The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-08

1dL1IuS WOulu tlSc III tue IcSulICC'
tion, at the Last bay Jesus assured
her that he would be the one Who
would resurrect the dead. and that He
was then present with her, intimatins
that she might ask even then for her
brother to be revived, But Nartbas
faith was insufficient. When the Mas
ter asked, Where have We laid hin1
she replied that It was now too late.
because putrefaction had set init was
now the fourth day since his death.
When Jesus finally went TO Lazarus
tomb, He did not call him from heav.
en-. nor from Pursatory. nor from
fiery hell. but from the tomb. saying,
Lazarus, come forthr And the dead
one came forth. s
This wonderful exhibitions OF His
power the Lord gave. to the intent
that His disciples then and since
might realize that In Him Is vested the
resurrection power. by Divine arrange
mcnt. aud that there Is to be q resur.
rection Of the just and OF the unjust;
that al who are in their graves are to
hear His voice and come forth. The
Church class viii come forth to per
fectlon Of life on the spirit plane The
world Of mankind will come forth
from the tomb imperfect. as they went
into It. aud will all have test. TO
prove whether they are worthy or un.
worthy OF restitution blessings and
eternal life in the earthly Paradise.
with What Body Do They Conner"
st. Paul held an imaginary discus
sion with doubters of the resurrection
in his day. He has them inquire. With
what body will the dead return? lie
replies that. as each kind of seed that
Is planted reproduces its own kind. so
Il will be In the resurrection Of the
dead. Whatever kind of seed Is plant.
ed in death. Of the same Kind and ma
ture will be the resurrection crop. The
Apostle elaborates. showing that the
whole world of mankind are Of one
kind Of seed-human stock-and that
therefore, In the resurrection time. they
will come forth the same-hHmGRs.
And they will come forth IN practically
the same condition in which they died.
But II we shall suppose rye to repre-
sent the human stock and can imagine
n special treatment of some of that
rye grain before sowing-changing It
into wheat. then we would know that
those changed grains would sprout and
develop, not as rye. but as wheat.
Thus the Apostle illustrates fhc resur-
rection of the dead-the Church. All
are Of Adamic stock, but some. few
the splrlt-begotten Church-eXperi-
ence change OF nature from earthly
TO heavenly. Hence they, in the rcsur'
rection. will come forth heavenly or
spirit beings. He says, Some. the
world at large. will be members of the
earthly Adam; others. few. little
fock." will be members OF the second
Adam-fhe hearenlv Lord. The stand
ard to which the world may expect to
be awakened and. later. raised. VIII
be the earthly standard represented In
the perfect Adam. Like the earthly
one will be the earthly ones" (the
world. And like the heavenly One
win be the heavenly ones'' 0hc sanity
Church, the BrideI Il Cor. Nv. 454Sl.
The First Resurrection Described.
II was not necessary that the Apos-
tie should more particularly describe,
at that time. the resurrection opportu-
nifty provided for the world of mankind,
but it was very appropriate that he
should give 10 the Church n more de-
tailed explanation of the Divine pro-
vision for the resurrection OF the
Bride. Explaining this, St Paul says,
"Thus Is the resurrection Of The dead:
IL is sown in corruption; II is raised In
interruption. lt is sown in dishonor;
II Is raised in glory. II is sown In
weakness: 1t is raised In power. II Is
sown an animal body; 1t Is raised a
spirit body. For there is an aDimal
body and there Is spirit body. As
It is written, The first man. Adam, was
made living soul; the last Adam was
made a quckening spirit" Il Corin'
thians XIV. 4245).
The Apostle declares OF these who
are begotten Of the Holy Spirit and
who make their calling and election
sure and who. therefore. will have
part in the First Resurrection-"As we
have borne the image OF the earthly we
shall also bear the image Of the heav-
emily. Now this | say. breth-
ren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit
the Kingdom of God: but we
shall all be changed. in moment, In
the twinkling OF an eye. at the last
trump q Corinthians xv. 49-52l.
The resurrection of the Church Is
rallied a "life-resurrection," because all
those experiencing 1t will be perfected
In Hfe-will be instantly and complete
ly lifted out Of death conditions. The
world in general. on the contrary, will
not come forth to a llfe-resurrection.
but will come forth still partly dead. as
mankind in general are today. TIE
coming forth or airdkenmG TO them viii
be merely the beginning Of their resur.
Fection. their dhasfGsis Their raising
up completely out OF sin and death win
follow. gradually. II they conform to
the Kingdom rules In the Divine ap.
pontment the thousand years of Mes
siah's reign are set apart forthelr resur-
rection-their gradual raising up TO hu-
man nerfectiOu. The eKDeriences of