends to be very long separated And so
when the world : last Easter morning shall
come the soul will descend, crying, Where
is my body" and the body will ascend
saying, Where is my soul:" and the Lord
of the resurrection will bring them to-
gcthcr and it will be perfect soul in "a
perfect body, introduced by perfect Christ
into perfect heaven Victory!
They Fear Future Life.
Only the bad disapprovc of the rcsurrcc-
tion. a cruel hcathcn warrior heard Mr.
Moffai, the missionary, preach about the
resurrection, and he said to the mission
ary, "Will my father rise in the last day."
Yes, - said the missionary "Will all the
dead in battle risc:" said the cruel chief
tain. Yes, =" said the missionary. Then, .
said the warrior, "let me hear no more
about the resurrection day. There can be
no resurrection, there shall be no rcsurrcc-
tion. | have slain thousands in battle
Will they rise All, there will he more
to rise ON that day than those want to see
whose crimes have never been rcpcntcd of.
But for all others who allowed Christ to
he their pardon and life and resurrection it
will be day Of victory. The thundcrs OF
the last day will he the salvo that grccts
you into harhor The lightnings will he
only the torches Of triumphal procession
marching down Ia escort you home The
burning worlds flashing through immen-
sity will be the rockets celebrating your
coronation on thrones, where you will reign
forever and forever and forever. Where is
death? What have we To do with death?
As your reunited body and soul swing or
from this planet on that last day you will
see deep gashcs all up and down the hills
deep gaShcs all through the valleys, and
they will he the cmpticd graves. they will
be the abandoned scpulchers. with rough
ground tossed ON either side Of them and
slabs will lie uneven on the rent hillocks
and there will bc fallen monuments ard
ccnotaphs, and then for the first time you
will appreciate the full cxhilaration Of the
text, "Hc will swallow up death in vic
tory"
Hail the Lord Of earth and hcavcn'
Praise to Thee ly both b. given;
Thee greet triumphant now.
Hail the resurrection Thoui