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LESSON X-MiRCn 6TH. .
tHEIHXSESS 0 JESTJS
..... inv:.. 7 ;i9-2&
TO JOHN.
-GOLDESr TIXT.-He was 1 Burning
m4 SWaiig IJybtWoha 5; 85..' .
4 MWUness o Jesus to Jahnftike 7 : 19-28
T. ' Parallel from Matthew, - Matt. 11: 2-lSf
vf. Wtrnsef John to Jma, Johnl 443
-Worksitnessinj for JossusjlAike TJl-lT
lYords witnessing for Jesus, John 7i37-53
M.ConfeesioDseoncern'KJesajjMattHaSO
S. Jesus proved tote Christ, Luke. 7; 19-28
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OUTLINE.
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IIS"
1 (SlTKSTIOSritO 1-SQ -'
1 Ammn; 11-23 '
3 OXSOBBJtfl, 418,.;;
L-Theemt Denbtert Onefrtion.o; y.rv
While some f ikJqhaV .discslea followed
C&tii' ffieir sefkia baTrefe'rre4 toreV
miiii'iri & eir old jteaclief and'TIer
consdracfilrlcken" doubtless, because he
knew be bad'jmpruonedjWV jnnocent man,
was wUIiajtoaikrj hi f disciple to yisit
him in bis dungeon. -Their lore for John
did not ebb and. flow -with the tide of 'pop
nlar favor, bat was as trtrong now as' when
snmmnded hft tHef ' applajiding ' mnltitade,.
HOTttrftkeyoffljattacb
Sent, iiMfcWe. ahbd.'lwajs-.
bring oar. douhts to jeeas. John ent bfr
cause he cauld not go himself. We have
the advantage over John that . Jesus is ever
in hearing distance. . . . ;
Art tAau At that ihouldc&au t Tour things
combined,' it jemsr4o make John doubt
(U Jesus bad not jet proclaimed Mm self
the. Messiah, and, hence, . John, might have
begun to regard Him: as simply another
fowrunner with greater power than him
self.; &ibilyiH,w'i')i f' A-V-T'i- f-
(2.y John was a child of the desert, used
to -a stirring, active, life, and 'thesilent,
monotonous confinement within four walls
could but-have a' depressing effect upon'
him. .Jonah '-was sa despondent. that he
wished to die, when' there came a reaction
after that powerful sermon to theNinevites.
(i) obs,:doiibtle8S,r'8bar,i wiOt''otiier
- -Jews, the error that Xrb would 'cnie as
a Wm'poral:deUVereT,'and( felt disappointed
wbea his disciplea told' him &at.Jesuabad
Bofyet so announced himself. V t' X- : "'
4. It may have been thai. John, felt neg
lected by Jesus.' Here he.'was , gyfferinjg In
prispnand Christ had not visited him, nor
triea to release him; How eften jphristiana
are.tempted to think that Godl.Mtf text
thenv.i JBut let ua bear ia .raind tha Odd is
doing best for us, when he sends r affliction
or trouble, .;: : .... .i;i''.--'
IK The Great Doabter Answered i r":
(1.) An answer by his wqrksfjn'firf
tarn Xew'And wmjffi'yfiik&ai ap
pearmgtonc'bls'J4uesfiOnrs, h Went
" oa curing those that were brought to Him,
' Injtrmuie. Diseases'. .whether chronic or
temporary, f&fuei, Perhaps
nlajrue I
wathen ragir m thfi ndghboring towns..
Etit 8ptrfo;Shot possessedwith. devils.'
Learn': If persona doubt our religipn, let
us UWJesua prove 4t by our works. 7 ?
(2.) An ansjf er by BGa wprdft Tben Jemu
'om1;23 snmfl up (the miracles, bftt gives,
as the crowning proof, of qhrist's; diymityi
Iha.jiOiptfirfiU mp&iM preachtdS A
mere man not trj.to establish relr!
Pn .by preaching jto'thepoor; but! to the
ncniior iMea; regard money as t great
powfer.n Jesus showa .ua that be does not d
pend for euccoas tipon what man esteems
strongest. -- -- .f.rj'--: j ty-ftra.i
V. 23TJT0I ni2 In m. As if to say
to John: You are troubled now; because 1
am not acting' accoToTB?' to your notion.
The secret of true happinesi & not in cavil-
linsr thus, .but in submitting vanr will tn
my win ind being WifclwiUih
Ima dO:Q Ji if
Learn-To 1 ju4MeKto Jolm Chrirtl
proves nuaseu 19 do ine sou 01 uea oy xus
worManajusworas, V- -irrTr Ihil 2ff;
I1L The fireat Doubter Described.
V.! 241 T iptak tuito tha peopli eonturninn
JohtK.l The people begin to wonder that' the
conswerea so nrm, oegins now to-waveri
. Tun. " t..:..(l..l .L -jull J . .
uusM ainex
would do Injustice to John; turns to correct
their miciatV- i ai-'il; J -Lr-!i
buwwaa. iiu wtuAca vo .ahh wiHUf
when",' a few months s ago!" you were all
flocking into the wilderness to heir ish'n"i:'rn rVin itn1f '-tri'lihe lsw:' It will
was SVslmply to see an unslAfcWiral whi'ph
any wind could, shake, as these questions
seem, to indicate,! Did you not regard hi'm
nrtji5nlv fit. fflF VMl 1 I...
fc'nAd andnottothedeserttoseesuch:
...n.vr.., .v..;.v KVIUU JUTS EDW IO
V. 28. A prophet T TesjEhat ia what you
went to see. and vou were not 11sannntnt .
wm tcu iim uvw uiH umh WWB UU
messengfirwhomordabandjenttobW
renara thl :JL Heaafkbiti ihertyi'and freer theirtminds'f ronxi
These deubting Questions are so sign of Ms
weakness, but rather that he is too strong a
man oKye oubiuhaim
the prjimgae' ijhimselfSeaxaj
To confess Igncaptaj ,td Chrif and priy for
' enllghtmett Js not a sign, of -mUkness'ibut j
rather 4ftgthr;i;'T Ints tino u ;: ,ck
Be thai is Uocsl t a the kingdom of God it snefc
er than. h& As a &ah,Joha (he Xaptlst "was
the greatest bonf 01 womanyyet,.'lhe least
one that comes' alter me and is filled -wiii
my epirit Is greater ia'power than he." Trho
thenne:! . 0 ircii, slncqGoa haa
his sri.lt fr"' tla' LLlnr? aad tie l-:-t
U3' B-i.ii: aad tie
Chrisf.ia' vl.l tils- power ii gr: .ter tL
j i .'r.-'i
i. is. I u,'u;y ll I I. .., I l.i . r 11 , l Tit 31 ."JiW KM'."
t, - ,.'.'' v m fear .... . i ' - . - a a a i
HI
Reminisee&ces of a Loa Missionary Life
T. TATES, D.,DrC ;
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46
'jib BUDDlHIMC or CHUT a.
' . . ... . .. : 1 1-- ....
This is aforeiffn relfeion.'tho'tfeca
Hal teii6t 'pf Which 'caixbd found: ria1
La 8Doacrtne year cro; ot wr eya, was
ntroducinta Cfiina,lrt,m-Indi
itioh renbrta that Chinesa trarlera iro,
turnincr fioine ' from soine part: inther"
westprorjaDiy some-yjait m. i ne 44eu.
ses as there are fe,vidence8'of ;,the
CMnesehatfeig tyaded;with Egjpfcf
reported tne existencoor a new ren
gionthe iHSugtiratiorff hichaa
attended, by the apprance ; of an
nnnsual st&r in tho heavena. Aff .J 'a
matter f hikory "the Emperor MVii'
disTjatched an embasaV to investigate
the taatler'nnd report..'. l.1?he embassy
thWv ?reni abottt thfe iieW relirion Of
course, 'r at ; that' time, 'jBtiddhisra. 1 in
India .wasa comparatlfeff .new- teli-'
gion'. 1 Ini: process "of time the ' em-H
bassy, contenting 'themselves vrith
not going' any farther West.J returned,
brinizinff .withl thenVr the image, : of
Buddha-a eaeef India.. They also ,
bronht some of the' bnddhisf ritaai:
nottranslated into Chinese; but Chi-,
nesized, i. 0. Chinese characters werO
selected, the sonnds of :wiiich repTe
sented as nearly; as! possible, the -Indian
sounds of tha ritual and budd
hist classics. ; Such an illofidcal mm-
ble pf Chinese - characters was, and
still is; as unintelligible to a Chinese
reader-as an anglicized I Chinese book
would.be to yoa. Take one sentenw:
c?l Inr. k'athav whn art m Hoavon
typ-nutn U fso tsai ?ien Sang And
fet that is the character of the budd
tiist classiev that is repeated daily by
the devotees of Buddha in China.
BxbEdkms says, that Monks .from:
tJie banks of the Ganges come to the
Chinese court to propagate T,heir reli
gionJo During several .centuries, this
new faith struggled fori existence and
influence iB iheiuntryiiThoEmpe-
rora treated it with altemate' patron-J
agei and persecution. ; Tha Bnddnists
from Indixama peaceably, teaching
the , Chinasa itof revere their pompous
ritual abd .their1' pkciJ, 'benevolent,
Bpifeadu among them the ;doctrine'.of
the-separate existence of: the soul, and.
its 'transmigration into; the bodies tf
ianimalsT Theyl - also pleased- their;
ixuagiuauvuu wiui cpicuuiu yik.cviuu'
seenes oij&trawayi worlds,, filled with
lighninhabited by;' Buddhas, Bod
Idsattwas, -and angelic beings, richly
fcaorneds witnvj precious 3. stones ana
metals. -JkAhia.-'way, they enticed the,
Cjhinese into idolatryji t .r-
I My si extfenencoand study of the
Chinese-'and their,reliffions, lead toe
M attributef'the luccessful5 introduc
tion of Buddhism into China and the
adjaoettt fconhtries Bind" islands, , to ai
religion i nuauua was suuucBBiui
these Oduntries---China, Thebet, Moti-'
golia;f fMari6htif iaf CoTea and Japatf,
because it supplied or -promised to
siintlv;ja a d felt Wanta want ? that'
every numan neari xeew ijub ueeu wj.
in, - fig It -were,1 to supplement what
was felt to be wanting" in Taouism
iid Confucianism for neither the
awp mysucisms. ana pomiwna cere
mpnie's of theTjsouMsj nor the cold
pitiless find pbuosopnicaP ritualism Of
isted when BaddhisroWresenied itself I
hearts Buddhism which & atheistic,
while" it had no ' hasis'updri WhichI PteV
rest its pretensions, promised mercy,
and relief 'nndertrying;
? tneur deceased fnenols m'purga
(toryi' And as the Chinese;" at that1
,T4ip. were worshiping 'tnelr ancestors
any promiseotBurjernaturalvaid was
thoat welcome. " -io wts 34 soa:
- In"xtt opfnroh It was this predicate
oi Jpuaanism xnairgavB.ii its saon-
I ,iwv, &W-rrfcvAtM. nmf
I ' V . ..... -. .. i 1.: i :..f-"!
J the ultimate trmmph 01 unnstianity.
I Th WtwV or:trie TQnly God of fnertvi
I Lit fl iL. ; L-.U i-i vi iL-
1 wnirn warn mkti iii f i i f-friiniLfi i.ia iiriiiir
l it id bear upon the multitudes, must
I TfiAriiTft1 WrieV timeifbriiBnddhismi'
tuts promisea to resciie tne ueaa irom
thiirJ prison of darkness fwa3M ccn-.
juries id Buujugabiug vmui.. xucgua-
pel ofChfist whih it does not promise
I V.M"" .w .
I knbVr'Sa the 1 powef 'of God unfo salya-
I . If . .i,D ( Tn . I
t direful tncubtu that rests like' a
ehipall upbh the entire1 populaV
vi vuib arreat iana tne BuperBci-
fear ofthedead.'1 - ;
of the ChinRSft. wVi ether. Confa-
'1 '
9V
istior Taonisla have come.more or
lesi, runder, the. Buddhistic supersti
nop,?,. u jlcv mo tiree. Bjstems or re
li srionv. Jnf erlace 'eaclT other" i The
Tabuisfs havs. adopted much, that in
itapngia jraa, ureij. juuanisuc; tne
Buddhiata' repeat and, teach, much ,cf
tha Confucian riibral philosophy, and
thef Ccnfucfonists,."'whQ become inch
v I a tney enter tne literary cirss, e""
j I 7 t! 3' rddhist cr Tr,ouitt pri: ;t,:
r i' . l tT:ir,' to drive tLo -evil
with ' the'-llessing 6f -1 Him'iwho :
"do,Kteach-iIl natiOnV tc.VwillWn1
1 i m 1;!:? f. . i tLcir d rc"irc3i if ni
ho ;T 7'.V;d xili.'It? J
' 1 111 " 1 1 t i i i
ft 'jt tl3 "u
to'extricatd thefr deceased relatires3
from 4h6' Chinese purgatorfY vto a
As a rule, all mothers are Buddhists. J
Theirchildren iwheri 'they obtain ' a
Uterary degree, prof essedly -abandon
the worship of idols, and worshipttbe'
! tablet ,-f ;,Conf uoims 4o : them ; th6
ionnae pi .vtbyf:. literature v Aiany i
Confacionista however, andevenmany
high officials? whq1 not bring; re-
proacn upon uoniucms or upon uiem-
iselTes; tbt ''orthipmr' idols fa "the
SBon of the Goddess of iUit6rf0a
toier. 3'Herer, the, smd tteir trowetfj
Ww.lv a4 41va wmA nAWffa f lift? v'aVKi:?!
pett jaddea tor their earlyntraamng
proyo that they1 are as snaceptible as
the kings of Israel were. i While most
01 . them profess : to be voniucionista,
they are at heart, under the influence
of buddhism.: s J u s-"
1 , Tha. three systems unit, .with ances
tral worship. )' 1 " ric. ! i 1
I a Buddhism in China has, from time
to tim,e undergone so- many changes,
and had so many1 important additions9
to meet the wants of the people, it is
yery "diflerent in its practical fwork
inffsifrooL? the r buddhism of India,:
from-.whenej it; was imported .Thfe.
Chinese, haye.eyem added new deities -that
werf innknown, ,to the Indians,!
one of which-rsM" J'n, .called in
this dialecXav-17wthGoddes
of Merey, is, ."perhaps more devoutly j?
adored by thejyneae, and especially
by the, women 1 of China, than any
other known deity. . And strange to
say 1 v mis goaaesa loas . preaiuea,
over 'every . native that goes to
sea.',1 v'She also forms one of a group
of small idols which occupy the shrine
of almost every houseno id lor an tne
Chinese 45 ; worship an d train their
children to worship at home as well
as in the temples. . y '
; JJuddhist temples are numerous in
cities,' towns and villages, and dot. the
country in every direction. They. are
generally much larger ..l and mnch
more expensively built than the dwell
ings 01. tne peopifu .uocupying . as
they dOjPro.minent positions.tnsyare
always conspicuous, ieyj are, usu
ally built by4 public contributions
giren to the priests who canvass the
country from ' hpuse to lion se, and,
generally : they do not leave a house.
tan tney get Bometning. iience tne
teinples belong to the people. : Many
of the Buddhist monasteries, which are
on' ft grand scale, are Btowed awaV in
-qaiet glen andHrarrounded by nne
mountain scenery, ''or on tne almost
inaccessible peaks of high mountains
-i-the : favorite location? of the Budd
ihistr.TSome of 's these are richly en
dowed in wooded land, etc., and have
connected, with, them many hundreds,'
and even i thousands of monks.' 1 have.
seen ' cast ' iron pot m which the rice
ipr tne. priests connected, wijtn one 01
these ' monasteries, was.' Cooked, " that
.tfould hold, thirty barrels l.k In some
at few Chinese scholars--meh of liter-
'ary Ability, who having "been degraded1
irom omce, or naving Deen saaiy ais
appointed: in 1 their expectations, or
having lost their property or ; reputa
tioni hate renotincea the wdrld and
mmuredithemselves' in a "monastery,
embowered, m some sylvan retreat, iar
away from the busy throng of life, to
spena-Ltheir days in meditation ana
communion with the spirits' of the de
parted worthies. They render valn-i
ble service in teaching: the priests
tne cnaracters oxtne Asuaamstac ciaa-:
S1CS.,.l -.-..-.-,?f- -iffT :hifi
r I ji, ft rule the Buddhist) priesthood.
is reerunea Dj;,ttne.aooot tajqng torJ
pnan .cnuaren., ana training, tnem .to
thejanlies .of the, temple. f Chese in.
time,, are advanced step by , step,- till
tbey become priests, and tthi is.tHeir
hbine for ; lifer They hare . ho f ami
Jiesjforikelthe .'Eomahistthey
eacnew's-marriage. Ana,iute , them.
&o they have nunneries," which, ' in
inost respectsTfesemhle thelemples.
TheY have; idols' and8 are:yisited by
- mi : 1 fill. 1 .
wpmen. xne nunsxtress a uiue oil
fejrenti ..from fee oommonl women ;af
ihe couotry.i -They, jdOvPftt 0 cramp
their feei''TheyT as well as the Budd
hist priests, alr Bhave'1 the' head ' all
'Ter. "vthe priesti Irearfull and flow-"
ing yellow robes, and are dressed gen
erally quite different from the people,
'Their'shaved heads and pecuhar dress
make them, tery' conspicuous. They
ai"B generally, very ignorant.' arid 'are ai
dOgraded set pi men,' 'and a by'wo T
argng rthe people.' If you wish: to i
insult at mani?'cait him a- noo-wfltf-.
the faame by rbich! a Bdddhist priest
is known J Aotwithstanding they are5 a'
dejgTadedsjlaBSithewhole people are
nnder he influence of their rellgion
anjcuLmust 1 remain so, tin they are
liHeratAdbv the rirriiinftl f flbi"Bt tMS
.ne iaois m tne Duaamst monaster
kre. of enormous slze. The rrinci
ju.a vi. veuiuity- a seaieu- in tne
oriental style on a flowerox thejotns;
and pveri
andjeton-in jsth'
twielve 7or fourteen ' feet ' high ahd
ieyena oxlnore feet'acrOsS 'he-, chest,
aad- re! nsually in'cbod :rbDirtibni;
They? are Imilt nOf.br kk "And 'mor
tal like chimney 'ia made with -a
hole in the back, for the reception of
poaie luring creature. 'f xney are xneu
plastcredpNlished,3syarnished'va
gildedlib They have lall the; parts and
features of a hideous' looking man, of
more tnan giant proportions. 1 Hij
hese are the sods hi the "heathen i
eyes have they but theysee ndt, .ears
haVs they.'hut ther hear not the beti-
tlon for mercy and protection noises
hate they, but thet smell not the fra4
grant T-oiienngs- oj incense, mouths
haVe theyfc but, they speak not to the
f nfcic-i jdsyct:3. , Thc7 have no bow
t .ci-ccj-.- :cn;r.i tr.cy mat v
t'i j.thera S.V9 lika unto.thsm,--. Vi
wor
hat
Trablio 'temples; naVe sernpm'iomft
Iguiet'Trpper room inrtheirwri dwell
Sn' ashribe'to'Bttddhain theiier-
'iTl5
Jr
jTiiu th? eca, cf ttllow c il:3 ti
KV(f i-'-' i''f-
i i ii i i iii , ii i ,1 n i i
incenseHrhtclrlias1 .iiaeeifdeff 'fof
ageaa mi'the Bam plaoe-ih vsv'llarere
hall thai has no windows- a Chinese1
temple, with tho hideous fcicoa of the
idols peeriBg through' the dense ehlokft
andith iWackenedf waUgwandTroofr:
lookajnorJikete atake-hoje of pan.;
aemoniumi tnan:a place worship
for reasonaole, ahdn intelligent meuj
anj women. ; "lal k of destitution,
herfii wrf hatfl a destittftion fh'afiir af.
iflicted with the pUgue of leprosy; tho :
Wfpbssessed 4withJ av til -that ? ir
blind deaf .iradsdumbJiandi theiri
Iheitrts &r6 set to do eviU' And' theid '1
kre somel jf 3; the1 'people ef or? whom i
imanded ua, to go and; preach th? gos
pel of light and .life; these are , some
pf thej gentiles iyliQnimBjai
jtiphed mthe Jew TestatUAit.' to
jwhpm the gospeVas'to : ho preache
jowf the fullnOsi of thephtiles has';
not 'reVcome in,', and the obligation'
afill rests s upon ns t6 uie the; hecesi-
sary means to bring it about. r Dear
Christian ifriends, &n icoold r see; you
facr tOiiaQe J wauldi plea,diarithift
ancient .pe,opJe,"I woul4 :ask:yeu ktf
ay wjbyat, jpanbe done.:to meet.the des
titutionhere,7 Is there any other way
hantbyf EpreigU;, Missions ?,.Then s j
here isn6. jbtherjWay, will youi f up.,
port, Foreign Missions ? .JVUWoacpnf,
fribute of your means, and: ,do it
monthly and cheerfully, as unto tne
Jjord f- Or - will you feive yourself, a
living sacrifice, consecrated to' the ex'
tension j of Christ's kingdom ? for
heartafand wills to .work for 'Christ f
and the souls of menw ; . - i' .
"'HI I .!
A Tfi IP ABROAD.
f-l
.; ' " ' ST. MAEK'S.
1 It is the Sabbath day, as beautiful
and bright '"as Omhipotcnee eyef pro
vided fbr the5 comfort of hisoreatUrea?
Our hotel (Victoria) is enly a short dis
tance from t&is grand cathedral,' and
the moving mass of hurnanity natural-
ly drifts us in that direction, dtis the
hour ot morning prayer and as; there
is no English church. within reaches,
far as Ketknow.iWft wnclndtOitrj'tot
See what kjpd of worship is conducted
m tms neart, 01 atnoucism. a?
priest is officiating, and the lad jing
ling the bells that are fastened around
ib!e bottom - of' his robe.1 There are
two atftarsi neHe;the right and the;
other to', the left upon: centering1 tho
eenlerdWr EoraihlhtAda4
ih iroht of one and goes throdgh his
mahiOTUtions,' gesticulations .and
genuflections, while an almost: innu
merable ' multitude surrounds : the alt
tar, bowing; groaning, crossing them :
selves, kneeling and counting:: their,
beaia. -He . then moves - over to the
other altar the f worshipping., legion
follows. .There are hundreds of idle,"
'cfajribaC, I6bkert-6nr' eyidently . from
Jejvry? iil-'fMifyXiblf
around "antongtn'e" miie4multude'J
i nere are no pews, no reawi, save, per
naps, 'a doien; br twoOhairS scattered
about over thevkst'laudiehce robmi
This is because' they wish to place all,
pjinceand peasant 6h the same f ootj
iig, ? making 'all stahd, kneel'as i
WCT ucsb. xucis oic ctiucuut
- .
bnt very few who engage in tne exer
cises, except the lowest and most flfii
graded ,classe&i. .iherei by a pillar,,
kneels anoldr woman whose frame, is
bent with ,the weight of years,. wor- !
shippihst a crucifixhere is a' decrepit
male formiV whose head is as white At
the aim' oh tree, "bo wing in humble adcP,
nation before' a picture of the TireinV
apparently wholly uncohsciouS of the
iptesehce of intruders there " a t
eh.
departed Saint.' Thcse!Lare': but spe-
ennena . .oijnejTaggedairtyiJmow.ey
tnrongv -wie , through r ignorance and 4
ai dupes; cthei nlighteriediT),
hood, weeklv andr daily -bow. here to
tne images oi,: tne-saints ana tne ca-
viour in ODen violation, ol. the com-'
mand ofrJieaven, 'Thour shalt not.
jnaite.tunioinee any grau., iiuag?,.
nor any likeness," etc. jLn the midst
of"' it' alia i collection . is', taken' up ' to,
forward the cause.:; Sick ati heart 'at
withessingthis idolatryln' a christian
land, we turnawayana makeour'way
back jo the hotel, : ,
IWhilo on this subject, let-mo, tell
.it.
tern, .what r we see here sMondav.. .1.
mhstj tdf "yn' a legen just herej wj,(
riiierencB iq tne Doajtjf ,tnQijilvange,7;
as .tola us rjy ,our.guiae it,Koes.
somewhat ,thu 'StIark.died.al
mains Wre sacredl f.: preserved until
when 'two Venetian ;merchants, on
thferr return front that city,' stole' the
bojiy andrpacke4it ina baslOBtiicoyer?
ink it with pork. and. then shon tins-
thenamqo'f this offensiye flesh laths
jears.of thous6ulmanSrf Jatpg tle-
noane war a: joy &zq,
tb take command
stqrm;t6:say - it
:Wheri'he;W Ut arrived a grand recep
tiqnwaS tendered.w, Afterthech urch
Wis Erected the remains werO dep6s
ited here, .where they ; have since
rested.
V? The whole ..structure is of. marble;
anafrom the outside, looks something.
.'I !
lilde, a mosque, The , floor; is all of.
mcjsaio and is yery undulating owing
td ;he linking of . the -piles, oa.whh
it s buptj . The walls, too) are decor-
' One spot'is of special interDst,-'.,'Crpon
enteriDg: the "centre door, i7jW will
Cua a rea and white diamond shaped
pidca of marlld.inserted in" the Coor.
1L 3 ciiks tL3 jlaci whera Pc- 3 AI-
cxJz:.r- III,
'robed ' in' rcntical
1 j : ;I L:j f ;;t
Liiza wiL.i jweia,
C3 IL3 n;.cf Hi
c ; : - ,'-m o . a
I itJi ;-mta 11131 oeJi j-ie'srU souii "tf:i-ri.r.:.-; i-.!.",a '"4 i-i twr Uj
, , , ,,, , , , !f
prostrate ,Gmn:Emperor;4peating
the .wordiqfrthfr ($lt??salm;iiIhon;
shalt treadppon the lion and adder
the young lion and the" dragon rhalt
thou tfampleunder -feet Waeflpk
Barbarossasf m l4l(?waif felt7erY
much 'hnmiliatMfi drmnrmTirEdi'
i "Tor SUPeter. ot to thee, J kneel Hui
fimlntk'a''M).'..iiWVuiiiViilk;''. '
daimingf i tTo! Jitt khd 8tZ Peter 11
Not wtmld.heitake his loot off an til1
Frederick was fully, iumbled nd.
tnis is no all, lor ne;rjnadegtbe.popr
Emperor'fiold'thJtfrr.ufor'himlto
mouhjt isorse'af fthi. dSoT.THif
waali ttoneto aholvithe osurjrMmayi
of the opQioyer vftft-the. dwaperor
iThia is all t authentic, but , I .tell voa
xnat some 01 tne otner tungs pointed
w 1 ne guiae rooc Teryj apoenry
L3 PritThwin tellsfof 'syaSe of
he rcal.blooa of ChdsVla'partof the:
iknll ot John the. Baptist. t These I
id''not,seeV,hutomer,thfir3i just aaj
rOtiderfui Bttch as four comnins.of 1
emple I at Jeru8aim,ij3 they are
xquisitely heautiful sfna nay be real ;
? baptismal font-brought from Con-
tatin.ople in Ao Dz4204;rfthatdne
n;sW&icbrJOhtti tbJdp!3ttqwabeM
eaded-r-it isfreiikfitone: idthtb ideati
al stone jOiiliich Christ stoodrwhen
ei denvered tbusermon i on iitha
eunt.I ,yesaelotholyjwaterj!ar.
ed ffom JLthens 'to" Constantlaopler
,uu mvugu vuuw iu iiuu uiavo m
krtrait of theyirgTn-mted byit?'
Lukel'a'nd manytlother fuch things'.-'
For . all of these we .liave.ito'Pati iti'S
... Kere. aB.at, Niagara
alls; eyery'time you, tarn around jou
haVeWay ! a'nd - it?1 is 'pay: r paifXI j
On tiS, outside, j sitf north of the
lildingi-is the'tomb of Daniel Manin,
the last Prtsidenfc! oi the Venetian
EepubicK.whotvwaa.;lmriid here ini
184. ttiMarks tomhiis !iwar'by j'
ana nere are tne wingea nons - oi
Which . we have all heard.': There are
so cither animals iheaice, (ami the I
lions ffMi,0tarV
three norseBS ana i rew" cows wtircn r
re!kept:vcn;bhe ofi the Islands in' the
Suburbs as .a ..shqWi for ith children,:
whwh are caVrie: oat there on regnj.
atechrj$.bhl:'as ame,mjericana.
$crr wnenta t bircua comes B'arond A
They are so much crowded, here, thai
f they ihate , their flower , stands 1 in
ncaies. as weu as some oz tneit iruit
trs C -JcBtmagine an- orchard J in
boxss on tbia- -.elevated - eite I ; 5 TfhO
clocttpwer,: too, preeents qdite an'in
foresting spectacle Jt' is arranged so
as not only to twin t to the figures on
th dSal; but also to give the time ei?
sictly'Jby means8 of numeraia, -Which
cjhange every flye nainutea, and these
ate below tha iacev so that you may
read t V: 25,:iTVaa;tc. T.wo . large
images ceme out, Or rather stand out,
;alua Btrike the?lr4drsj indena year
the figures Ovtjthe .apostles come ot
and bpyr' tohe ynage of theiVirf in
Sthihti'AMnrni'l.liAfAvar.... .', .
n uivu W V T uwiiyM!:iii..., tit ft I
. Jaut come wita na into, our gonaoiaj
ahd we will toake' a "tiait to some bfl
thd othet places bt interest ,He're is
the church of St. Maria Saluta, built
in the 17th ce&tttSVr-toetay-the plagrue
then -iag' Yh 1 thbusan
pjBrsonB were swept awayt insiae tnere
is an,; eiegant .painting- repijesQBwig,
( venice jmeeiinx ,anv ueoewwiiix ;iuc
.Viigin trf stay the hand of destruc
tion ana aesoiation. , xne, aeaa were
all buried 1 wnthin '.'itSeJ cfty until the.
conqtest' of 'NapoleotiTs who erected m
cemetery outside And forbade the con
tinuanceol this ruinouacustom JV.... . .
i Gliding along the Grand Canals we
pass the palace of Byron, in which-he
WTote Don J nan 1 and Bome other pro-
;anot.ie't1a.i Tri th iennfcKlWre - is
biifiedthe 1 heart of CaVa,3Ma left'
nana is in iwmo, nis rient nana in
the. Academy of Fine Arte in'Tenice,- -
tl)e Venetian provinces. Here is aP
sd a monurnept tp .Titian, who -revived
the artlof paintinz from , liy-
n'bodywhicrwss r jQalJby7e(
ureeKs. v Among oinerstrangetnings
iss a large'1 tJamting :-' hanging .heM' t
Vie-church 'tot 'sale r '-They- 'don't
sepm to scruple to do anything to rdise
'jllere;8 the famous llialto abridge
onainirle marble arch, 91 feet span.,
resting on ,12,000 pileV," .nd -was.
L built in'1599. Pn,both.s;dea.;pfvitr
. .
w roa t , an i J-n i rtV ' j iraft 11
they are sarranfifed as 'foWViry' afc
tractive. 4n'"passin2' OvertlEobk cm'
exerjside for a pjaee. f or theirehkles .
toi go.?. uicoarsQ l hpdfdrronfor
lby haye.nothing pfj.,thiakind.ijdOa
thl other side' are the fruit and nres-ft
L t&yio 'markets,' he square oiShylocMs
iiiano oi onasespeare, tnenrst.Loge s
palace, the'placo where ' the flwtdis
Iributioriof newspapers WaS.'eter
mide;-the kite of the first'bahk in the
world; the institutibn whefeanaWmy
frdm whic the an ffel that browns St
.Juarjciflajuibie.-ii-tt -ij io-! oi
-r i i .... w
ouijiv, 'f-, ,;-t ,,5n:
The Hesnrrectlon of the:o4y;I .v
na,,, Aii;iA3sprB,BcsBrjEir, , o?
rc'i
ft VI I. . . .. . i iiwii P-
X F ATI1EES. BltTILREK AJTD. SlSTE&S :
-Byjcur rpointr.cnt I an hers 1.
Uiiy to feppiit i sotr.s leading Iru-th s
held ty us., J do not come with ,a"y
csf tu:, lief tatitay conceit cf r.y ;
Tangea ; unaer a .covcreq way, are
5ps containing jewelry fruit ffancr
1 . . .1
Til I
Text : ".. Wfy tloxdi it be thought u
l 47-n incredible ?ctih vou, iha Qod
; JaIobW raisem dead f 'r-Acts-xxvis
in. ,. i ii.ifii mi .! t i i i i ii J
ownylhut sh'iDonltaimtoeall toyouf
mindlsome jof Lthe things 'jcurfently
heUare ,anipngu na4Mremeiiia
'JThb resurrectio.oi, the, hodycne
ot'the' gfiindtabctines that could
pssiblycMp -e
come jit withoTrncovered' h6a'd!and
deyouti heart asking; -the jiid'of thafi
Divine Spirit whose-it, is to noake pur
minds to uhderstanid and on.rr. hearts
to belie've the truth, venJ though' that
fprehensioru - .vjtboMM tooioiq
jxrptn ie, prominence giyeu; to j?ie
laneeTiHIerme- sl!rart' of our'hohr
auiiQiuQoi tons passeaover in silence.;
Ilnthe resurrection our faith finds its'
esf evidence an. there oub hope will,
Ana hn-fruitiohlJ" t7 shall m&no
.tujmpvto'uay wexpiamtne manner
if this wonderful eventIBIy lohly'1
atawfll; beJft show irom hothreasfin
i " vvny should it bethpnght a tmng
Incredible with you that God snould
JraiseiJthKvdeaa ?,We notice, first,
home of twH-TtyrmaHar-fri resur-
FWMW? wdjisee under.;.
stand tho Apostle'. lanCTasre. He is
pot arguing' for ...Tttturb1" existence,
pearly all in his 'tlay, and nearly all
men nbwy believean future' existence,
drhaPanl , proclaimed this alone
fhefe. would; have been,,4itle dissent.
and, no" opposition. " This SadnrtflAa
ieeeptedi obtnewS ahd'Gen:'
tii.ua 4Wku -ui w ru- w su ai ter iue .
len nwi expect Josiife Jiereafteri.
One of the most noted infidels of ur
daK standing beside hi dead, saysi,
i'd uat so long aS we loyeone'anotner
lonsr as lovei Wsae; the. lips ef death
wll we beieye3 and Jwpe for another
yb'MZ l,'. ' " ,,.
j Our telltpeaks of the rlsurrection
4f;sthe: bodyi5!The inaoriry1 of the1
people ydid not beliete it theni-they
do not now. Because they cannot see
Ao?7 it can be thev denv thai it pan hn
Men, brr i thisa d octrine: on 'yarious
gronhdsV m6i j ' ; 4
I 1j ilt ie said the1 future existence is
spiritual and therefore dbea not-need
a body nrjye reply, no ppe jhasTetpe
riehced spiritual existence, and there- 1.
fore no one carr tell w
rhat'tha tuWIr f t
that existence t are f and further ths
doctrmaptfthe reSurrecuon involyes
a changedbody, not such as wei hive.
?Sbni bodv. that is. a.bod v iraifori to J
ttinW8ent,orsoulUf9. "It is' raised
a ipiotual body,'' h body suited to; the.
spintuaiiugnl
- i 2t i'The.bodv Jian in mlnT.casp.9
one out of existence. There jtsino
ody to raise.'. This difficulty isi
real one and requires," a fair and can-
uiu -uswtiri' ux au y uuuiea mre io
their jrormtheyi have been taken up
into other bodies, into vegetables, and.
lost in the atmosphere. .Sometimea
they have enter(ed;,iiito the composi
tion Of "other human bodies;u No :hx&
man- wisdom Joan detect the least' 'par
ticle of the original body, ; Men have
been burned, or arownea, or deyoursa J
,brwildaetslpif wilder men-. " T
In: meeting thlsfdifficultyt vwill t
neip us to rememoer tnat in tneecon
okny of jhatu ret nothing ii' destroyed i
I Ih., jtsaimplest elemen ti matteT, re-,.
fuses, to cease to pe.;., w e may change
ikfoVniitecombinatiohsila proper?
ties? bnt" the5 atoms remain."? ; Chem-
iatry aflorels manyl illustrations here.'
-Takesa piecepf pe eppper jibripg it
into, b j)ntact:,witjv;toxyge' gas,, yon
have 'oxide 1 of A copper : put this into
nitric acid and you have a pure liquid.,
IS the copper lost Take your liquid
to a chemist and ;he"iwill restore vou
feyery.- grain in its purity, bsn ai.
- lit. j it.i t T J
: j lBBaiiuttsjJrieesuj x aiauy
was, one .day Iectunng to his class and
had in" hand ' a beautiful ilver cupi
whioti chahce1 he dropped intr a!
iafeof yeryi powerful acid Before 'he
daldj recover. 4t Jie acj4 had eaten jt.
pp. "x wui nave my cup again, rj&i
said, and by processes well known to'
him he soon nad'aumfofpure sil
yar and from the. hands of the silver
smith, soon held before his class the
identical nun he had lostA- JSn p'oose A
r ral in which there ia no lima or nhos-
poorusjput into that sou paospnata
of! lime,'' then? sow wheat Ma that soil
The neaas oi wneat -ripen,1 '.wow u:
you; wUl.lake that wheat to a chemist
he; will, produce from the wheat both;
'the lime and the phosphorus. , These
llljistratrOns proyer that there are laws
wiichii df aundersWdrkteiibie'nB to
ixolowj atpmsi;throughirxtany?and:va-
. riM changes And. restore them totbeir-
orlginal I orm. Faraday followedhia
cup.J''The chemiat follows his copper
or I his lime. Is -it'ncredible 1 that'
Gdd,itbeiiauth6r: of these JawB, can'
foBQWstheipartioles Ithatxgoi to niake
not a matter of mere ecientibs .inter
cBtL ntfso'tertain'is the identitv that
to pepend on this identity. A buys
poison ;,U .suddenly dies and ; .-if, nr
iea ; jnontns, pass; a suspicion -Arises,
wnsLBumeioinz is wronsr: iob eiomacu
p( p& secured b chemicaKanaljsis
is madfli the samejipoisen'f bought Jbt
,A is found. -.There is a little circum-;
stantial evidence pointing to Aj h is
arrested V and tried? a1' inry ; heat jthe'
case -and condemn the accused,' and
the chief evidehed is therestdred poisr
on i.Chemist,rphysician, judge j and
luryrsay that tt is credible that man
can) restore that "which was lostl and a
mabdies because'they sayM it--rIs it
. not( credible that GoAican followiand
restore and so giyeiifs.L. .-i
3 Xut what of . the? body thatienters
int6 .mother hnisn body ? Theses
1'y.rLiiiM n nt in coarso ui ume en.
t?r i-ti ;a' Urge numtsr of ' pccpla
uur tr::Trcr :3 : c it1 is n;;.t j tap-
laoeirine.pi, tne tresurrti.Qn- ur opnp-ituretetjbe-suTft'pf
,its import.
5.
rei
Further, this tracinjg-ofSdentitj js
it I V; -kviU xl
I if. 1 in i in- in .ifi -',;, mrt m -
pHhaSdenoiPrt
require the raised , body eiisefl
OTelyt rfttpm-y tjleyer gposaessedYhere.
Tre,is f onstangiyins of aui takt
ing oh, and we.may. wjeH belieyethat
therpiiclestht entet ihU the resurT
reccion poay weuia Detnosetnacmaae
the, tody at its,hest.f IThese particles
GodjConld pr8eirotrom.lmH$ati9b
youy cnanKea pvery seven years, some
say erery few" months. u WoWsuppsTS
a man! at fifty was eatok by Cannibal
I most of Itiiat' bodylenlaBTa into theirsr
!T t. i: i i i i Jv
vuuicBUiiwuuu wumm efiqoraiaac
(this vehretJtedthe "resuf-1
recti on bod .Df .the. victim thd vjortU
mepat entered ntoit Et r.orty y?af f
t- ii i ... . . . .
j We do not say thfine26ei drPtfiis
only that such a thing is not i2credi
I 3 Another objeption .has been raised. !
j'TherewUlnot be 'materiar to coh-H
stnrctail who-haye ITyed This scarce."
iy rdeserves sehoui:.' attention enough
m9 me4.TI AJloriP4? Ithiiayeri'
pg eighty be. seyentytfiye pounds,
land the flVrerao-A VtalA & ftirrV-Kl
jyeirs 'ahd'the ayeragii11 poptilafibn iof
thdieaf th' to UOQ OOOOtfiere7
ja,materua enough xnftnoantiwten
bodies for the inhabitants of flie whole ,
4. Again we are told that a chemP
fcai analysis M human bodyigiyes no
morehint. of;ijresurreotionMthaB is
found in the' body of anianima ,We
reply the doctrihe'ia not based on any
chemical Or 'other comMaatTohs tut
oujthe powr HI GocLuatistna qties
tipn ff-Qis-power and Hisiwill3: 5rsl
iirxSXTTCAL
PARTICLES COCXD -3E 1
f IWe : 3iaya shown that we' ourselves
follow jlinea which make, possible the
t any given timeCTheJproposi-i
tiotf jnrolves v no absurdityien 'ifl
repBcung rpjc, tne. paxpciesy ox tne
: us,fvi But God ik not so limfted. Hia
b tyM?Iber, thatti; jwys,?
1 ?s npt incredible that God should
raise tnendenticaLbodv. thus talon?
tne extremest new-aud the'onenard-
estto establish. and -liajgnnii2e with
scientific tru-j SVTiO - -
IPKmCAI. PAfcTICLES K0T UICES-
1
SAx..':;;.i-ftk?f
7T.
. 1 Tv A Tirtw nv that tho TUMa Aeum rn-fc
.nj-Bucn HtraineaaentityT
. neither does ant fair representation of
uiii uose require ic. a laenraiy or living
things isjnot identirof particlea, but
of , form,, of gualityjf of consoipuBaess
Yon ihave thesameti'djrVdu had
the 1 Bejif-eonscKmsness : is the. samei
- though there may., not be .an -atom, in
ivour present bodv that wasin.it then..
'We! sowiwteatlEr wheat at?
.wheaxrofconlymnrfjecfed but mhP
tanlied. So in thff xerredtian I may
.not have a -particle, of-the matter jthat
is in my body now: or ever, has been.
et if it is reclDgniMd.AViriy bodyV'it
looks like ixoy --body, others say it is
my Dody,tmy. ownliM)nsciotinesaJ so
decides by any reasonablej definition
oi aiomicai iaentiiy;wpuia. involve a
:ieir body everirtime: we sleets SThe
.uuu.iuuhou auu power uuat uan pre--,i
served; an ,adenutyrthropgh.jthB.5onr
stant chanffea of r life, can snrelv nre-
ervd'thaVldentltt through e Jew
ehanes" between' death And the resuf-c
rection.Ir;Vi
Ai y-:
KiJ POSrflYE PROOFS.
i WerfiOw fnrS1to2the!"rj6siti re "side.
(i' "I
.f i ... -
We have shown that theresurtection
pf the bodyIis: possible iwiUi Godbnt
there. Am. many AposaibiQiirigshat:
c
li
ilk! Men of all-ages andcotiditiohf
hve, believed in a jurrection of the
body. ryhero areTpappQsitipnsJ w,Jiich
rnenbanhothelieveJ - Jbjpne.can be;
lilve that tvricetwb arefiVej that Var-r
aUel lines can? be feb! long drawnas -to
meet: i that two! straight iiheB can 'en
close . space: "f that ? a part; Asgyeafcer
than the whole. iThe; niind irefnse;
tot believe any testimony to such prp
pd8iti6nsi but' 'the doOtririe'bdfore Us
prpaucea no? revulsion-5 ana '- large
ndmbers of people have believed it d
tThe Indian buries, borsejr and gun,
ajufi uog, anu.au ma 5ouimj .-eiieuw,
with? the i dead 'warrior V not as- a sa-
tee of sorrownat 'thatT-he"Tnay
e-'them an Jthec? 'happy hunting
A.wav back in old Evnt in the dava
of jiloses we find them embalming the
lies ox vae ueaa. - vxreat tomos were
It,' and those a bodies iif i in exists
ence to-day; i Mumnnes,, we eall therm
Silent.' yet jeloquent. ! as , Toicine :th.S
belief of that pld nation, in, the resur-s
LiJ.ls.i. 1.JI.L'J'. ki' Jiiik'it A.-i"
reuuuu ui o uouy, tnev van vuo iv
tuinnir Spirit, ifeictb :
ff ItThere fffchiuU;of4he'resnrfee-
tioh in nature. .In the. sleepip,
wAking;.of ,allr ani.rnatethSugfs each-
aajj m ine pnanging oj,,eeasoiia. j.rju
Burnmef 4lWinteirso typical bf death '
th4t;tha blddettinrbphetJ said, ' we"
do jalifade as a leaf," and then from,
fWnter to Summer, so like a new life
or Irather an old life given, back,.
Then there are special tUustrAtiohs in
whichiwe. leeniost; wonderf ulchanes.?
Fpi examplehe'ibutterflyS-anongly
worm at nrsu Alter a time irom.
itfedlf it.spinsA svlkeu.;thread r and
'Wxipsitseif' in'4finer mummy"r cloth'
thaia-eycf- Egyptian'5 pHnccS h'c.dpn;.
Look ,at.;it;a i ccai'-tti2 yoa ! siy;
butt wait, till Spriag-tifcey-pat TrOur
I tclf-made mumryj ia tho,-sur.Eit?;
LVd thrcIi burst, and but there conies
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Tacouch about
I have reai'A.'iQfGArman countess,
who, on her deaihsbed gave orders
tbitikw body, Bhpr44:b.e glased id a
tomb, ot granite., j Abovej -Jjeneathi
arundVVere to 'be jjlaced sold wills,
these'to B&iboltedan3 3clanrpedi witb
strongest iron; and erf it Vis' tabs cut
with pen. of are&itt:tE3 rQcksjil'Thia
was-falt
sOct thS imerMment Against the re-1
sujneclacm Madrwonld 5aot touch. lt,: . '
butrcnreirwouldi p.o vbrook isuchv
chajlengtng plGp's power .-AJittle,
seed' from within sprouted; 'it .shot
through1 a erevicej it grew strong and
hand tintilJ itdburst-'f h boltsbltrxd' ,
Uf ted the jck and instead of : etor'J
nityeasmScGodldeQeda few.
short jears i saw. the coffer's vm'onu
merit ld iruitt. 4 But'I do not say these '
things p dy? thFreiurreclron. They
lonly Jhint at iU& r br-- t ?e U vi
& turn to tha Bibl 'Sfherd ihQ
ipossiby becomes actaal, and; hints bo- -
VT1 octrincs oi immorv
talityimd resurrection were one.'"' This'5 .
ds ahowa blithe fact th'atheohry5
feR?pte wJwtdenied therisurrectiohJ
Ike Sadducees-denied also an v-after
iexistericel " They .were niatcrialists.rr
""Bift the diiceei sa af therels ioT
1 1 IA..IVU M1WA Ud, UW OJll IV, VUI
the Pharisees confess lth."r i
j "This1 cdmmen tetief ofnhe' Phari-
sees isehowii Mli'e'-'casebt Martha
before the.raiaing of Lazarus. - John;
ngftfAvfyf 5!H)SJ bits iSHO.iWs La
I know that he shall riseat theresurreo- .
tioiiatthelastday ,
OXD TBSTABEsn? f EO0F3 ' . ,
I -(8.Tfie oidTeaWmenr ixpficitly !
teabheS 'the reSurrectioh.Ih,"In -Jbb;"
perhaps 'the;j)ldest of ;a!1 booksp-we '
reAdenAptera,: iat4-riotn orerseaij
I i!Qfc lat r thoa wouldest .hide ,ne ia' the )
rave," that thou wooldest fceep me secret, .
ttitU thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest i
appoint me a set time., and: remember rme 1
If a man flie,'' shall he li ve ' again t all the , -
days oi. my appomwaxime wail wait, uii
my change come. Thou - shalt call, and I.j
will answer thee; thoa wilt have a desire to "
me workofthinehandsJJa iir? "i-ii 3 U
f jltProtiFaf aday bad'a desire to the' '
werk-Jit-jliia -handsJandTrestared it,:u
shall not God have, at desire to. his.:,
Again Chap: : 33-7 V v : ) ' ,
tfii'ttat my words were'no'wrltCeflY4-'-oh,
that they were : printed tn a book 1- that ?
mey were graven with as iron pen and, lead
in the rock for ever t For"I know thai my
redeemer livcto, and that he shall itand at '
the latter day upon the earth: and though,
after my skin worms destroy this body; yet '
in my eah shall I see Godt whom X fihaii
see for myself, and mine' eyes shall behold, . ,
ekdsnotanothefs thcuga mir reins We con-
'aumed.withio m.2jifT.-e' -u--rt J 3i;tL
H WJien
inent'snea!
men.sav that.the Old Testa- -,
aks vasueiv as to tne luiura
fit 'must Surely bethat'the havOnot' i
LrbadJobi oi isir ow -tstLzu ,w-a?
Uavid also speaks, aeb.lh$ihU: s
Therefore, my heart -is gladV and my
rt'wIolftffh'Th-r flesh ' also shall test in
hnn. .Fr -hon wih not leave mrsool. In :
hell : neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One ,
lt see corroption. iThou wilt' -shew me the-
pfeth ei uf y Treseaiu nuaess vor f
joy; at thy right hand there are, pleasures m
iar etermdre. tu.-Jv
1 Again," Psa,47rlS s; ;?As torme, I.wilLA .
behold thy face in nshteousness. .-1 snail bo r
Batisfled when 1 awake with thy; likeness
In Daniel: 12 : We have the clear-? 3
iesfeiprediction of the resurrection ct-
the body: ; ,s) t o rjAivt
1 1 "And many . that sleep In , tbe dust of the,
earth shall awak, some to everlastiDg' life;
land - rsome jfe ;hame id'eyrtastinff!:epii-; .!r.
lumnL" - ' , . . . . 'ir
T r-r.4, A. 1:11.1 !..ih.;ii.'.;j i
'Ui4-aivai0ttTefHhebanes i f '
a i'fThi hand ofithe T$r& wupbumeiSand -3
carried ,me.out la the spirit ot.ths Aierov andy .
.set me dAwh'in the midst of the valley which
was fall of bones, and caused me to pass oy f "
tHm mnnd fthont.i siid hchold, there werer
yery many inthe epen valley; and, lo,' they'
Srere yeryrdry,! aAad M' sahl unto me, oi y?
fi man,Tcanftbeee,Mnes;nve,?sAna. n-.
sWereaT. liord Qod,' thou knOwest.' -Agate.
he! JwdUutd5ne,S Prophecy upon.. these,'
beauty t and p0wer'toflr. -So-roan
I, m i. ii.ii.
BurajiLacer,puKildtp alLetermtyi
must never'be onened.V Her renueat
dnes, and sayunto.tnem, y.yeuty uuucb,
bear the word 'of Vtii Lord. Thus salth the '
trrl Ooannto thes bones: a3ehold,r'IwiUJ
itsjuse Breath to enter into yeu, and ye shall ;,,-.
, WtelatfS I wilJ lay sinews upon you, and,
wPbHDgupfle6h.npOUyou,TUHioverjroat
.w&h skin, .andut- breathln. you, and ve.
shaHlive; and ye shall know that I am "the . L
Lori. q I prophesied as 1 .was command-: : s
:edl and as prophesied, Jhere rws a noise, .
and behold; a shaking, and the bones came
'together bone to his bone,i And wJwa I be--t
held, lo, the sinews and ,the ncsh came up
uppn them,4 and the skhr covered Ihem ,'
'abevet but , there was jtoj breath in -thenviori
tTliea said be unto me. Prophecy onto the,
wihipWphesy, son man;1 tod say to ther ."r
wiB(; Thoasaimrte Lord . God t -Come It
frcta-the four winds, O breath, and breathe C
upWtbese8lain;ttiatthey may live. o I
prophesied, a he commanded me and the;! ; ,1. -breth
came inWthem, ahd they lived, and
Btobdrup upon theirfeet;'an exceedmggreat'J't
army., -Tlien said he uato-rae 6n of man,f::
these bones ai? . the whole house of .Israel T l,
behold; they say; JOur bones are drid; and ;A ' ;
pui hope, is Jtosti, wears futottlfrJurparta.rj:l
Therefore prophesy and say 4intpN them,,:
Thhsaith-the tordGods Behold, O1, my" i
peo4wUUpenyoMjav .
-yed to' come np out ot your graves, and.'i
riSg'7U mto" the land of lsraeL And" ye ,
shall know that j amthelrdwhenlhave-ifrlJ
auv
and 1 shall place you in your owniana;incu
ahall ye know that 1, the ora, nave
P lafad perjmedit saita pe Jjoru.j rg,; r
openea.your grave, yiwv ui-BPi
brought ulhp tmt1 of-your graves; and
ah nil nnt tv niAt in v6ui-aad Ye shall IjvewrtJ.t
Any, interpretation oitnis- -paiaSos a
wnich' leayes'ont indirect teachings .
arfhoTesurrectiOnM the body, Poth ,J
in thetwonderi&r''c6mmfctogethcri -of i.
the ibpnes, and, in the last; words of. ?
ixplariationis aianlty interpretation. . .,
T3areltr'itf 'tiew 5,;Jthese passages
I quoted; there can lo-'no doubt cf tbo "
hiiTYw ikrrritin the Old Tc3- A
4edrine being taugntin tne via xua
Ayvk-""- o o r .f
jtac eatel s'.srt ih oi mcn
Whcrs life and immortality rem?'j ri
'tfjbrii2rvi3 ' car tcVeih pace.
k. i.