e together, the acid
began to release the silver, and particle by particle the silver settled
at the bottom of the vessel. The acid was then poured off and the silver
was all carefully gathered up and sent to a silversmith, who melted the
silver and made it anew into a silver cup of the same form, design and
beauty. It was the same cup made anew. So, my young friends, our bodies
may dissolve in the grave and entirely disappear, but God is able to
raise them up again. He tells us in the Bible that these bodies which
are buried in corruption shall be raised in incorruption, and that these
mortal bodies shall put on immortality.

I trust that I have illustrated to you how the soul and the body are
separated when we die, and God's Word assures us that they shall be
reunited again in the morning of the resurrection, for all these dead
bodies "shall hear the voice of the Son of God and shall come forth." It
matters not whether they were buried in the ground, or in the water,
they shall arise from every sea and from every cemetery, and every grave
in all the world, and shall live anew and forever, either in happiness
with God in heaven, or in misery with Satan in eternal banishment from
God's presence.

QUESTIONS.--What are the principal parts of a
watch? Which part is like the body? Which part is
like the soul? Which is the real watch? Could the
works alone run and keep time without the case?
When does the soul become separated from the body?
Does death affect the existence and life of the
soul? If a watch case were buried and rusted away,
could it be made new again? Does the Bible say our
bodies are also to be raised again from the grave?
What is that raising up of the body called? Will
it make any difference whether a body was buried
in the sea or in the earth? ("The sea shall give
up its dead"). Whose voice shall call the body to
immortality? Will the immortal body ever die?

PEARLS.

ONE OF GREAT PRICE.

SUGGESTION:--A single pearl, or a string of pearls
will serve well for illustration.

[Illustration: String of Pearls.]

MY YOUNG FRIENDS: Here is a whole string of pearls. One time I found a
large pearl in an oyster. I thought it might be valuable, and I took it
to a jeweler, but he soon told me that it was not worth much, because it
was not per