The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

organism a body appropriate to its .
nature. Ali flesh is not the same .
flesh. There is one kind of flesh of .
men, another of beasts, another of .
fishes, and another of birds. There |
terrestrial There is one glory Of the .
sun, another of the moon and another
of the stars; for one star different
from another in glory, so also is the
resurrection of the dead. Yes, there
is the terrible fact of bodily decay. |.
Dead bodies turn to dust and that
dust is scattered to the four corners
of the earth. Of what avail will the |
resurrection body be to me if it is
not the same body which | have loved
and cared for in this life? But Paul
asserts that the body which shall rise
from the grave shall be of the same
likeness as the body sown. 1t will be
the same as to identity. The truth
is, our bodies are renewed every seven
years and a man who has lived to be
49 years old has had seven different
bodies, and yet at every stage of life
he has been the same man, whether
the change has been made by slow
growth or instantaneously, he knows
not, but he is conscious of being the
same man. And so the body that is
sown is not the body which shall be;
but the new body shall he like the old
body in this, that it shall be adapted
to the requirements of the human per-
sonality. The resurrection body will
not be my same body, but as this
body is adapted to the requirements
of my present life, so will the resur-
rection body be adapted to the require
ments of my future life. 1t is sown
in corruption, it is raised in incorrup-
ton, for flesh and blood cannot inher-
it the Kingdom of God" Do you ask:
"How are the dead raised up and with
I what body do they Gomez" I answer,
1T is sown in dishonor, it is raised in
glory, it is sown in weakness, it is
raised in glory. 1t is sown a natural
body. 1t is raised a spiritual body
What the spiritual body is in essence,
we do not know, but it is clear, that
if the natural body is a body depend
ent upon physical means for its life,
so the spiritual body will depend upon
spiritual means for it's life. How are
the dead raised up, and with what
body do they Gomez" Man is not a
4 body, but a soul, that uses a body with
/ its thorns and delicate strings. The
body falls, but the soul lives on, and
one soul lived so triumphantly as 70
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who love him. Jesus could not be
holden of death. And when he rose
from the dead he did not mean it to
be an isolated experience, an expert
ence apart, separated from the rest
of humanity. No, he meant to- be the
first fruits of them that slept. God is
not a God of the dead, but a God of
the living. And the way to find our
dead is not through some Witch of
Endor who never knew them, but who
has some queer gifts which we cannot
explain or understand. No, the way
to find our dead is not by material
means, it is by live. How did the
disciples come into communication
with the spirit of their dead master
Did they visit some strange woman
who seemed at times to have flashes
of insight about his clothes and atti
tude and gestures. No, they made
no use of mediums or sittings. They
simply went back to the countryside
which he loved, took the walk he liked
to take, talked about the things he
was interested in and 10, they founC
their hearts burning within then
j., which told them afterwards that they
had been in His presence. Are yol
asking this Easter Day: How can
! find my dead? Where shall l go Il
meet them? l answer, do the thing
which they loved to do. Read th'
books which they loved to read. Lis
, ten to the music which they enjoyed
= Think the same thoughts. Pray tn
same prayers, visit the same place
and in these regions of the spirit yo
will commune with your dead, even a
the disciples communicated wit
: Jesus as they walked from Jerusaler
= to Emmaus that first Easter Day. TIL
Easter message then is this "Soliv
2 with the people around you now tina
! you may be able to find them herr
after" Heaven is here. 1t is not ia
. away. 1t is just the other side
= the visible. Our loved ones are nc
,, dead. They live in US, in our home
9 9 in our churches, in memory. l neve
visit the home of my boyhood day
a without thinking of my dear dead fat
q er. The dead are living. more trul
a living than we are. because they al
h of the great cloud of witnesses who's
n eyes are upon us. l remember livin
, once in community where there wa
,t supposed to be haunted house.
% man had murdered his wife and bat
" in room in that house, and peop
I said that at a certain hour every mig
v the murdered woman's spirit could
~ seen and her cry of anguish could