Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-04-27

lace. but thot lace ~ vcfied with the
gricfs OF thousand years But In
the resurrection morn that veil viii
be taken away from the face. and the
MONDAY sun Il duh and dim and
stupid compared with the outfianfing
glories of the countenances of thu
saved. When those faces of tho
righteous, those resurrccted faces,
. turn toward tho gate or look upsto-
ward the throne, II will be like the
dawning of a new morning on the
bosom of everlasting day. o glorious.
resurrected body eF
But 1 remark. also I'm regard to that
body which you are 60 get In the resur-
rection. il will be az important body.
These bodies are wasting away. Sofne-
body has said that as soon as we begin
60 live We begin TO die. Unless we keep
putting the fuel into the furnace the
furnace dies out. The blood vessels
are canals taking the bresdstuffs to
ell parts of the system. We must be
reconstructed hour by hour. day by
cay. Sickness and death are all the
time trying 20 get their pry under the
tenement or to push us OF the embank.f
mcnt of the grave. But, blessed bel
God. in the resurrection VIC Will get a
body immortal. No malaria in the air,
no cough, no neuralgia twinge, M
rheumatic pang, no Suffering Of the
heart, no shortness OF breath. no am
bulance, no dispensary, no hospital,
no invalid's chair, no spectacles TO inn
prove the dim vision, but health. ina-
mortal health o We who have aches
and pains iudescribsble this morning.
We who are never well. we who are
lscerated with physical distress, let
me tell you Of the resurrected body.
free from lldiseose. immortal I'm
mortall
60 further and say Ia regard TO
that body which you are 20 get in the
resurrection. IL will be a vigorous body.
We walk now eight or ten miles. and
we are fStigued; we lift a few hundred
| pounds. and we are exhausted; un-
armed. we meet wild beast. and we
must run or fee or climb or dodge be-
cause We arc incompetent TO meet ~;
we toll eight or ten hours energentical-
". and then we are weary. But in the
resurrection we are 20 have 4 body
that never gets tired. Is il not a gl0ri-
Gus thought2
| Plenty Of occupation in Heaven I
1 ~
busiest season Of the wear at MONDAY
Is not So busy a. Heaven IS all the
time. Grand projects OF mercy for
other worlds. Victories 10 be cele-
brated. The downfall OF despotism on
! earth 10 be announced. Great songs TO
be learned and sung. Great expedi-
tions on which God shall send forth
HIS children. Plenty 20 do. but no
fatigue. ~ you are seated under the
trees Of hfe. n Will not he 70 rect. but
TO talk over with some old comrade old
tiInes-the battles where you fought
shoulder 10 shoulder.
Sometimes In this world we feel we
would like TO have such body a. that.
There is so much work 20 be done for
Christ. there are so nanny tears 70 he
wiped away. there are so many bur
dens 20 life, there Is so much to be
achieved for Christ. we sometimes
wish that from the first of January To
the last OF December we could toll on
without stopping 10 sleep or 10 take
| J any recreation or 90 rest or even 10
? take food-that we could toll right on
! without stopping a moment in our
s work OF commenting Christ and
Heaven 20 al the people. But we al
2 | get tired. IL is n characteristic Of the
P human body IN this condition. We must
r get tired. is IL not a glorious thought
= that We are going 10 have a body that
Z viii never grow weary o glorious
: resurrection dayi Gladly will fAEg
:. aside this poor body OF sin and ding
E % into the tomb II at thy bidding
:. shall have body that never wearies
e Tha. Is a splendid resurrection hymI
|. that We have all sungi
= so Jesus slept Gods dying Son
e Passed through the grave and blessed IN
d. bed.
{ Rest here. blsst saint. tai from His thrsn
The morning breaks &c pierce the shade
e y blessed resurrectioni Speak out
3 sweet flowers, beautiful flowers
= While you tell OF g risen Christ tell o
e the righteous who shall rise. May Co
. MI you this morning with anti0ipa
ton.
u heard of father and son VIII
q among others were Shipwrecked n
al sea. The father and the son CLIMBS
q into the rigging The father held Oh
= but the SON after awhile lost his hol
e on the rigging and was dashed down
s The father supposed he had gone hops
3 iessly under the wave. The next da
the father was brought ashore fror
E. the rigging in an exhausted state an
IL laid on n bed In 4 asherman's hut. an
&c after many hours had passed he cam
II TO consciousness and saw lying besid
ot him on the sanae bed his boy. Oh. n.
he friends, what a glorious thing II wi
aF ! Ia II Nxe wake M at last TO find OF