The Canton times., 1902-04-11

sandfold additional forces OF the reS
direction eye? .h,n
incredible with you thai you sn
raise the dead?" The insects new anu
the worms crawled last autumn le
Mar and feebler and then stopper.
Thev have taken no food. They wans
none. They lie dormant and insensl-
ble. but soon the south wlnu VIII Dio.
tbe resurrection trumpet, and the ar
IA +ba earth will be full of them. DO
YOU not think that God can 40 as ius
for our bodies as He does for tne Wasps
and the spiders and the snaiiss Us
morning at half-past four o'clock mere
was q resurrection. Out OF the nlsn'
the day. In few weeks there WI, IN Do
: resurrection in all our gardens. why
not some day resurrectioh aiu -
graves? -. hous. one
summer day. / found the yard al, Pne
IN with the rubbish of carpenter anu
nason's work. The door was on
The plumbers had torn up tne hool'
The roof was being lifted in cupoia.
All the pictures were gone, ana tne
paper hangers were doing thelr wo,A- M
All the modern improvements were De
inp introduced into that dweiilng.
There was not a room in the house IL
to live in at that time, although
month before when visited that mouse
everything was so beautiful couiu
not have suggested an Improvement
NV friend had gone with ms fanny
to the Holy Land, expecting 70 coMo
back at the end of six months wnen
the building was to be DONE And on.
what was his Joy when at the emu =
six months he returned and tounu .no
old house had been enlarged ana III
nroved and glorifed. That IS your
body. 1t looks well now-all the rooms
filed with health, and we couia na!u
ly make suggestion. But after awniie
vour soul will go to the Holy Lanu'
and while you are gone the oid nouse
Of your tabernacle will be entlreiy re-
constructed from cellar to attic, anu
every nerve. muscle and bone and us
sue and artery must be hauled over,
and the old structure will be FURNISHED
and adorned and raised and cupolaed
| and enlarged, and all the improve
| ments Of Heaven introduced, and you
will move into it on resurrection uay.
"For we know that if our earthly house
a. this tabernacle were dissolved We
have a building of God, house hot
made with hands, eternal in the heav-
ens.n Oh, what day when body and
soul meet again! They are very fono
of each other. Did your body ever have
a pain and your soul not pity it, or your
body have a Joy and your soul not re,
echo it. or, changing the question, die
YOUR soul ever have any trouble ane
your body not sympathize with it
growing wan and weak under the De
Pressing influences? Or did your sou
ever have a gladness but your bod.
: celebrated it with kindled eye AM
cheek and elastic step? Surely Co
never intended two such good friend
to be very long separated.
And so when the worlds last Easte
t morning shall come the soul will dc
| scend, crying: where is my body
!. And the body will ascend. saying
: "Where is my soul?" And the Lord 9
!. the resurrection will bring them q
f oether, and it will be perfect soul j
}. a perfect body, introduced by perfee
c Christ into perfect Heaven. Victory
! Do YOU wonder that on Easter day "
d swathe our churches with garlands
:, DO YOU wonder we celebrate it wit
d +be most consecrated voice OF sor
a that we can invite, with the defte'
II fingers on organ and cornet and wit
j; doxologies that beat these arches WI
s the pillows of sound as the sea smlt'
,e the basalt at Giants Causeway? On
# the bad disapprove of the resurre
Is tion. A cruel heather warrior heal
re Mr.. Moffatt, the missionary, prea'
e. about the resurrection, and he said
ut the missionary: "Will my father II
,c in the last day?" eyes," said the mi
re sionary. "Will all the dead in bait
e. rise? ?" said the cruel chieftain. Yes
of said the missionary. Then said t
IN warrior: 'Let me hear no more abo
#. the resurrection. There can be no II
Il. urrection: there shall be no resurr'
.s- tion. I have slain thousands in bait
I viii they rise?' All, there will
more to rise on that day than tho
to whose crimes have never been repel
a ed of will want to seel But for
I'd others who allowed Christ to be th'
mn nardon and their life and their RESI-
h rection it will be day of victory.
de The thunder of the last day will
er the salvo that greets you into harb
ps The lightnings win be only the torci
ID of triumphal procession march,
m down to escort you home. The burnt
nd worlds flashing tnrougn INN nm, ns ~