10
RESURRECTION
OF
THE
BODY.
mystery
of
its
first
organization.
Let
us
not
be
over-perplexed
hecause
we
cannot
tell
how
its
scattered
and
wasted
elements
shall
be
gathered,
till
we
are
able
to
tell
how
they
were
originally
gathered
and
organized
into
a
bodily
system.
If
God
has
done
the
latter,
may
he
not
also
be
able
to
do
the
former
?
“Sure
the
same
power
That
reared
the
piece
at
first,
and
took
it
down,
Can
re-assemble
the
loose,
scattercd
parts,
And
put
them
as
they
were.”
But
this
objection
is
absolutely
deprived
of
all
force,
when
we
contemplate
processes
of
daily
oc-
currence,
and
especially
the
apparent
impossibil-
ities
science
may
and
has
achieved.
Take
that
ingot
of
gold.
First
tell
its
exact
purity
and
weight,
and
then
give
it
into
the
hands
of
the
chemist,
He
files
it
to
powder;
and
us
you
look
upon
it
you
say,
*
My
gold
will
never
be
gathered
again.”
The
chemist
gathers
that
dust
and
dis-
solves
it
in
acids;
then
you
exclaim,
“I
cannot
even
see
it
;
every
particle
is
gone.”
Again
he
takes
it,
alloys
it
with
other
metals;
he
grinds
it
again
to
powder;
he
throws
it
into
the
fire;
he
mingles
it
with
soot,
and
ashes,
and
charcoal
;
and
at
length,
when
it
would
seem
as
though
its
very
clements
were
utterly
destroyed,
he
brings
it
forth,
the
same
fine
gold,
brilliant
and
pure
as
it
was
before
it
was
subjected
to
the
ordeal.
*
And
does
the
skill
of
the
chemist,
transcend
the
won-
der-working
power
of
Jehovah
?
Nay,
the
chern-
1st
may
mistake;
he
may
fail
in
his
experiment
:
the
precions
gold
may
he
lost.
But
over
the
gar-
nered
dust
of
his
saints,
God
shall
watch
with
*
Resurrection
of
the
Dead.
By
Dr.
C.
Kingsley.
p.
80.
OBJECTIONS
CONSIDERED.
11
that
eye
which
never
sleeps;
and
at
the
magic
of
his
word.
it
shall
be
gathered
together
and
again
start
to
life.
+
IV.
Iris
OBJECTED
AGAIN
THAT
SOME
oF
THE
EreMeNts
witch
CONSTITUTED
A
PART
oF
THE
Bopy
or
oNE
Max
AT
DEATH,
MAY
ALso
ENTER
INTO
THAT
OF
ANOTHER
MAN
AT
THE
TIME
OF
HIS
DEATH,
AND
HENCE
IT
WOULD
BE
IMPOSSI-
BLE,
IN
THE
RESURRECTION,
To
RESTORE
THE
SAME
PARTICLES
To
BOTH
THE
BODIES
CLAIM-
ING
THEM.
Some
have
grown
facetious
over
this
objection,
and
presented
us
with
the
grotesque
picture
of
two
souls
contending
over
a
lump
of
materiality,
each
claiming
it
as
belonging
to
himself.
This
may
avail
something
among
those
who
substitute
T
Tuk
Siwver
Cue.—Tur
Resurrection
TLLUSTRATED.—
Dr.
Brown,
in
his
Resurrection
of
Life,
cites
from
Hallet
the
following
beautiful
illustration
of
the
resurrection.
‘“A
gentleman
of
the
country,
upon
the
occasion
of
some
signal
service
this
man
had
done
him,
gave
him
a
curious
silver
cup.
David—for
that
was
the
man’s
name—was
ex-
ceedingly
fond
of
the
present,
and
preserved
it
with
the
greatest
care.
But
one
day,
by
accident,
his
cup
fell
into
a
vessel
of
aquafortis;
he,
taking
it
to
be
no
other
than
com-
mon
water,
thought
his
cup
safe
enough;
and,
therefore
neglected
it
till
he
had
dispatched
an
affair
of
importance,
about
which
his
master
had
employed
him,
imagining
it
would
be
then
time
enough
to
take
out
his
cup.
At
length
a
fellow-servant
came
into
the
same
room,
when
the
cup
was
near
dissolved,
and
looking
into
the
aquafortis,
asked
David
who
had
thrown
anything
into
that
vessel.
David
said
that
his
cup
accidently
fell
into
the
water.
Upon
this,
his
.
fellow-servant
informed
him
that
it
was
not
common
water,
but
aquafortis,
and
that
his
cup
was
almost
dissolved
in
it,
When
David
heard
this,
and
was
satisfied
of
the
truth
of
it
with
hix
own
eyes,
he
heartily
evieved
for
the
loss
of
his
cup
;
and
at
the
same
time,
he
was
astonished
to
see
the
liquor
as
clear
as
if
nothing
at
all
had
been
dissolved
in
it,
or
mixed
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a
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