The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-04-13

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Easter morning l see the prophecy
that his scepter shall be broken and
his palace shall be demolished. The
hour is coming when all who are in
their graves shall come forth. Christ
risen, we shall rise. Jesus, "the hrst
fruits Of them that slept"
Now. around this doctrine of the res
direction there are q great many mys-
ieries. You come to me and say; IF
the bodies of the deada are to be raised,
how is this and how is that?" And YOU
ask me a thousand questions am IN
competent to answer. But there are a
great many things you believe that YOU
are not able to explain. You would be
a very foolish mar TO say: Il won't
believe anything | can't understand.
Why. putting down one kind OF flower
seed. comes there upthis flower Of this
color? Why, putting down another
flower seed, comes there mp a Hover
of this color? One flower white, an
other flower yellow, another flower
crimson. Why the difference when the
seeds look to he very much alike-are
very much alike? Explain these things
Explain that wart on the finger. EN-
plain the difference why the oak lear
is different from the leaf Of the HEX
DRY. Tell ME how the Lord Almighty
can turn the chariot of His omnipo-
tence on a rose leaf. YouaSkm me ques-
tions about the resurrection ! cannot
answer. | will ask You a thousand
questions about everyday life you can
not answer
| find my strength in this passage:
"An who are in their graves shall
come forth | do not pretend to
make the explanation. You go on
and say: suppose a returned mis-
sionary dies in this city. When he
was in China. his foot was ampu-
tated; he lived years after in Eng
land, and there he had an arm ampu-
tated; he is buried to-day in yonder
cemetery. In the resurrection will
the foot come from China. will the
arm come from England, and will the
different parts of the body he re-
constructed in the resurrection? liow
is that poSsible?'
You have noticed. I suppose. in
reading the story of the resurrection
that almost every account OF the
Bible gives the idea that the charac-
teristic of that day will be a great
sound. | do not know that it will be
very loud. but | know it will be very
penetrating. In the mausoleum
where silence has reigncd a thousand
years that voice must penetrate. In
the coral cave of the deep that voice
must penetrate. Millions of spirits
will come through the gates OF
eternity, and they will come to the
tombs OF the earth. and they viii
cry: "Giye us back our bodies: We
gave them TO you in corruption: sur.
render them now in interruption
Hundreds of spirits lowering about
the fields of Gettysburg, for there
the bodies are buried. A hundred
thousand spirits coming to Green.
wood. for there the bodies are buried
waiting for the reunion OF body anC
soul.
All along the sea route from New
York to Liverpool, at every few mile.
where a steamer went down. depart.
ed spirits coming back. lowering over
the wave. There is where the CITY
of Boston persisted. Found at last
There is where the President per.
ished. Steamer found at last. There
is where the Central America went
down. Spirits lowering. hundreds OF
spirits lowering, waiting for the re.
union of body and soul. Out on the
prairie a spirit alights. There is
where a traveller died il the snow
Crash goes Westminster abbey, and
the poets and the orators come
forth; wonderful mingling of good
and bad. Crash go the pyramids OF
Egypt, and the monarchs come forth
Who can sketch the scene? SUD.
pose that II moment before tina,
general rising there will be an entire
silence. save as you hear the grinding
of a wheel or the clatter of the hoof.
OF a procession passing into the Gem
etery. Silence in all the caves of tn,
earth. Silence on the side of tn,
mountain. Silence down IN the val
leys and far out into the sea. Silence
But in a moment. in the twinklinp q
an eye as the archangel's trumpe
comes pealing, rolling, crashing
across the mountain and sea. tn,
earth will give one terrific shudder
and the graves Of the dead will heav,
like the waves Of the sea. and Ostend
SevastopOl and Chalons will stall
forth in the lurid air, and tn,
drowned will come up and wiring on
their wet locks above the pillows. an,
all the land and all the sea becom
one moving mass of life-all faces
all ages, all conditions, gazing in on
direction and upon one throne-th
throne of resurrection. "All who ar
In their graves shall come forth"
But" you say, "if this doctrine q
the resurrection is true, as prefigure
by this Easter morning. can Won 10