Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-24
-anrnn OF TIE DEAD.

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rcr70U OF THE DEAD.
Bv S. T. Willis, LII. D.
the dead raised up? And
d" ,s az body do they come?-I. Cor.
/" .rro questions of this text fill
zoe hoor-s when the precious bod
1oa, ones are laid away in the
o. w what manner and in what
% shall al they come forth from the
f. y, first Of these serious questions
r - Of the resurrectiOn-is an
~. a2" in this language: 1T is not
'esned except it die"
4;s If is like the growth of the
.,' from the seed which, when it is
...1 is to MI intents and purposes
Id without the least semblance
W, hrt by proper environment is
,1 into a living plant. We ac-
Io orc mystery. why not the 9th
pn+ rhe second question, With
i Ro1r?" is the one perhaps that
-os rs most. because it involves
,,..rfon Of identity and of recog
~,ro are six pairs Of words employ
i, rhp inspired writer in this in
n.r,bp Fifteenth Chapter to the
,s.tbiaDs that should be put in or
biz contrast,
rr,t -"rbvsicaI. Spiritual' - the
.r fs nIantpd in the grave a physi-
,r natural body (like seed i'll the
.nndl But in contrast 1T is raised
,,iritnaI body" perhaps with quail
and movers like unto the post
.nrrpcrfon body of our Divine Lord,
which lie could pass through closed
MS and in which He assembled to
Gn.
Mortal. ImmOrtaf' - This
,arpd body shall be immortal, be-
.,4 il is spiritual. being allied in it's
h. nature with the holiness of God,
as+2giDg of His nature. Such divine
amnti9Iitips shall have been wrought
anft as to render this immoral body
rnrne to the powers of decay and
5ab for its bloom and beauty shall
i nperishable.
EirI-"Wpakness. Power - The
arrsI, mortal body is also a body of
p2knpss The power resident in it
lii give it dominion in a higher and
litter condition of being to rise above
4 that is weak and sinful, for the
8Fpr of God shall be in the new body.
nurth-"GI0ry is planted in
a4nor; it is raised in glory not nee
3MrIy moral, but physical dishOnor,
4a in the resurrection it is changed
1iEaiSed a body of glory and beauty.
IN our vile body shall be changed
aiD the likeness of the body of His
8aF' by the mighty working whereby
II is able to subdue all things unto
himself. The mount of transfgura-
10 reminds us Of what it shall be.
il Omtenance shOne as the sun in
ARSTength and His garments became
aaPr than the snow.
Such shall be the glory of the risen
sllN
iltl-"CorruptiOn, IncOrruptiOn''-
for our bodies what we will, yet
germs of corruption in them con-
and they at last decay.
But this corruptibIe knowledge shall
On interruption and be no longer
.l0ct to the irresistible powers of de-
cg1On
The flesh Of Christ saw no cor
luon IN the grave, SO our resurrec-
bodies shall see none, and we shall
~ grow old or feeble or weak, but
:" nourlSh in eternal youth.
NAH, and tinally-"Death, Victory
@4'eF death, which means defeat and
Fdaton, all the essential elements
aS natural, mortal, weak, dishon-
e." corrupt and dying body shall be
~oVPd up in a glorious eternal and
-e victory and in the resurrection
We shall be forever at home with
L"rd and with those who are His.
therefore, beloved brethren, be
,1'aSt' mmovable, always abound
Ill the work of the Lord, for as
a as You know that your labor is
IN vain in Him "