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N i»4 For our conversation i» in Heaven ; Trom whence, also, we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all- thing, unto Himself.— Phil. 3 : ao, ai. %ia- /T- > ; \' o r i^rr - * . f T -"W^WJ I o r I' ,j I »HI-:RK arc many Hubjects in the Bible calculateil to edify '■'lA and comfort on'nolemn mrcasions like the prenent ; none o' y J better adai)ted to promote the^e ilenirable ends than a ( ontem plation of the happy estate of the rightctftis Ut your conversation be as becometh the (;o9i)el," The first clause of the text may l)e very fitly rendered-" We conduct ourselves as citizens of heaven." We expect the Sav: ior, the Ix)rd Jesus Christ, to come from that bright abode in the glory of the Father to receive us to himself. The wonderful transformation of the text supposjes, and will be preceded by the second coming of Christ, and by the resur- rection of the dead. The doctrirtyof the immortality of the soul has beea 4ield with more or less distinctness even by the heat Jpworld ; that of the body exclusively by those favored with the direct revelations of ihe Sacred Scriptures. The future happy existence of the fioJ^ as well as the sou/ was impressively taught to the early generations by the trans- lations of Enoch and Elijah. Job living probably about the time of the Hebrew patriarchs, exclaims "I know that my Re- deemer Hveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my/«A I shall see God." Isaiah-" Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing ye that dwell; for the 4.ew is a.s the dew of herbs and the' earth shall cast out the dead!" > Daniel is very clear : " And many that sleep in the dust of the the earth shall awake ; some to everlasting life, and some to shame ^ ..■ ■■ ■ ■ ^ ■ ■■ ■; ■ . ■:'.v; t ■' f. and cvcrlanting torttcmpt. * ' And yet more dlHtirw tly sign jfu ant ut the word* of the I-ord Jeww Chri»t : • ". The hour in coming when all that are in their graven shall hear the voire of the Son of CkmI and shall come forth ; they that have done g How wonderful the c hange ! Nature may aid us In Its con- ception. The water Illy apiniars at first as an unsightly bulb, sur- rounded by the slime and mud of the marsh.' When- It reaches the surface of the water It casts down Its outer coating, as It were a dividing line between Its former and its subsecpient life, and now it unfolds its beautiful flower, sends up its authors, matures its pollen, fills the air with Its sweetness and apixrars a thing of beauty. As the unsightly bulb to the beautiful flower, so Is the humbled body, of the present to the resurrection body of the future. YouTidve often brushed the caterpillar from your person with a shudder, 'tit Is loathsome at best— more so as it grows old —Its hairs become fewer, it Is less active, it crawls out of sight, makes its own shroud, and remains for 'a time quite torpid. Be- hold the change as now Its shell is burst and it arises on gorgeous wings, no longer to crawl on the earth, it flits from flower to flower, sipping nectar and spending a quite different and joyous existence In sunshine. As the poor worm to the butterfly so Is the body ojf the present to that of the future. As the seed to the full l^rown plant, as the star to the bright sun, sojs the terrestial body - ^^// to the cek«l»l. Dying, behold we die ! How many the disoMcii, how constant the tendency to corruption in our prcucnt state. It is not easy to conceive of iKKlien In a sute of entire Incorropti- bility. Matter undcrgoca womlcrful changes in thii world, and may lie capable of yet greater change*. From the rough >hell the iKrautiful |)carl i« exuded. The nwiny colored and brilliant dia- mond adorning kings' crowns, is the same in substance as common coal. How'^ndestructible is gold, and platinllll i« still^ore, so not yiehling to the most' powerful furnace heat until the additional strength of iwwcrful acids is adde(). God will make our bodies altogether incorruptible and immortal. As free from decay after a million of ages as when they first enter upon the hcavenl^ in- heritance. Our bodies are humbled now by infiritiity and sick- ness and connection with sin. BiKt, oh, how humbled by death and dissolution 1 . They *hall be " raised in glory." Wtj^shftll be satisfied as to the soul when we awake with the divine like- ness. " Beloved now are we the sons of God. And it doth not , appear what we shall be but when He shall appear we shall be like hinr." This will satisfy the longings of our moral nature. But the body shall have a glory ^it* own corresponding to the glory of the spirit, and of the home in which it shall dwell. "They that be wise shall shine with the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and «ver." Then, says our I^rd, " shall the righteoua shine foVth as the Sun in the kingdom of their Father." How great the weakness of the human body in this life, but in death^itrltrength is all gone. It is sown in the grave "in weakness," it is "raised in power*' How limited our power of locomotion compared to the desires of the mind ! As we shall be " like unto the angels," is it not probable we shall be favored with powers of locomotion similar to theirs ? Be able to pass from world to world even without the aid of an atmosphere like that t ^ / f I Sr ■ -" ''^' W:T«tJp,fl^ 1K^ ;, which surrounds our. earth, or move on swift wing to distant parts of the universe to perform the behests of God. And now our powers of vision are so limited, We supplement it with the microscope foir minute objects, and with the telescope for very distant ones. May not the Divine Being give us powers oP sight exceeding far our present power with the aid of both these combined ? Who can tell how great the ken of an angel ? ftow dull our perception of harmony ! The nicer combinations and finer tones of music are lost upon us. May not God so heighten and perfect this power that every note from the whisper of love from the lips of some cherub babe, the slightest thrill of affec- tion, to the thundw blast of Gabriel's trump, may be fully marked and appreciated though infinitely varied and combined? And may not the voice receive' an exquisite and exalted power, to ex- press all a glorified spirit may be capable of feeling or able to think? How often do we find thought^ and feelings too big for utter- ance ? It may be different with us there. What powers it may please DeiW^to bestow upon us there altogether new and additional to those we here possess we know not. They will no doubt be fully adequate to the exalted state* ft^r which th0y are designed. It certainly seems reasonable to believe that as rising from the inferioir /orders of creation, we find new and. additional powers possessed by the Superior orders, so when man is ris6n from the slumbers of the grave and permitted to enter upon so exalted a state he wil) be blessed with corresponding increase and ex^tation of powers and functions of his material tenement. We now possess "natural" or animal bodies fitted to the present sphere of existence, placing us in relation to the natural and animal, world. When raised/they be- come spiritual bodies. Bodies sUll, but spiritual. Flesh and blood shall not in their present groiss condition inherit the King- dom of God. They "hunger no more," they "thirst ho more." They are spiritual in adaptation to their ^iritual tenerits and ^?r « Lc_ wTne^OT(Fe»' hC ■ ,4^^^^m§wr\ spiritual employ. Powers of digestion, circulation, respiration and assimilation will not be needed for bodies that know no decay, no loss. The mental machinery, the frame work with its coverings and limbs would seem to be all that will be requisite. We lay^^ aside the animal and natural. "They neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are made like unto the angels." •• But these glorious resurrection bodies " are made like unto the glorious body of our Lord Jesus Christ." What do the Scrip- tures teach qpncerning this glorious model ? It appeared as the temple ofl^ity on the mount of transfiguration, when even "His raiment became white and glistening so that no fuller on earth could whiten them, and His countenance shone as the sun." The body of our Lord was doubtless glorified during its ascent from the disciples on the Mount of Olives, when the cloud, it may be of the heavenly hosts received Him out of their sight. - ., ^ It was then " changed in a moment," iirthe twinkling of ai;l eye, as the last generation pf saints shall h^ The glory of His body appeared for a moment to Saul as he journeypd to Damascus, when he saw a light above the brightness of an Asiatic sun. Again, on Patmos Isle, John being in the spirit on the Lord's day " saw in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks one like unto the Son of Man clothed in a garment down to the foot, and girt about with a golden girdle. His head and His hairs were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were as a flame- of fire, and His feet like unto fine brass as though they burned in a furnace." To be made like unto this glorious body, without doubt, in- cludes freedom from all infirmity and from everything of deformity or defect such as frequently belongs to us here as the result of sin, of disease, or misfortune. This model includes perfect beauty, per- fect health, perfect endurance as well as eternal youthfulness. What joy to the lame, the halt, the blind, the deaf, the dumb and all the afflicted ? Their affliction shall not pass the grave. i .f^spffrf^''.? f To all objections to the doctrine of the resurrection and the glorious transforjpaation of which we have now been discoursing we have but one answer. It is «* according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself." We look out and up at the glorious Sun as jhe shines in the centre of his system of planets, — ^worlds on worlds in their- nugnificent grandeur roll- ing rounds him. He many times larger than they all. We think of the power and working that first kindled that vast ball of light and heat, and has mainUined it e^er since in undiminished splen- dor and power, without any known increase or diminution for thousands of ages; thus making him the fairest naturial image of the immutable, "the father of lights." We say the power and working competent to perform such an amazing task, is amply suf- ficient to accomplish the wonders of the resurrection. But who are they for whom this glory of bodily and spiritual > existence is in reserve? Our text replies they who "converse as citizens of heaven." Those who conduct thethselves during this probationary life as citizens of that better country to which so many of our dear friends are .being removed. Heaven is a city. " Being justified by His grace. we are made heirs" fit "according to the hope of eternal life." "If children then heirs, heiip of God, and joint heirs with our Lord Jesus Christ." Like oM in water we are in this world but not of it. We feel we belong to pleasing to our tastes and harmless in themselves, yet hindering us in the per- formance of our dfuty — ^preventing the intimacy of our communion with God— hindering our usefulness to others, pur ministrations to «&i T"jP!rrf«< ,;m^ •(*7> y . ■ the sick and needy. They are given up. We practice the lessons of self-denial in relation to them. We please not ourselves, in ^ese things, but placing bur eyes on the higher spiritual good, give up the temporal for the spiritual. " We look not on the things that are seen but on those things which are not seen, for the things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are not seen are eternal," The heirs of the de/far world overcome /A/j world. "Ye," says Jesus to His disciples, "are not of the world." "The world hateth you." "All that is in the world" says John, "the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of life is not of the Father." The world is an alien element opposed to the Christian. When we walk according to the course of this world" we "walk according to the prince of the poorer of' the air," for He is the God of this world." / ^ "Be not conformed to this world," is an inspired injunction. The maxims of the spirit of this world are. not in harmony with the will of God. TTiey are se/fish and m7. Jlis will is good and acceptable and perfect. The worldling seeks only perishable wealth, the Christian imperishable— a treasure unfading in the heavens. The man of the world seeks as the chief concern of life to be rich in houses, lands, gold and silver ; the Christian to be " rich in faith," " rich towards God," " rich in good works." The worldling's pleasures are those of sense and earth. They ace like himself,' of the earth, earthy. The pleasures of the Christian are spiritual, growing out of his relation to God and things divine, and hallowing and refining his earthly jftys. The honor of the man of the world is such as comes from his fellow man only, the Christian's is from above. " If any man serve me," says the Saviour, "Him will my Father honor." "Greater is. He that is in you than He that is in the world." The world is overcome by the bl^d of the Lamb. 9 '..j^BWJ^'.. ■ " fJUPi^lSS" 1 1 ! I-- i : .ii i ; .1 1, f ; I ■ 1 J As citizens of the world above the law of that world is our rule. It is spotlessly^ holy. Its inhabitants are robed in white, the emblem of their purity. They continually ascribe praise and honor, and dominion, to Him who washed them in His own blood. Nothing that is unclean can enter there. ' Christians, therefore, "cleanse themselves from all filthiness both pf the flesh and of the spirit, and perfect holiness in the fear of the Lord." They inscribe holiness unto the Lord on their banner. The heirs of heaven set their alections on things above. Tliey look upon heaven as their Aorng't—tha family home," where there shall be the most blessed and ^eternal union and commun- ion of roved ones. The innocent loves of this world shall sur^ vive ^hr tomb. Our affection for father,- mother, brothers, sisters, and all the dear relatives of life, shall not be destroyed by death. How delightful, after long weary journeyings and tedious absence, to be welcomed home by those who love us. How joyous the sailor after his voyages, the soldier after his campaigns, to be clasped in the embraces of those who so often have strained their eyes to catch a first glimpse of his return. And surely our loved ones will be the first to welcome us to heaven. How joyous their congratulations; how ^blessed their welcomes; but the sweetest welcome of all will be from Him, the man of sor- rows, who travailed in birth for our souls, who there sees the fruit of His soul travail with infihite satisfaction.' As citizens of heaven we love to think and speak of opx future home, and anticipate the glory and joy of ^ur reunion' with those whose removal we now mourn. / ■','*'■■.■-.•'■ As tne summer wanes, birds of passage are found pluming "their wings, circling in long flight, and gathering in stlUincreas- ing numbers, preparatory to their flight to the sunny Soii^h. As life wears away, we should be thinking of and preparing for oiir flight to the realms of eternal sunshine. j s our - ^hite, e and I own tiim. ! flesh ord." bove. ivhere imun- l sur- sters, d by dious sr his ■"■ ; ■■ r- often And . V aven. ►mes; if sor- ; fruit , eaven te the now iming creas- 1. taring i ■■•■■' " i. We should /how we ftre citirens of Heaven by our loyalty to Jesus, Heaven's King— our zeal and love for his cause— Kmr noble courag^ in standing up for Him. God has not given us the spirit o^ fear, du/ 0/ power^ and of love^ and of a, s^und mind. And noW relative to the deceased, I have but little to say, and indeed little needs to be said. My acquaintance with her was brief/ but very pleasing. I learn she was converted to God early in /life, in her own native Devonshire, England, in con- nection/ with a branch of the great Methodist family. For nearly /fifty yews she walked with God — having, indeed, her seasons of greater Oi«^less spirituality of mind— not always so imim^te communion with God and His people as she desired, and /yet persevering to the end. * :ow pleasing to know that He who visited her in early life and gave her the pledge oT His love, was with her in old age /d feebleness. How delightful to know that ^he lamp that was indled towards th6 beginning of the journey, supplied with •resh oil, shed its bright light upon her pathway through the 'dark valley, and was found trimmed and burning when she heard the cry, "behold the Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet Him!" How comforting to know that the faithful coven- ant keeping God in whose hand she placed hers at the begin- ning, was with her in the six troubles of life, and in the seventh did not forsake her. Her confidence in the atonement was calm and complete from the first of her illness, and remained unshaken to the close. She rested in the will of God— was willing on account of those she loved to live if such had been* the will of her Lord, yet especially towards the close of her illness, longed to get away, and rose at times to holy joy ill anticipation of Heaven. - / She is wirtir the Lord. ^ / You may apply the subject of the discourse. Those feet w:hich so often went on ernmds of love for youy her companion. 'I- ' -1 .1 ,11 if I . r (;„ her .s^na and daughters, and friends, though now they return to dust, shall stand on Mount Zion, Those deir hands so actively engaged for you during life, though now they moulder in the grave, shall again, if you are foithful, clasp yours. Those arms shall again embrace you upon a breast that shall not again be heayed by a sigh. That brow shall be encircled by a crown of life. , Those eyes which so often shone upon you 'with tender affection, shall again speak the language of love ; and the tongue that is silent, and cold, tell of Jesus' love more sweetly than ever upon earth. Your beloved companion — your mother— shall rise from the tomb, her body shall be made like unto the glorious body of our Lord Jesus Christ. . ♦ " What now, need I further say, deaf^ friends, but to urge the exhortation-T-conduct yourselves, from this time, as you desire to meet your mother, your companion, — conduct yourselves as citizens of Heaven. Feel that earth is not your home. Seek, in just now giving yourselves to God through Chrift, to be citizens of that better country, and daily live in self-denial above the ^vorld-^in holiness— in loyalty to Christ your King— in zeal for m^jc§^|se and love for|,the souls of your fellows. In holy cour- age and perseverance f6llow Christ, your head, to Heaven. Fol- low the dear one whose remains you have just followed to the tomb, as she foljow^ Christ. And may we all who arp here assembled, who have this year been called to follow so many faithful ones to the grave, be led earnestly to "redeem the time seeing the days ^ evil," and ^♦apply our hearts unto wisdom." May we with primitive Chris- tians be enabled to say: Our conversation is in Heaven, from whence , also, we expect the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change our vile body thcU it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body accord- ing to the working whereby He is able to subdue all things unto Himself. / 12 ,i ;!^^^3Kas%^'/,'S^5 ^ »di^'^' i^ tff^'i^'^'t\¥r¥'ic^^iS ^-^ ^fTfi^v ^^::^t ■ '"■*: turn to ictively in the je arms ain be own of tender • tongue A^ an ever )ra the >ody of rge the desire (ves as •eek^ in citizens 9ve the , eal for y cour- 1. Fol- *» to the lis year • , ■ ^ be led ," and Chris- expect ur vile aecord- Xs unto - x' M f ' » A r ■\^ M ^ # ^ "N .«• -— . -fr J*