Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-03
THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY,


heautiui sermon on Heaven Preached by
the Rev. Mr.. Jackson.
me Rev. W. F. B. jackson, who has
DAD charge CT st. Andrews Episcopal
Shurch Tor few months, concluded
MS services there Sunday evening, and
returned this week to Providence. II, T.,
MS home. Mr.. Jackson has charmed
many By his sermons, which have. in
Beautiful diction, expressed the pospel
messages OF hope and cheer. His dis
course yesterday morning was on the
passage: 'For If we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even SO them nlso
which sleep ia jesus will God bring
with Him. III Thessalonjaps 4. ID. He
said In rart:
Before this Easter season has entirely
passed IT may be profitable to sum up
some OF the lessons it has had for us.
Our Lord brought life and immortality
10 lieht through the gospel. What had
been merely hints and vain gropinps
IN the dark for assurance of future
life were made plain by His rising
from the dead. We have been ass ured,
not only of IN immortal life of the
soul, but also of the body, changed in
deed from what it is now, for here it is
natural body. there it shall be a
spiritual body. here it is weak. there
it shall be strong. with nothing to
hlndei It's perfect fultilment, of Gods
will. The redemption of the body"
that is ono Of the lessons of Eastertide
Then, too, in the future life we shall be
IN the presence OF God and the Saviour
What heatific rover shall dwell in the
simple presence of the Lord! What
shall it do to make us holy, to make
US happy And yet these things do
not seem so real to us as to be all tie
comfort we Iced. There is one thing,
,boweyer. that does come to US like
reality, and very great comfort when
| we reflect upon it. We shall carry with
US into that other world tie love that
we felt in this world for. those whom
we lo5od the most. There, when We
pass, through the gate Of death, we
shall find that "S
With the morn those angel faces smile e.
awhile. NaT
There shall the parent meet the
Child; there shall the wife meet the
husband; there shall the brother meet
the sister; there shall the sou meet his
loved mother. All those warm airac-
tions which have been such q marvel
Gus blessing to us in this present life
will be renewed there with fresh, be-
cause heavenly, power; and once more
shall that circle Of warm friendship. Of
domestic affection, be renewed, which
seemed to approach more nearly than
anything else We knew to the blessings
Of heaven itself.
| Gpn,a baorfu ba,a tb,a
heavy and sad at the thought OF one
| lately departed, whose face shall be
seen no more in . her accustomed place
in tho house Of God. OF her surely we
could say; Blessed are the dead who
die in the Lord" She will be missed
In many ways, by the poor, by the
sick and sorrowful, by the children in
the Snnday-school, and oh, how much
more than words can express, by those
who were privileged 10 be close to her
in the bonds of family and friendship.
But the influence and inspiration of her
| good words ard works will remain in
this parish and community, Us an oh.
couragement to others to follow Christ
as she did, with the hope and assur-
anee OF meeting her once more.
| For we are not forever parted from
those whom we have known and loved.
Easter tells us that we shall reneY that
| wonderful JOY that once was ours in
their love for Us and in our love for
Thorn. s
| The proachcr concluded by urging his
hearers to pay to the living the debt
they owed to tho dead, so that The
heavenly meeting, NIGH be more happy
and blessed if each one could say that
the memory Of the dcpai ted had beer
an inspiration to all service Of God and
service of mon for Code sake. ..