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

"a ,ben stand IL out in the storms
% a hundred years, and the beauty
would be 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 generation to gen
eration. we inheriting the iUfelcities
Of mast generations. But in the morn
mo of the resurrection the body will
no adorned and beautited according
10 the original model And there is
no such difference between a gymnast
and an emacisted wretch IN a lag
arctic as there will be a difference
between our bodies as they are now
and our resurrected forms. There
YOU will e the perfect eve 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 bur
dens have gone of the shoulder-the
very life of God in the body. In this
wo-ld the most impressive 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 that veil Will
be taken away from the face, and the
MONDAY u is dull and dim and
stupid compared with The outfaming
rlories of the c~ountenances OF the
saved. When those faces Of the
righteous. those resurrected faces,
turn toward the gate or look up to-
ward the throne. it will be like the
dawning of a new morning on the
bosom of everlasting day. o glorious,
r%esurrected body,
But | remark. also. in regard to that
body which you are to get in the resur-
rection. il 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
I furnace dies out. The blood vessels
are canals taking the breadSuifs to
ell parts Of The system. We must be
reconstructed hour hy hour, day by
day. Sickness and death are all the
time trying 1" gei their pry under the
tenemen; or to push Us oil the embank-
meut 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. no f~Attering Of the
heart, no Shortness Of breath, no am
bulsnce. no ~dispensary, no hospital,
no invalid's chair. no spectaeles 10 i'm.
prove the dim vision. but health, i'm
mortal health! o We who have aches
and pains indescribable this morning,
ye who are never well, We who are
lacerated with physical distress, let
me tell You Of the resurrected body,
free from all disease. Immortal. I'm
mortal.
] 90 further and 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 hundred
pounds, and we are exhausted: I'M.
armed. We meet a wild beast. and we
mus, run or flee or climbu or dodge be-
cause we are incompetent to meet it;
we toll eight or ten hours energentical-
ly, and then We are weary. But in the
resurrection we are to have a body
that never gets tired. Is it not a glori-
u thought?
Plenty of occupation in Heaven. I
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 tc
be learned and sung. Great expedi
tions on which God shall send forth
His children. Plenty to do, but nc
fatigue. IL you are seated under the
trees of life. il will not be t. rest, but
TO talk over with some old comrade ole
times-the battles where you tough
shoulder to shoulder.
Sometimes in this world we feel W,
would like to have such a body as that
There is so much work to be done TO
Christ, there are so many tears to b,
wiped away, there are so many bur
dens to life, there is so much TO b.
achieved for Christ, we sometime
wish that from the first OF January t,
the last of December We could toll OF
without stopping to sleep or TO TAX
any recreation or 4 rest or even l.
take food-that we could toll right ol
without stopping a moment in on
work of commenting Christ an,
Heaven TO all the people. But we al
get tired. II is q characteristic Of III
human body in this condition: we mus
get tired. Is it not a glorious though
that we are going To have a body tina
: WIKI never grow weary? q gloriou
resurrection day, Gladly will ! Ain
aside this poor body Of sin and fin
it into the tomb If at thy bidding
I shall have a body that never wearie.
| That is a splendid resurrectinn hy,,