The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-15

changes In the life Of Christ, OF which
we can know nothing. But We can form
an idea OF how Tie got rid Of HIS human
body. by studying the symbol OF the
resurrection and the laws OF change ana
production In tho lower creation. That
was when TIe put on the human and
when He cast 1t of. How then did he
dispose OF 1t. He entered the tomb with
two natures. the human and divine.
But a mysterious and unseen change
In going on, and the substance OF the
human Is being absorbed into the divine.
and He rises with spiritual form and
nature, Just as ours VIII be when we
awake In His likeness. And just as the
worm passes unseen into the higher llle
and ceases TO be, just 50 his human pass
cd into the spiritual and ceased to ex-
lat as human. When He came from the
tomb all traces OF the human Is gone
except His personality. which cannot be
destroyed for 1t Is the work OF the soul,
and the marks OF His crucIXion which
became necessary only as more conHinc-
ing proof OF It. II It were not 80. all
our scars and defects would be seen In
our glorifed bodies. Yet there Is DIFF
ference in the change at death between
mans body and that OF Chrlst's. for
having but one soul, and His human be-
ing free from sin, 1t must OF necessity
be absorbed into the spiritual. as the
worm into the higher life OF the butterfly
This view must be true. for 1t Is in e%-
act accordance with the laws that God
has made in regard to change and pro-
ductlon. and the transmission OF life.
The fact that Christ partook OF food al
ter His resurrection does not prove that
His body was human. but spiritual ma
terial, partaktng more of the nature oil
the soul than OF the body not spirit
body, for there Is but one, that Is Goa.
Our human bodies are subject to the
laws OF gravitatlon which binds us TO
the earth. but our new bodies will not
be subject to that law. Angels can ny
from heaven to earth yet they can par
take Of food showing their bodies to be
material, but not of flesh and blood OF
which our bodies are composed. For
God hath given 1t n body as 1t has pleas
ed Him." and that is all we VIII ever
know about It.
Everything in nature has the power OF
the transmission Of life In Itself, as IN
the worm giving Its life to the crysa!is
and butterfly. and the grain OF corn 70
the stalk and the ear. The worm dles OF
ceases to exist as such when 1t reaches
the crysalis and the grain ceases us sucn
when tho stalk appears. so man ceases
to exist as such when his life giving
principle the soul, goes to paradise to
give life to the new body that is formed
around 1t and to take on. and be pre-
pared for a higher form OF life, prepara-
tory to tho resurrection. The material
body OF man according to this law. can
not rise again.
MANS renewed and spiritual BODY, then,
Is formed from the natural, through the
medium of the soul preserving perfectly
every minutae Of the personality OF the
human body. But YOU may ask. HOW
can tho new body and the soul that en-
ters It.. be said to rise from the dead,
seeing 1t did not die? I answer In the
Bible sense, the soul when the body dies,
and 1t leaves this world, Is dead to the
world In the same way the Saviour was
considered dead, when tho sentence OF
death was passed upon Him by PLATE:
otherwise it could not be truthfuly said
He was In the grave seventy-two hours.
Nothing In the universe that dies abso-
lutely can live again. "A thing may cease
to exist in Its original form and live in
another, but II 1t dies It's destruction Is
eternal,
Though this outward man perlshes.
vet the Inward man is renewed day BY
day" Does not this language Imply
an cternn! destruction OF the material
body2 How can u spiritual being come
from corruptible, mortal body? IT must
have spiritual origin and partake or
the nature Of the soul
In this humble attempt at solving the
mysteries OF tho resurrection. ] have
given you the result of much study and
the prayer OF faith, that God would give
me understanding to discern the truth
In regard to this difficult subject. We
have the promise that we will come Into
life again with new body and renewed
soul. and we should not be concerned
how we are to be restored to the COM
partnership OF Christ, In our glorifed per-
sonaity; whether We come from the
earth or from Paradise, SO when We
again appear on the scene 1t may be
trnthfully said We are risen from tho
dead.
Salem, Va. M, JETER.
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