The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-19
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Sgrlle1s Qf a.. no. saf U years. Hut In
the {raesufr a y elton Eih6rn that veil win
be to ken f.,yl vi front the face, and tho
noonday sun is dull ma dim and,
stupid con mparcd ;Wlt tho soutflaninsS
sglorics OF the nntenaac COS of the
saved. Then those faces M iof tl,cI
righteous, those resursco faces,
ssurn toward tho gate or look 4up to-
ward the throne, 1t will be like the
dawning Of now morning on the
bosom Of everlasting day. . glorious,
resurrccted bodyl g5'3
But remark, also, in regard to that
body which you are to get in tho resur.
ircction, 1t 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. UnlcGs nc keep
putting tho fuel into tho furnace the
furnace dies out. Tho blood vessels
are canals taking tho brendstuffs to
all parts OF tho system. We must bo
reconstructed hour by hour, day by
day. Sickness and death arc all the
time trying to get thOir pry under the
tenement or to push us Off the embank-
ment Of tho gravo. But, blessed be
God, in the resurrection I've will get q
body immortal, No malaria in the air,
no cough, no neuralgia twinge, no
rheumatic pang, no futtering of tho
heart, no shortncss Of breath, no ann
bulancc, no dispensary, no hospital,
no inyalid's chair, no speotacles to I'M.
prove tho dim vision, but health, im-
mortal hcalthl o ye who have achea
and pains indescribablo this morning,
ua who pn H.
laoerated with physical distress, let
mo tell you of tho resurrectcd body,
tree from all disease. Immortall I'm
mortali ss
go further and say in regard to
that body which you are to get in tho
resurrection, it will bc aylgorous body,
We walk now eight or ten miles, and
we arc fatlgued; we lift u few hundred
pounds, and we are exhausted; un-
armed, we meet wild beast, and we
must run or flee or climb or dodge be-
cause we arc incompetent to meet it;
we toll eight or ten ha,rs encrgentical-
ly, and then we arc Weary. But in the
resurrection we are to have body
that never gets tired. Is 1t not n glori-
ous thought?
Plenty Of occupation in Heaven. I
suppose Broadway, New York, IN the
busiest season Of the year at noo1Iday
is not so busy as Heaven is all tho
time. Grand projects of mercy for
other worlds. Victories to be cele-
brated. The downfall Of dcspotism on
earth to be announced. Great songs to
bo learned and sung. Great expedi-
tions on which God shall send forth
His children. Plenty to do, but no
fatigue. If you aro seated under tho
trees of life, 1t will not be to rest, but
to talk over with some old comrade old
tilnes-the battles where you fought
shoulder to shoulder.
Sometimes in this world we feel we
would like to have such body rs that.
There is SO much work to be done for
Christ, there are SO many tears to be
wiped away, there arc SO many bur-
dens to life, there is SO much to be
achieved for Christ, we sometimes
wish that from the first Of January to
tho 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 moment in our
work Of commanding Christ and
Heaven to all the peopaFgno syYisssye all
get tired. It is charactcristlGs>th s> the
human body in this condition; we must
| get tired. Is It not q glorious thought
that we are going to have a body that
will never grow weary? 0 glorious
resurrection dayl Gladly will r fling
aside this poor body! Of sin and fling
it into the tomb If at thy bidding /
shall have o body that never Iwearies.
| That is O splendid resurrection hymn
that we have all sung;
So Jesus slept Gods dying Son
Passed through tho grave and blessed the
bed.
Rest here. blest saint. till from His throne
| The morning breaks to pierce tho shade.
o blessed resurrection Speak out,
sweet flowers, beautiful Aowersi
the righteous who shall rise. May God
flll you this morning with anticipa-
ton!
heard Of a father and son who
among others were shipwrecked at
sen. The father and tho son climbed
into the rigging. Tho father held on,
but the son after awhile lost his hold
on the rigging and was dashed down.
Pho father supposed he had gone hope
lessly under the wave. The next day
the father was brought ashore from
tho rigging in an exhausted state and
laid on bed in fisherman's hut, and
after many hours had passed he cnme
to consciousness and saw lying beside
him on tho same bed his boy. Oh, my
friends, what q glorious thing it will
be If we wake up at last to find our
loved ones beside us, coming up from
the same plot in the graveyard, coming
up in the same morning light-the fa-
ther and son alive forever, all the loved
ones alive forever, never more to weep,
mover moro to part, never more to die.
May the God Of peace that brought
again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great Shepherd Of the sheep,
through the blood Of the everlasting
covenant make you perfect in every
good work, to do His will, and let the
associations of this morning transport
our thoughts to the grandcr assem-
blage before the throne. The one hun
dred and forty and four thousand and
the "great multitude that no man can
number" come Of our best friends
among them, we after awhile to join
the multitude. Glorious anticipation
Blest are the saints beloved of God;
Washed are their robes In Jesus blood.
Brighter than angels. 10. they shine,
Their wonders splendid and sublime.
MY soul anticipates the day, A
Would stretch her wings and soar away
TO aid the song, the palm to bear,