The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-02
Reply to Or. letter.

Editor or the Illnes-DlsPttCn'
Sir-I have read Mr.. Jeter's letter With
caro- and attention, and while his theories
nre in many rcs poets plausible and IN.
tcrcsting, yet he has failed to produce
single fact to sustain them.
He tells us that his conclusions are the
result Of much study and prayer. !,
let Inc say ito him that prayer anu
ton of the mysteries of the resur-
recton, unless he accepts the teachings
of Scripture, which are divine and abund-
ant, and seem to me to leave no room
| for doubt
MAN BY wisdom knew not God. HIS
ways are not our ways, nor his thoughts
our thoughts"--and both are incompre-
hensible to the human understanding.
Plato perhaps the wsest Of the Pagan
philosophers. in his despairing and UNI
availing search for tho truth, was forced
TO exclaim: IA messenger must come
from heaven to explain these mysteries
to US"
A messenger has come and revealed
himself and his works-and yet multi
tudes of peoples In Christian lands neg
lect him and refuse to receive his testi-
mony.
/ need not repeat the passages OF
Scripture which teach the doctrine OF
the resurrection. They are. no doubt, IA
lrliliar 70 Mr.. letter.
rection of our Saviour was symbol and
q guarantee OF the resurrection OF the
bodies Of all the dead-whether they be
good or whether they be evil
marvel not at tts-for the hour Is
coming in the which all that are IN the
graves shall hear Fills voice and shall
como forth-they that havo done good
unto the resurrection Of life, and they
that have done evil unto the resurrec-
stlon OF damnntlon."
'.And the graves were opened. and
many bodies Of the saints which slept
arose and came out of the graves after
His resurrection, and went into the holy,
city, and appeared unto many. !, s&.
This plainly shows that the bodies OF
the dead can be restored to their origi-
nal form and endowed with HE ana
action In q moment, In the t"lnkEns o.
an eye, as st. Paul expresses II. as well
as In thousand years.
Theologians tell US that our saviour
retained after His resurrection his bodily
form and his human nature and this
theory seems to be established by the
fact that Flo was seen by. large num-
bers OF His disciples at different times
and in many places. and that he con-
yersed and ate with them as He had been
accustomed to do, and thtat His as
censon was witnessed by them, and in
like manner SHAH he corls AGAIN ~
bodily form.
have quite lately heard a sermon de-
livered by a minister for whose learn
ing and ability ] have the highest re-
epect in which he declared that our
Lord has now and will forever retain His
human, though glorified body, and His
human nature
1t may be that belief In this and doc
trines of the Scriptures may not be es-
sential to salvation-( Believe In the LORD
Jesus Christ and thou shalt he saved -
but we are told that all Scripture Is
given for our instruction and warning
and reproof--and If we deny and reject
one portion. Wei thereby discredit the
whole.
religious newspaper In this town a
few years ago declared that the Song OF
solomon is not Of divine inspiration and
ought not to have a place In the sacred
canon.
these matters?
such commission from above have
TO answer thy desire for knowledge
within bounds. @e
Beyond abstain to ask
Nor let thine own invention nope thlngs
which the invisible King has suppressed
To none lone communicable in earth or
But ,knnwledge Is as food and temper
,9 ance over appetite,
Expresses else with surfelt and turns
wisdom to folly"
Richmond, Va,