Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-04-08

of the resurrection the body will be
adorned and beautified according to
the original model. And there is no
such difference between a gymnast
and an emaciated wretch in a laZaret-
10 as there will be q difference be.
tween our bodies as they are now and
our resurrected forms. There you Will
see the perfect 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 knuckles;
there you will see the form erect and
elastic after the burdens have gone off
the ShOulder-the very life of Loo in
the body. In this world the most i'm
pressive thing, the most expressive
thing, is the human face, but that face
is yelled with the griefs of a thousand
years. But in the resurrection morn
tina veil will be taken away from the
face, and the monday sun is dull and
dim and stupid compared with the out
flaming glOries of the c~Ountenances Of
the saved. When those faces of the
righteous, those resurrected faces, turn
toward the gate OF look up toward the
throne, it will DE like the daWning of
a new morning on the bosom Of ever
lasting day. O glorious, resurrected
body!
A Glorious Thought.
But l remark also in regard to that
body which you are to get in the resur-
rectiOn, it will be an immortal body.
These bodies are wasting away. Some
body has said that as soon as we be.
gin to 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 breadstuffs
to all parts of the system. We must
be reconstructed hour by hour, day by
day. Sickness and death are all the
time trying to get their pry under the
tenement or to push us off the embank-
ment of the grave, but, blessed be God,
in the resurrection we will get q body
immortal. No malaria in the air, 10
cough, no neuralgia twinge, no rheu-
matte pang no f1uttering of the heart,
no Shortness of breath, no ambulance,
no ~dispensary, no hospital, nc invalid's
chair, no spectacles to improve the dim
vision; but health, immortal health!
O We who have aches and pains in
describable this morning, We who are
never we'll, We who are lacerated with
physical distresses, let me tell you of
the resurrected body, free from all dis
ease. ImmOrtali immortal!
l go further Inc say in regard to
that body which you are to get in the
resurrection it will be a vigorous body.
We walk now eight or ten miles, and
we are fatigued. We lift a few hun
bred pounds, and we are exhausted.
Unarmed, we meet a wild beast, and
we must run or flee or climb or dodge,
because we are incompetent to meet
it. We toll eight OF ten hours ener-
getically, and then we are weary, but
in the resurrection we are to have a
body that never gets tired. Is it not
a glorious thought?
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 to be cele-
brated. The downfall of despotism on
earth to be announced. Great songs
to be learned and sung. Great eXpedi,
lions on which God shall send forth
his children. Plenty to do, but no
fatigue. If you are seated under the
trees of life, it will not be to rest, but
to talk over with some old cOmrade
old times, the battles where you fought
shoulder to shoulder.
When Morning Breaks.
Sometimes in this world we feel we
would like to have such q body as
that. There is so much work to be
done for Christ, there are so many
tears to be wiped away, there are so
many burdens to lift, there is so much
to be achieved for Christ, we some
times wish that from the first Of Janu-
airy to the last of December we could
toll on without stopping to sleep or to
take any recreation or to rest or ever
to take OOd-that we could toll right
on without stopping a moment in our
work of commencing Christ and heav-
en- to all the people, but we all get tired.
It is a characteristic of the human body
in this condition; we must get tired. Is
it not a glorious thought that we are
going to have a body that will never
grow weary? 0 glorious resurrection
day! Gladly will l fling aside this poor
body of sin and fling it into the tomb
if at thy bidding l shall have a body
that nnvar rios That iS 81 cn1on6iH