The Yale expositor., 1902-04-04


Nictoryl
This view. OF course. makes II OF but
little importance whether we are Gre
mated or sepultured. II the latter Is
dust 10 dust. the former Is ashes 20
ashes. II any prefer inclneration, let
them have II without cavil or protest.
The world may become so crowded that
cremation may be universally adopted
by law as well as by general consent
Many OF the mightiest and best spirits
have gone through this process. Thou-
sands and tens OF Thousands of Gods
children have been cremated-P. 7.
Bliss and wife. the eyangclisdc singers.
crematcd by accident az Ashtabula
bridge; John Rodgers. cTematod by
persecution: Latimer and Ridley. cro-
mated at Oxford: pothinus and Blan-
dina. "A slave, and Alexander. physi-
clan. and their comrades crcmated NJ
the order OF Marcus Aurolius at least
n hundred thousand OF Christ's disci-
pies cremated, ana there can be no
doubt about the resurrection OF their
bodies. Whether out OF natural disin-
tegratlon or cremation we shall get
that luminous, buoyant. gladstone.
transcendent, magnificent. incxplicablc
structure called the resurrection body.
You will have Il: will have II.
] say TO you to-day. as Paul said TO
Agrippa, why should IL be thought a
thing incredible with YOU that God
should raise the dcad?" That far up
cloud. higher than the hawk flies. high
or than the eagle dies. what e. It made
OF? Drops OF water from a river. other
drops from a lake. still other drops
from a stagnant pool, but now embod-
led In a cloud and kindled by the sun.
II God can make such a lustrous cloud
out Of water drops, many OF them soil.
ed and impure and fetched from mlles
away. can he not transport the frag
ments Of n human body from the earth
and out Of them build a radiant body3
Cannot God. who owns all the materil'
out OF which bones. muscle ard flesh
are made. set them UP again II they
have fallen? II a manufacturer OF tel
cscopcs drops a telescope on the foor
and IL breaks. can he not mend q
again so You can sec through IT. And
II God drops the human eye into tho
dust the eye which he originally fash
,oned. can he not restore Il?
why should 1t be thought with you
an incredible thing that God should
raise the dead?" Things all around us
suggest a. Out OF what grew all these
flowers? Out OF the mold and Ia,
earth. Resurrccted, Resurrccted! The
radiant butterny-whcrc did IL come
from? The loathsome caterpillar. That
albatross that smitcs the tempest with
its wings-whore did II come from? a
senseless she'll. Near Bcrgorac. France.
In "A Celtic tomb near "A block. were
sound flower seeds that had been bur.
led 1000 years. The explorer took the
flower seed and planted II. and IL came
up. IL bloomod In bucbell and hello
trupc Two thousand years ago bur
led. yet gcsurroctcl, A traveller say
he found In a mummy pit In Egyr,
garden peas that had been buried ther.
5000 years ago. lie brought tlcm on.
and ON the lth of June. 1874. he plant
ed them and IN thirty days they spraul
up. Buried 5000 years. yet resurgCCtcdt
why should Il be thought a thins
incredible with you that God should
raigc the dead?'
Where did al this silk come from
the silk that adorns your persons and
your homes? In the hollow OF a stat
oi Greek missionary brought from Chi
"a 90 Europe the progonltors OF those
worms that now supply the silk mar
kots OF many nations. The pagcantry
OF hammered host and the luxurious ar
ticleS OF commercial emporium bllz-
ing out from the silkworms. And who
shall be surprised II out OF this lnsig.
niAcant earthly body. this Insignificant
earthly life. our bodies unfold into
something worthy Of the coming eter-
mites? Put silver into diluted inter.
and il dissolyCs. Is the silver gone
forever? No. Put IN some pieces OF
copper. and the silver reappear5. II
one force dissolvcs. another force or
ganlzcs.
Why should IL be thought n thing
incredible with you that God should
raise the dcad?" The insects few and
the worms crawled last autumn fee
bier and fcebler and then stopped.
They have taken no food. They want
none. They lie dormant and insensi-
BILE. but soon the south wind will blow
/ the resurrection trumpet. and the air
and the earth will be full OF them. DO
you not think that God can do as much
| for our bodies as he Goes for the wasps
and the spiders and the snails? This
morning at half-past o'clock there
was n resurrection. Cut OF the nlght
the day. In n few weeks there viii BE-
a resurrection In all our gardens. Why
not some day a resurrection amid the
| graves?
Ever and anon there are instances OF
/ men and women ontranccd. 4 trance
! is death followed by resurrection afte-
few days; total Suspension OF mental