Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-07-23

nE 10 the perI0CClOH VI udA ud-
ture, wherewith He assembled into
heaven and there stitch until He
return to Judge all men at the last
day." Pestilences are not from Him.
Disease, making the body. as Pope
declares his, an apparatus OF tor
ture," is no more from God than
the disease of the soul. Jesus cured
both and inflicted neither. The body
designed to be an instrument OF
Righteousness must be strong. To
be strong 1t must be nourished by
pure air, pure water, pure food. Even
IL these be secured by legislation
the legislation should compass the
hygiene of homes, offices and facto.
ries, the prohibition both of overtax.
Ing hours for women and the Staying
| Of childhood upon Mammon's altar,
The wounded are to be healed. More,
! The road between Jerusalem and Jeri'
Tho so patrolled as to make wounds
from robbers impossible. Not only
Is disease to be cured, but the cause
Is to be removed.
Christ's ascension confirms our
hopes of immortality. We have 9
| twofold origin. First. the physical
from Adam. Like myriads Of his de-
, scendants who have lived before u.s.
we see how our bodies will dissolve
into the dust. Our spiritual cOmmu.
MON with God the Father, our pass.
, ing from death to life in love for the
brethren. This is our creation anew
In the second Adam, Christ Jesus.
AS that which bore the image Of the
first Adam follows Him, so that in
us which bore the image of the sec.
ond Adam will follow Him.
If there were no continuation OF
this life after death. Christ says: 81
would have told you So" No pro-
visos concerning its terribleness-"l
would have told you So" II 60 to
prepare place for you; that where
am, there We may be Also" Christie
ascension describes our pathway be.
yond the grave, and where He Is, all
the spirits Of Just men made perfect
will be also. The ascension of Christ
gives most emphatic confirmation OF
our hope Of the life beyond
JOY from the ascension of Christ
These men had parted from theil
teacher, the prince among teachers,
the friend of friends. His hands
would no more be laid upon them In
benediction. No more would His
voice be heard. They were the suf
ferers of the most irreparable loss
Thus bereft, their task was to dis
ciple all nations composed Of hostile
peoples, eager to persecnte them with
death torture. Oh, the agony OF
their despair! Yet thew returned
to Jerusalem with great joy" Album
1ant must have been their ascension
JOY to have absorbed their grief.
His words to them were "all power
ls given to me-" Wickedness would
be annihilated by His Omnipoteni
grace. The assurance of the fruitior
If your supreme desire gives great
Joy. The supreme desire of these
who were trained by Him who is full
Of grace and truth would be the de
struction OF evil and the enthrone'
ment of good. The assurance Of init
consummatiOn by Him of almighty
power filled them with joy.
Joy comes from power Govern
ment is said to have it's origin II
mans desire to govern rather thar
70 be governed. The successful can
iidate flushed with power is joyful.
All the power of our ANCESTOR
meets in us and must obey our be
hest which may be thus far" The
Dark Ages said this and arrested pro
gress, or If further. which we of the
twentieth century say, the labors Of
| he race are transmitted to the on
richment of posterity. These dis
,iples tense with the power OF Hin
| W which they can do all things. were
! joyful. But when 1t is from thu
| power that turns carnal kingdom!
nto those of eternal love, its inten
;ity and duration Is fullest. Thi!
wss the source of the disciples JOY
Tney continually praised and blessed
! 500"
We may be the depository Of the
spiritual power of twenty Christian
centuries We may exercise it tt
rake the world purer, juster, holier
rha pathway OF the assembled Chris
may te the trial of our own spirits
/ to inafable glory. Under the do
nin:ol of these convictions as 1t Is
,ur privilege and duty to be, we ev
oerience with the disciples the great
ascension Joy and will like then
continually praise and bless God"