neither marry nor ate given in marriage." The glorified body shall be very nnlike what it is now. It shall no longer be a clog and a hindrance to the belieyer's better nature. It shall be a meet habitation for a glorified soul. For another thing, their happiness shall be eternal. " They can die no more." No births shall be needed, to snpply the constant waste caused by death. Weakness, and sickness, and disease, and infirmity, shall be no more at all. The curse shall be dean removed. Death himself shall die.
The nature of what we call "heaven " is a subject which should often engage our thoughts. Few subjects in religion are so calculated to show the utter folly of imconverted men, and the awful danger in which they stand. A heaven where all the joy is spiritual, would surely be no heaven to an unconverted soul ! — ^Few sub- jects are so likely to cheer and animate the mind of a true Christian. The holiness and spiritual-mindedness which he follows after in this life will be the very atmosphere of his eternal abode. The cares of family relationship shall no longer distract his mind. The fear of death shall no longer bring him into bondage. Then let him press on and bear his cross patiently. Heaven will make amends for all.
We see, lastly, in these verses the antiquity of behef in a resurrection. Our Lord shows that it was the belief of Moses. " That the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush."
Faith in a resurrection and a life to come has been the universal belief of all God's people from the begin- ing of the world. Abel, and Enoch, and Noah, and