Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-04-20
is better than the sickest patient In the
hacnftaI
As TO the Soul.

But rs tn our soul, we will cross right
over, not waiting for obScquics, indcpcnd-
cnt of obituary, into n state In every way
better, with wider room and velOcitics be-
yond computation, the dullcst of us into
companiOnship with the very best spirits
In their very best moods, in the very best
room Of the universe, the four walls fur
nished and panclcd and pictured and glori-
fled with all the splcndors that the infinite
God in all ages has been able 10 invent
Victory
This view, Of course makes IL Of but lit
tie importance whether we are crrmatcd or
sepulturcd II the latter is dust Ia dust.
the former is ashes To ashes II any pre-
fer incincratiGn. let them have Il without
caricaturc Tho world may become so
crowded that cremation may be universal
ly adopted by law as we'll as by general
consent Many OF the mighiicst and best
Of earth have gone through this process.
Thousands and tens of thousands Of Gods
children have been crcmatcd T. Z. Bliss
and wife, the evangelist singers, crcmatcd
by accident at AShtabula bridge; John
Rogers. crcmatcd by persecution; Iatimcr
and Ridley, crcmated at oxford; Pothinus
and BlOndina, a slave, and Alexander "a
physician, and their comrades, crcmatcd
at the order Of Marcus Aurclius At least
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and the race need not pass that bridge of
fire until il comes TO IL. The most of us
prefer the old way. But whether out of
natural Instrumentation ar ,rnmn,;on vve
shall s,, ,b,, luminous h,,o,.,n, ,,.a-
some tropSccndou, moyn;0ccnt InernIic.
ohIc strnc,,,rc c,,lle,l ,hc r,.s,,rrcct;on InJv
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sbould II hc ,bonght n ,bing ipcrcd;ble
with Won ,b,, God shouId roisc ,bc dc,ds',
That farup cloud. higher than the hawk
flies, higher than the eagle flies, what is IL
made OFF Drops of water from the Hud-
son, other drops from Fast river. other
drops from "A stagnant pool out on Newark
flats. Up yondcr there, embodied in
cloud, and the sun kindlcs il. II God can
make such IA lustrous cloud ont of water
drops, many of them soilcd and impure
and fetched from miles away. can he not
transport the fragments Of a human body
from the earth, and out of them build
radiant body: Cannot God, who owes all
the material out of which bones and mus
Gle and flesh are made set them up again
If they have fallen? II manufacturer of
telescopes drop telescope on the floor. and
IL breaks. can he not mend il again 50 YOU
can see though il? And if God drops the
human eve into the dust, the eve which he
originally fashioned, can he not restore it:
Aye if the manufacturer of the telescope.
by u change of the glass and a change Of
focus, can make a better glass than that
which was originally constructed and ac
tually improve il. do YOU not think the
fashioncr of the human eye may improve
its sight and multiply the natural eve by
the thousandfold additional forces of the
resurrection eye?
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Ana who sb,ll bn enrrri.cd n o,,t ~ ,iis
insignificant earthly life our bodies unfold
into something worthy of the coming ctcr-
nifty Put silver into dilutc,I nitcr nnd II
dissolycs Is the silver ronc fnr,verp M
put i'm some pi,ccs of conpcr and Tho sill
yer rcappcars Ii one force. disSolycs. an
other forcc r,,orn,nizcs
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credible with Won that God sbouId rnisc the
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crawlcd last autumn fceblcr and fecblcr.
md ,hcn s,oprnd Thcv b,vo t,tcn M
food. ,bcv want mono Tbc,. l,c dorm,,n,
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