life we shall be as little changed
as Jesus was. We shall lose our sin, our frailties and infirmities,
all our blemishes and faults. The long-hindered and hampered powers of
our being shall be liberated. Hidden beauties shall shine out in our
character, as developed pictures in the photographer's sensitized
plate. There will be great changes in us in these and other regards,
but our personality will be the same. Jesus was easily recognized by
his friends; so shall we be by those who have known us. Whatever is
beautiful and good in us here,--the fruits of spiritual conquest, the
lessons learned in earth's experiences, the impressions made upon us by
the Word of God, the silver and golden threads woven in our life-web by
pure friendships, the effects of sorrow upon us, the work wrought in us
by the Holy Spirit,--all this shall appear in our new life. We shall
have incorruptible, spiritual, and glorious bodies, no longer mortal
and subject to the limitations of matter; death will rob us of nothing
that is worthy and true, and fit for the blessed life.

"We are quite sure
That he will give them back--
Bright, pure, and beautiful.
* * *
He does not mean--though heaven be fair--
To change the spirits entering there
That they forget
The eyes upraised and wet,
The lips too still for prayer,
The mute despair.
He will not take
The spirits which he gave, and make
The glorified so new
That they are lost to me and you.
* * *
I do believe that just the same sweet face,
But glorified, is waiting in the place
Where we shall meet.
* * *
God never made
Spirit for spirit, answering shade for shade,
And placed them side by side--
So wrought in one, though separate, mystified,
And meant to break
The quivering threads between."

It is interesting, too, to study the friendships of Jesus after he came
from the grave. He did not take up again the public life of the days
before his death. He made no more journeys through the country. He
spoke no more to throngs in the temple courts or by the Seaside. He no
more went about healing, teaching, casting out demons, and raising the
dead. He made no appearances in public. Only his disciples saw him.
We have but few details of his intercourse with individuals, but such
glimpses as we have are exceedingly interesting. They show us that no
tender tie of friendship had been hurt