Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-04-01

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quires no impossible feat OF the human
mind % understand that physical
changes may be wrought without effect
on the realm OF spirit. II is said that
the throbbing heart undergoes radical
change 10 specified time Anatomists
tell us that the body passes through q
perfect metamorphose within term
OF years, and yet identity is undis-
turbed. Here is the supreme thought
in the Christian faith. II may have
been another-that resurrection body.
Bot the nail.prints and the clefted
eide were tangible evidences that
steadied the faith OF Thomas. When
reach the land OF the good, among
all the blood washed throng may not
find the flesh and blood OF my ssInted
dead But, Just as the new grain Of
wheAt is not different from the old
long since dead, so shall / recognize
my loved and lost in all that summers
land OF flowers.
Subscription TO specified creed, or
to nocreed at all, seems not to have
forestalled these glesmlngs Of the i'm.
mortal life. Cicero, the majestic ora
tor and silver-toDgus among the Ro-
mans, said long ago, "TheTe is, /
know not how. in the minds Of men, =
certain presage, hs Il were, Of future
existence and this takes deepest root,
and is The most dlscoverable Ia the
greatest geniuses and the most exalted
souls" Drgden, whose verse IL not
always in tune with the Infinite, said
"surs there is none but that feRrs =
future state
And when the most obdurste swear
they do not,
Their trembling hearts belle sheir
Boosting tongues"
Colonel Robert @. Ingeroll Il said
to have been an agnostIc. He was 80
arch.doubter. After every tFoth--sny
truth irresponsible 20 human sense--
he placed the eternal Interrogation
point. His creed lsy within the nar-
row boundaries Of 81 KNOW" II.
geFsoll'a diction was like poem bis
thought dream Of beauty. Listen 10
this period pronounced by him AZ the
open grave OF hIs brothers HE be.
lleved that happiness was the only
good, reason the only torch, justice
the only worship, humanity the only
religion, and love the only priest, IA
added 70 the sum OF human ioyi and
were everyone 10 whom he did lov.
ing service 20 bring a blossom 70 BE
grave, he would sleep tonight benesth
wilderness Of flowers. Life u . mar
row vale between the cold and barren
peaks Of two eternlties We strive N
vain 90 look beyond the heights. We
cry aloud. and the only answer Il che
waiiing echo 81. Our cry. From the
yoiceless lps Of che unreplying dead
ihere eomes no word but 10 che night
az death hope sees q sfar and listening
love can hesr the rustic Of q wing. tie
who sleeps here when dylng. missak.
/ ing the approach Of death Tor she ~.
turn Of health. whispered with bic
latest breath. 4 am better Dov.' Let
Ne believe. 10 spite Of doubts aud dog.
mas, Of fears and tears, that these dear
words are true Of al the conuilem
dead" The question stands ~ the
door Of she universal heati
"Can II be7
MatserImmonslS And shall spirit def
Abeys the nobier, shall less boble REEF
shsil mau alone. for whom eli else r..
wives,
No resurrection kuowi Shall man
alone,
Imperial man b soVn 10 barren
Rroand,
LEES privileged thsn ths grain ca
whIeh be feedsf"
There's grandeur IN tbe thoaahi--
thsy shall sleep, bnt not fofegefg
there win b . eIorio9sdaWnl That Il
. msnalbgisl illBsiFstion--slssp. Pro-
foundly rssifai; Is Il andlstufbed b.