The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-11

er found at last. There is where the
Central America went down. Spirits
lowering, hundreds of spirits, lowering
waiting for the reunion of body and
soul. Out on the prairie spirit
alights. There is where traveller
died in the snow. Crash goes West
minister abbey, and the poets and the
orators come forth; wonderful ming
ling Of good and bad. Crash go the
pyramids of Egypt. and the monarchs
come forth.
The Immortal Body.
But" you say, eff this doctrine OF
the resurrection is true, as prefigured
by this Easter morning, can you tell
us something about the resurrected
oody!' / can. There are mysteries
about that. but l shall tell you three
or four things in regard to the resur-
rected body that are beyond guessing
and beyond mistake
In the first place, l remark in regard
10 your resurrected body, it will be
glorious body. The body we have now
Is mere skeleton of what it would
nave been If sin had not marred and
oe1aced it. Take the most exquisite
statue that was ever made by an artist
and chip it here and chip it there with
chisel and batter and bruise it here
and there and then stand it out in the
storms of hundred years, and the
hlqnfv ho l,,
man body has been Clipped and bat
tered and bruised and damaged with
the storms Of thousands of years-the
physical defects OF other generations
coming down from generation to gen.
GRAFTON, we inheriting the infelicities
of past generations. But in the morn
ing of the resurrection the body will
be adorned and beautlfied according to
the original model. And there is no
such difference between gymnast and
an emaciated wretch in lazaretto as
there will be difference between our
bodies as they are now and our resur-
i rected forms. There you will see the
perfect eye after the waters Of death
have washed out the stains of tears
and study. There you will see the per-
fect hand after the knots of toll have
been united from the knuckles. There
you will see the form erect and elastic
after the burdens have gone off the
shoulder-the very life of God in the
body. In this world the most impress
sive thing, the most expressive thing,
Is the human face, but that face is veil
ed with the griefs of a thousand years.
But In the resurrection morn that veil
will be taken away from the face, and
the MONDAY sun is dull and dim and
stupid compared with the outfaming
glories of the countenances of the
saved. When those faces of the right
eous. those resurrected faces, turn to-
ward the gate. or look up toward the
throne. it will be like the dawning of
a new morning on the bosom of ever
lasting day. o glorious, resurrected
body!
But I remark, Also in regard to that
body which you are to get in the res
direction, it will be an important body
These bodies are wasting away. Some
body has said that as soon as we begin
to live we begin to die. Unless we
keep putting the fuel into the furnace
the furnace dies cut: glhe blood yes
sells are canals taking the breadstuffs
to all parts of the system. We must,
be feconstrucseSskour by hour, d ~
times trying to Aheir Dry under the,
tenement or to pit s off the embank-
ment Of the> gFaJI Ssut blessed a. he
God, in the resurrection we will get a
body immortal. No malaria in the air
no cough, no neuralgia twinge, no
rheumatic pang, no futtering of the
heart, no shortness Of breath, no am
bulance, no dispensary, no hospital, no
invalids chair, no spectacles to i'm
prove the dim vision, but health, i'm
mortal health! o We who have aches
and pains indescribable this morning,
We who are never we'll, we who are lac
Grated with physical distress, let me
tell you OF the resurrected body. free
from all disease. immortal! Immortal!
In Heaven.
Plenty Of occupation in heaven. 7
suppose Broadway, New York, in the
busiest season of the year at MONDAY
is not so busy as heaven is all the time.
Grand projects Of mercy for other
worlds. Victories to be celebrated.
The downfall of despotism on earth to
be announced. Great songs to be learn
ed and sung. Great expeditions on
which God shall send forth his child
rem. Plenty to do, but no fatigue If you
are seated under the trees Of life, it
will not be to rest, but to talk over
with some old comrade old times-the
battles where you fought shoulder to
shoulder.
Sometimes in this world we feel we
would like to have such a body as
that. There is so much work to be
done for Christ, there are SO many
tears to be wiped away, there are so
many burdens to life, there is so much
to be achieved for Christ, we some
times wish that from the first of Janu-
airy to the last of December we could
toll on without stopping to sleep or
to take any recreation or to rest or
even to take food-that we could toll
right on without stopping a moment
In our work of commenting Christ and
heaven to all the people. But we all
get tired. 1t is characteristic of the
human body in this condition: we must
get tired Ia II mt 0lorfoue +ho,,h.