The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-13

irAs We gave them 10 you IN cOfrup-
tiOl, surrender them now ia inc0r-
ruption." Hundreds Of spirits hover
ing about the fields OF Gettysburg. for
there the bodies are buried. A hun
dred thousand spirits coming to Green
wood. for there the bodies are buried.
waiting for the reunion OF body and
soul.
All along the sea route from New
York to Liverpool al every few miles
where a steamer went down. departed
spirits coming back. lowering over the
wave There is where the City Of Bos-
ton perished. Found at last There is
Where the President pefished. Steam
er found at last There is where the
Central America went down. Spirits
hoyering, hundreds Of spirits. lowering
waiting for the reunion OF body and
soul. Out on the prairie a spirit
alights. There is where a 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 60 the
pyramids Of Egypt. and the monarchs
come forth.
The Immortal Body.
But you say, If this doctrine a
the resurrection is true. as prefguTed
BY this Easter morning. can you tell
us something about the resurreetod
body?" ! can There are mysteries
about that, but shall tell you three
or four things in regard to the resur-
rected body fhat are beyond guessing
and beyond mistake.
In the first place, I remark in regard
to your resurrected body, II will be q
glorious body. The body we have now
is a mere skeleton Of what it would
have been if sin had not marred and
defaeed IL. Take the most exquisite
statue that was ever made by an artist
and chip It here and chip 1t there with
a ehisel and batter and bruise It here
and there and then stand it out In the
storms Of a hundred years, and the
beauty would be gone. Well, the hui
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 gem
Grafton. We inheriting the infelicities
Of past generations. But in the morn
ing Of the resurrection the body viii
be adorned and beauhfed according to
the original model And there is no
such difference between a gymnast and
an emaciated wretch in a lazaretto as
there will be a difference between our
bodies as they are now and our resur-
rected forms. There you win see tho
perfect eye after the waters Of death
have washed out the stains Of tears
and study. There you will see the per-
feet hand after the knots or toll have
been united from the knuckles. There
you will see the form erect and elastic
after the burdens have gone on the
shoulder-the very life Of God in the
body. In this world the most impress
siye 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 dun and dim and
stupid compared with the outflaming
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, Il 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 viii be an important body.
These bodies are wasting away. Some
body has said that as soon as we begin
10 live we begin to die. Unless we
keep putting the fuel into the furnace
the furnace dies out. The blood yes
sells are canals taking the breadstuns
to an parts OF the system We must
be reconstructed hour by hour. day By
day. Sickness and death are at all
times trying to get their pry under the
tenement or to push us on the embank-
ment Of the grave But. blessed be
God, IN the resurrection we will get a
body immortal No malaria In the air.
no cough, no neuralgia twinge. no
rheumatic pang 40 iuttering Of the
heart. no shortness OF breath. no am
no dispensary, no hospital, no
invalid's chair. no spectacles to i'm T
prove the dim vision. but health. i'm
mortal healthl o ye who haze aches
and pains indescribable this morning.
ye who are never well. ye who are lac
Grated with physical distress. let me
tell you o. the resurrected body, free I
from all disease Immortall Immortali I
In Heaven.
Plenty Of occupation In heaven.
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 10 he celebrated I