166 FESUS RISEN.

 

as snow.”. He said unto the women, “He is not here,
for he is risen,” as he said. They were filled with fear,
and great joy, “and did run to bring his disciples word.”
How strange it must have been for those who:saw him
dead, to see him alive again; to look upon those wounded
. hands, and those scarred temples pierced by thorns.

If Jesus came forth from the grave by his own power,
then he surely is able to fulfill all he has promised to us.
Now he has said that we, too, shall come forth from our
graves. How comforting is the promise.

We bury dear friends, and sorrow greatly. that we
shall see them no more in this world; but, by and by,
when Jesus comes the second time, he will call us all from
our graves, for we read, “The earth and the sea shall give
up their dead.” Thenwe shall meet ‘our loved ones again,
if we are God’s children, and reign with him forever.
There will be no more death after that. We shall have
glorified bodies, more beautiful than anything we ever saw
on earth. ,

You have seen the beautiful butterfly, with golden
wings, floating in the sunlight, have you not? That but-
terfly was once a worm, crawling on the earth. Just be-
fore it died the worm spun a winding-sheet for itself.
When the winter had passed, and the warm spring had
come, we saw, coming out of that little tomb, the beautiful
butterfly. Like this, we shall come forth from our graves
with a glorified body. |