The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-22

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Tor practical appreciation OF the hishei
duties that await them in the colleei,t,
| department OF the inner life, wh,n III,
| burden OF clay has been thrown aside far
ever Spiritualism regards the spirit a.
| 'he man, having material body, de-
sishoa alone for the purposes of the earth
| ne, and teaches that the resurrec. lol
consists In the withdrawal from tho ma
/ 'eriai body and introduction into the suir-
| !'ual world OF the man himself
SpifHualism also teaches that the resur
reouon takes place Immediately after
| ueath or rather that the death OF the PHI, T.
| steal body is caused by the resurrection q,
! The man from 1t. The spiri,uallst. cont
aeht Of conditions adapted to hls needs.
| ana buoyed up 10y unnistaNahie facts is
cheeriully looking upward and outward.
| through the shining portals OF organic law
/ 10 an immediate reception by his beloved.
wheh ms own resurrection shalt transplant
/ MN likewise upon the bright shores Of
ahotiier and happier sphere As have
previously said spiritualism teaches that
the spiritual man is tho real man and
thht ne receives nothing OF his absolute
sei from the material body not even his
FORM The spiritual idea of an Immediate
Icsurrec,lon which l have given is there
.uiV legitimate sequence OF this fac,
IN addition to what is said in tho pihle
IL the mind nnprejudicedy investigates
mus matter, 1t VIII be found that reason
anu angelic communications sustain tina
posltioh assumed So likewise. io tin.
ahaioslVs Of nature, that great bible writ
ten by God throughout all the departments
ol the universe, the revelations OF which
are indolihy indented in the rocks. thn,-
uered hy the ocean In all its vprcd forms
ol sNblImitr aud terror. eNhaled bv tho
flowers whispered In the ripping stream
"l ana innrmureh in the Impressive
nsniilody OF tine forest that uuhlest OF
volumes. we can hut admire even when
we can not understand, which needs not
lho sanction Of councils or the approyal AZ
bishops 20 render it canonical Indeed. ma
iur. is tull Of Tho most heauiitul EXAMPLES
analogous 10 mans TRUE resurrection rhn
rough coarse CalyX. to borrow a fiptre il
IL pouy to the soul of the plant in winter
ne blossom is only the swaddlinr clothcs
Of the real plant. the seed cunt,iYIpr r,o
NE And so man, In the earth life Is nut
we hud Of what he Will be BY ANA Ia,
Whrn through the process Of death and
decay, the external she'll or covering shan
nave lost it's usefulness, Tho Immortal
plaHt Shall bloom and fructIfy IN Il more
ounFtnlal realm But the analogics are
SUN more striking I'm insect and animal J
me The beautiful butterfly. for instance
mas round its resurrection through The
natural Jaw OF ch"vXc. incidental tn tho |
E'o"'h ana progress Of its uudovolonod |
original aud can never again return tn /
~ my s"lla. ne delicate humminr bird !
WIN lts exquisite plumaro and woudnrfui
rapidly OF movement. once recognized no
horizon and boundary of its universe T., |
me tinies' Of eggs, But the law Of nror
lfss IL inevitable and evolution the rontin
unNs PARKWAY Of the universe. Tho hum
ming hird finds its resurrection In
, ~",," OF adaptntion. an atmosphere Of per-
,,,"o any, OF flowers, and never again In.
haplts the egg. Man. being essentially
fpI itual and immortal, finds his rosur-
non nv passing out Of the material
op.N INT" more congenlnl realm. his trne
'' p''por nome. and can never neaiu ami
'na'e nus Worn out tenement Of time.
re hua'ns resurrection for his mn
ierlal body when he IL born into this ,,orls
lnd resurrection for his spiritual hn,,,
ms glorious resurrection. when no lie horn
mo the world OF snirlts throuyh tho
agency OF what is called denth. the mis-.
appreciated hut universally benevolent ac-
'oneheur Of al aspiring souls Indeed all
n".ure hesP'aks some such glorious con
summation to these hopes and Aspirations
~ the human soul Under inhnito power
ana inilnitc will associated with inAnix,
love aud mantle wi.dom, we fni lntellreX
force and inert matter Waiting hand II
hand. so to speak. throughout the VIII
mans OF the universe, and today are Is
'isorous ana active. seemingly. as tlty
have been for millions Of years And In
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