The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-11
WILL RISE IN HUMAN FORM.
REV, ARTHUR j. SMITHS SERMON
ON THE RESURRECTION.

There VIII he Two Resurrections,
That of the Just First and Later
THAT of the Unjust at the Final
Judgment-The Belief That Man
Has Two Bodies, a Physical and a
spiritual, characterized as an In
~ention of Satnn-The Bodies of the
Just Will Have a Perfect Human
which the Unjust VIII Have No
share.
The Resurrection" was the subject of
Rev. A. ]. Smiths sermon at the First
Presbyterian Church last night. He took
As his text, There shall be resurrection
of the just and the unjust Acts 24:15
After a brief introduction. in which Mr..
Smith spoke of the reasons why Christian
people thought the world believes in the
resurrection, he said it would be impossi-
BILE TO treat fully subject so great in half
an hour. He spoke on three points only
by whom are the dead to be raised when
are the dead to be raised, and with what
body will they come.
On the first point Mr.. Smith said that
throughout the New Testament God is rep
resented as raising the dead through
Christ, His Son. Christ claimed to be the
resurrection and the life." and to have
the keys of hell and of death.
On the second point he said there are to
be two resurrections, 'the just and the
unjust" The resurrection of the just will
take place when Christ appears in the
heavens. They will be Caught up to meet
Christ in the air, Changed in the twink
ling of an eye" This is very plainly
taught in First ThessaIonians, fourth
chapter, and several other places Moth
ing is said about the unjust dead at this
time. In the book Of Revelation there are
two resorrectiohs plainly described. 1t is
intim&Ced and taught that the unjust dead
rem lin in their graves until the final judg-
me at at the end of the world
On the last point, Mr.. Smith said that
flmong the ancients there was belief that
IS shared by some to-day that every man
has two bodies, one a physical body and
the other a spiritual one, and that the
latter hovers about the soul all through
its earthly pilgrimage. There is no state
ment in the Bible TO prove this. Mr.
Smith said he believed it was but an in
venton of Satan to counterfeit the real
truth, as 1t would be fully
revealed by Christ. Some say it is physi-
cay Impossible for God 10 raise all the
bodies of the dead because they decay and
pass into active bodies. Our bodies change
every seven years we are told. They are
not the same bodies but they are called
the same. 1t is a mystery how this death
and resurrection takes place and vet ii
does and we believe it, Why should we not
believe the other mystery? The first is the
result Of Gods laws, so will the second he.
II GCd can and does change our physical
bodies so often, can He not soon change
them finally?
Mr.. Smith said in closing that our bodies
VIII have human form in The resurrec ion
life. This is proved by Christ body having
that form after He came forth from the
grave 1t can be recognized. This Is a
comfort to all Christians who have lost
dear ones.
The body will be perfect, free from all
disigurements and deformations. They
Will be like Christs. They will be beaut-
1uL for His was. 1t was called glorious
1hey VIII be incorruptable, not subject to
decay. They viii be immortal Death
can claim them no longer. They will be
spiritual, capacitated to enjoy the spir-
ltual realm. They will be powerful; able
TO go and come at will to and from heaven
ana from one planet to another This all
taxes place as the scriptures teach after
the coming of Christ. and only for Chris
tans The unjust dead have no share in
H. They simply wait for the resurrection
and their final doom, depart from me"
from the judge on the great white throne.