The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-12

pyramids OF Egypt, and the mcnarchs
come forth
Who can sketch the sceue' suppose
that one moment before that general ris-
ing there will he an entire silence. save
a. YOU hear the grinding of a wheel or
the olatter Of the hoofs OF procession
passing into the cemetery. Silence In all
the caves OF the earth. Silence on the
side OF the mountain. Silence down in the
valleys and far cut into the sea. silence.
But m moment. IN the twnklny Of an
eve: as the archangefs trumpet comes
neallng. rolling, crashing across the noun.
tam and sea, the earth viii give one
terrific shudder and the graves of the
dead will heave like the waves of the
sea. and Osiend and Sevastopol and Cha.
Ions will stalk forth 10 the lurld air. and
the drowned will come up and wiring out
their wet locks above the b,llow. and all
the land and all the sea become one NOV
ing mass OF hfe-all faces. all ages, all
conditions gazing in one direction and
upon one throne. the throne of rcsurrsc.
tion. All who are m their graves shall
But" YOU saw. III this doctrine ~
the resurrection is true, as preiigurei hy
tins Easter morning, can YOU tell us
something about the rcsurrcctrd hodv"
| can. There are mysteries about that
but | shall tell YOU three or four things
IN regard 20 the rcsurrcctei body that
are beyond guessing and beyond mis-
take
In the first place. I remark in regard
to YOUR resurrected body. il viii be
glorious body The body we have now
IL mere skeleton Of what il would
have been u sin had not marrcd and de-
faced Il, Take the most exquisite statue
that was ever made hv an artist and
chin It here and chin il there with A chisel
and batter and hruise It here and there
and then stand Il out in the storms of a
hundred wears. and the beauty would hc
gone. Well. the human body has been
Clipped and battered and bruised and
damaged with the storms of thousands
OF years, the physical defects of other
generations coming down from genera
toa 20 generation we iuheriting the infe
| lcltes of past generations
But IN the morning OF the resurrection
the body will he adorned and heautifcd
| according 60 the original model. And
there - no such difference between n gym
mast and an emacnted wretch IN a layaret
20 as there will bc n difference between
our bodies rs they are now and our rcsur
rected forms There YOU will see the per-
feet eye after the waters Of death have
washed out the stains of tears and study;
there YOU will see the perfect hand after
the knots of toll have been united from
the kruckles, there you will scc the
form erect and elastic after the burdens
have gone of the shoulder-the verv life
| OF God in the body. In this world the
most expressive thing is the human face.
but that face il veilei with the griefs. OF
a thousand wears. But IN the resurrcc
ton morn that veil will he taken away
from the face. and the MONDAY sun il
dull and dim and stupid compared with
the ouitlaming plories Of the counter.
ances Of the saved When those faces Of
the righteous, those rcsurrected faces, turn
toward The gate or look up toward the
throne II viii be like the dawning of a
new morning on the bosom Of everlasting
dav' q glorious. resurrected body
But ' remark also IN regard 20 that
BODY which YOU are 20 get IN the resur
rectjon. It will be an immortal body These
bodies are wasting away Somebody has
said that ~ soon az we begin 60 live we
begin 10 die. Unless we keep putting the
| fuel into the furnace the furnace dies out
The blood vessels are canals taking the
breadstuiis 10 all parts of the system We
must be reconstructed hour by hour. day
bv dav Sickness and death are all tho
time irving to get their pry under the
tenement or 90 push us of the emhank.
ment Of The grave, but, blessed be God
IN the resurrection we will get a body i'm
mortal
No malaria in the air, no cough.
no neuralgic twlngc. no rheumatic pnng,
no huttcring Of the heart. no shortncss Of
| breath, no ambulance, no dispensary, no
| hospital. no invalid's chair, no specta.
! cles 10 improve the dim vision; but health
| immortal health q We who have aches
and paines indescribab'c this morning, ye
who are never well We who are lacer.
ated with physical dstrcsscs. let me tell
you Of the resurrectod body free from
all disease. Immortal Immortall
] go further and say in regard To that
body which Won are 10 get in the resur-
rectlon IL viii be n vigorous body. We
walk now eight or ten miles and we are
flt,zucd. We lift a few hundred pounds,
and we are exhausted. Cnarmcd We meet
| a wild beast, and we must run or flee
or climb or dodge because we arc IN.
competent 20 meet it We toll eight or
ten hours energeticallv, and then we are
weary. bat in the resurrection wc are 60
have a body that never gets tired il IL
not a glorious thought
Plenty Of OCCUPATION in heaven, I sup.
pose Broadway, Now York IN the busiest
season Of the year, AZ noondav. is not 80
busy a. heaven - all the time Grand
projects of mercv for other worlds. Vic
tories 10 be celebrated The downfall Of
dcspOtism on earth ~ be announced Great
songs 30 be- learned and sung. Great OK.
uoditOns on which God shall send forth
He children. Plenty 30 do but no fatigue.
II vow are seated under tho trees of life.
~ viii not be 10 rest but 10 talk over with
some old comrade old times, the battles
where YOU fought shoulder 20 shoulder
Sometimes in this world we feel we
would like 90 have such a body as that.
There il go much work 10 be done for
Christ, there are no many tears 20 be
wiped away. there are 40 many burdens 10
lift there IL 20 much 10 be achieved for
Christ we sometimes wish that from the
first ~ January 10 the last Of December
we could toll on without stopping 20
% IL. =. -
OF even 90 take food-that we could toll
right on without stopping moment IN
our work of cOmmonding Christ and
heaven 20 nll the pooule but we all get
tired II is characteristic oi the human
body in this condition We must get tired.
l. u not a glorious thought that we are
going 20 have a body that will never grow
weary; y glorious resurrection day
Gladly viii 7 Ainc aside this poor body
of sin ard fling II into the tomb n at
Tny bidding / shall have a body that
never wcarieg That h. splendid rcsur-
rection hymn that we have al sung:
So Jesus slept Gods dying Son
Passed through the grave and blessed
the bed
Rest here, blest saint, til from His
throne
The morning breaks 20 pierce the shade
heard of a father and son who, among
others. were shlpwreckrd ~ sea. The
father and the sOn climbed into the rig
grug The father held on, but the sOn
after awhile lost hi hold on the rigging
md was dashed down The father sup.
posed he had gone hope!e.sly under the
wave Tho neyt day the father was
brought ashore from the rigging ~ an eK.
hausteI state and laid on q bed in
fisherman hut. and after many hours
had passed be- came 70 consciousness and
slw lying beside him on the same bed his
boy.
Oh nv friends ~h3, . ,'orious thing i.
wiil be i we wake up az last 10 find our