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Show illlil OF DOT BOB GIVES 1 IS OF RESURRECTI "Ezekiel's valley of dry bones gives us a faint Idea of what the resurrection resurrec-tion of the last day will be," was the declaration of Pastor V. A. Johnson last night at the tent, Washington avenue and Twenty-sixth street. Continuing Con-tinuing he said- ' EzokiePs prophecies are very remarkable. re-markable. He was prophet In Isarcl borne 5S0 years B. C. 'God revealing to him what the res-uncctlon res-uncctlon would mean, took him to a valley and gave him a very remarkable remark-able view The valley was full of bones, and they were very dry. The nan of God was caused to walk through the valley and view the exceeding ex-ceeding great number of bones. Then the Lord Inquired of him, 'Son of man, can these bones live? The prophet answered, 'O, Lord God, thou knowest.' "Tho Lord then commanded Eze-klel, Eze-klel, 'Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them. 'O, ye dry bones, hear tho word of the Lord.' Thus saith tho Lord God unto these dry bones, Behold, I wil cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: I will lay sinews upon you. and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath Into you, nnd ye shall live, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.' "So the prophet prophesied as he was commanded; and, as he prophesied prophe-sied there was a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone The sinews came upon the bones, and the skin covered them above, but there was no brenth. The m.in of God was then instructed to prophecy to the winds (margin, bieath) saying, 'Come from the four v 'lids, O breath and breathe upon these slain that they may live.' So he prophesied, and the breath came into the bodies, and they stood upon their feet an exceeding great army "The Lord then tells Che prophet vhat he would have him understand by the vision. Said the Lord, 'These bones are the whole house of lsarel. Thus saith the Lord God; behold, O mj people, I will open your graves, aid cause you to come up out of your graves, and ye shall know that I am tho Lord, when I have opened your graves. O my people, and brought you up out of your graves.' '"lho resurredtion is plainly brought to view here. It reveals the resurrection resurrec-tion of the whole house of Israel the literal as well as the spiritual, all sucn as will be saved in the kingdom. king-dom. "Paul says, 'There is a natural bodj, nnd there Is a spiritual body. Christ was' an example of what the spiritual body will be ; in the resurrection. resur-rection. He said to his disciples, after aft-er his resurrection, 'Handle me for a spir't hath not flesh and bones as ye sec me have ' So we will have flesh and bones, when life Is given us from the grave Flesh, bones and skin to cover the flesh, just as described by the prophet Ezekiel. If there is any thing that Is unreal of life it is this life. The real life will begin, when God restores his people in the kingdom king-dom May God bless us that we be numbered with the people of God's .house of Israel, and saved in that eternal day." ihe first meeting of the camp-neeting camp-neeting will convene tonight. Pastor W M Adams will speak. Some of the ministers who will participate in the services have arrived. Others are expected ex-pected tomorrow. The principle services serv-ices of the meeting will be at 11 a. m. and 2 30 and 7:30 p. m. |