Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-04-05

when we go out Of this world we ar
going to Kings banquet and to a r,
ception OF mOnarchs, and at the doc
OF the tomb we leave the cloak Of fles
and the wrnppings with which W
meet the storms OF this world. At tn
close Of an earthly reception, unde
the brush and broom Of the porter, th
coat or hat may be handed to US bet
Z ter than when we resigned it, and tn
4 CLOAK of humanity will finally be re
n turned to us improved and frightened
and purified and glorihed.
You and do not want our bodies re
turned as they are now. We want t,
get rid Of all their weaknesses and al
their susceptibiities to fatigue and al
their slowness OF locomOtlOn. W.
want them put through chemistry OF
isoil and heat and cold and changing
seasons, out OF which Gcd will recon
struct them as much better than they
are now as the body OF the Fosiest and
healthlest child that bounds over the
lawn In Central park is better than the
sickest patient in Bellevue hospital
But as to our soul. we will cross right
over, not waiting for obseQuies, inde-
pendent OF obituary. into state In ev-
cry way better, with wider room and
velocitles beyond computation, the
dullest Of us into companionship with
the very best spirits in their very best
mood, In the very parlor OF the uni
verse. the four walls FURNISHED and
paneled and pictured and glorihed with
all the splendors that the infinite God
In III the ages has been able to invent.
Victory!
The Urn or the Tomb.
This view, OF course. takes it of but
little Importance whether we are ere
mated or seputured. II the latter Is
dust to dust, the former is ashes to
ashes. II amy prefer incineration, let
them have 1t without cavil or protest
The world may become 80 crowded that
cremation may be universally adopted
by law as well us by general consent.
Many Of the mlghticst and best spirits
have gone through this process. Thou
sands and tens Of thousands Of Gods
children have been cremated-P. Z.
Bliss and wife, the eyangelstic singers.
cremated by accident at Ashtabula
bridge; John Rodgers, eremated by
persecution; Latimer and Ridley, Gre
mated at Oxford; Pothinus and Blan-
dina, a slave, and Alexander, a physi-
clan, and their comrades cremated at
the order of Marcus Aurelius; at least
a hundred thousand OF Cnrist's disci-
piles cremated. and there can be no
doubt about the resurrection Of their
bodies. IL the world lasts as much lon
ger as II has thus far. there perhaps may
be no room for the large acreage set
apart for resting places, but there Is
plenty Of room yet, and the race need
not pass that bridge of fire until 1t
comes to II. The most Of us prefer the
old way. But whether out Of natural
or cremation we shall get
that luminous buoyant gladstone,
magnificent, inexplicable
You will have it; will have it.
| say to you today, as Paul said to
Agrippa, why should 1t be thought a
thing incredible with you that God
should raise the dead" That far up
cloud, higher than the hawk flies, high |
er than the eagle flies, what Is II made |
)ff Drops Of water from river, other
irops from lake, still other drops |
rom stagnant pool. but now embod-
ed in d cloud and kindled By the sun.
r God can make such lustrOus cloud
,ut Of water drops. many of them soil
ID and impure and fetched from miles
way, can he not transport the frag-
nents Of a human body from the earth
md out Of them build n radiant body?
cannot God, who owns all the material
ut OF which bones muscle and flesh are
made, set them up again II they have
alleni II a manufacturer Of telescopes
Irops q telescope on the floor and 1t
,reaks. can he not mend II again so
ou can see through itl And II God
We which he originally fashioned, can
e not restore IT. Aye, If the manu-
acturer Of the telescope. by the use Of
new glass and a change OF material,
an make a better instrument than that
1hich was originally constructed and
ctualy improve 1t, do you not think
be fashioner OF the human eye may
improve its sight and multiply the nat
raj eye by the thousandfold additional
Orces Of the resurrection eye?
Everyday Resurrections.
"Why should it be thought with you
n Incredible thing that God should
lise the dead" Things all around US
lggest it. Out Of what grew all these
overs? Out of the mold and the }
lrth. Resurrectedl Resurrected! The .
idiant butterhy-where did 1t come
'om7 The loathsome caterpillar. That
batross that smltes the tempest with {
s wings-where did 1t come from? A ,
useless shell. Near Bergerac, France, :
a Celtic tomb under a block. were T
,und flower seeds that had been bur .
d 1000 years. The explorer took the 7
)wer seed and planted 1t, and it came r
,. 1t bloomed in bluebell and hello T
ope Two thousand years ago bur- f
d. yet resurrected! a traveller says u
: found In a mummy pit in Egypt r
lrden peas that had been buried there Il
300 years ago. He brought them out, .
I'd on the 4th Of June, 1914. he plant Il
them. and in thirty days they sprang \
. Buried 5000 years, yet resurrect- a
! "Why should 1t be thought thing Il
with you that God should II
lse the dead" g
Where did all this silk come from RI
e silk that adorns your persons and 81
ur homes? In the hollow Of staff W
Greek missionary brought from Chi II
to Europe the progenitors Of those u
,rms that now supply the silk mar u
is of many nations The pageantry v
hammered host and the luxurious N
ticles OF commercial emporium blaz- | W
: out from the silkwOrms. And who eC
all be surprised If out of this lnsig' OF
ipnut aurthIv hodv this inSiQnific0nt | d;