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81 Shall Be Satisfied When
Awake in Inv Likeness"

awake IN my IlKollGSS
Forty-odd years ago | heard Famous
nreacber on the resurrection from this
text 1t was a grand sermon, but L can
do nothing more than to give the mead
ings of his sermon in this article.
We are, he said, convinced by our inner
consciousness that we will not perish
like the beasts of the field-we feel that
God, in His mercy and loving kindness
made man for a better purpose Inc
Psalmist says, Man was made but ht-
tie lower than the angels and we are
taught to believe that the engelc most Is
immortal, alive to every call or the Crea-
tor. and continually sent out to minister
to the faithful during their earthly Pill
srimage. We are endowed with hope
mat there will, be more Ior US than out
soiourn here affords US, for we came
here without our own consent ana 80
hence if we are saved when death puts
in his sickle always without our own
Willingness or permission, When tii"'
hone fails or becomes obscured by dlS-
ase or insanity, men have no desire 20
liye-they become suicides or regardless
of their own lives or future existence
sbrinks from death. We cling to hfe'
we fight off disease, we hide from I'M
nen6ine dangers, we dread accidents, We
would live forever, if the world was al
xvavs bright to us and infirmities were
Wardeu off from our daily existence Du1
we also know that there must come 10
MS a day when the light will fade ana we
must pass into another state OF pelns'
IL God has further work after death Ior
rs to do The things that we know mere
now will know us then no more forever.
When we look on dead body we may
be in doubt as to what appened aIter-
ward as the breath left the cold corpse
before us, but we do not question Tor an
instant that we can never escape the
same fate. The dead man was taking
to us perhaps an instant De1ore lhe
breath ceased, but we know that ne VIII
never speak to us again, and as the Gays
and weeks roll on we are convinced that
we will be an actor in a'similar perform
ance and be coffined and laid away IN
similar manner when our time to go
comes upon us.
We are dissatisfied with our caTes and
nerplexities or maybe our pains and in
firmities. We are dissatisfied with out
failings. because the longings of the hu-
man heart are always concerned with the
future as the regrets of the human heart
are concerned with the past. Wrath does
not satisfy-human love is the sport OF
change and death-nothing here contin>
uous, because we are tramping steadily
toward the day of Deaths appearance
when we must undergo that final change,
and go somewhere or become annihl-
lated like the beasts of the field.
Dissatisfaction attends all our ventures
in this earthly state, because life is I'M
certain, ephemeral. and beset with dam
gers and loss. We clutch at our possess
sions with fiery zeal, but we see them
melt away like snow before the rain De-
cause IT was never intended by the Crea-
tor that we should dispute or hold pos
session against His eternal power. We are
ncrpetually dissatisfied as to what will be
done with our possessions, after Death
claim us.
1t is this uncertainty that unsatisfies us.
we would be willing to give it all up If
we could leave it in safe hands, and we
would be willing to go, if we knew what
was to become of us. If after the wheel
ceases to turn and our mill shuts down
forever.
During all the ages this uncertainty has
been verile and active in the minds of liv-
ing men and women. Sages, philosophers,
wise men, bad men, prophets, priests and
kings have been full of care and uncer-
tainty as to the hereafter.
They want something certain and they
are no nearer to satisfying condition now
than when Melchisedic lived without be-
ginning or end of days" 1t is this ever
lasting reaching out, cropping for a foot
hold in the dim unknown" that fills the
world of mankind today with unrest as
when David sung and Isaiah prophesied.
Whatever else we have or fail to have
we are certain to feel ourselves unsatis-
fed when we think of our certain descent
to our graves and what will follow.
The Apostle Paul was not satisfied. al
though he counted everything but loss,
except the excellency of our Lords gos-
pei. He had much clearer vision than
the great mass of mankind. His salvation
came through suffering, as all salvation
is decreed to come, since the morning
stars sang for JOY" at the unfolding OF
the Creators plan of creation and for
mans redemption from sin and Death.
But St Paul saw through well
darby" We all grope into the dim I'M