Lord, evermore give us this Resurrection, like thine own in the body of thy Transfiguration. Let us see and hear, and know, and be seen, and heard, and known, as thou seest, hearest, and knowest...
We need not only a body to convey revelation to us, but to reveal us to others....... Our God is an unveiling, a revealing God. He will raise you from the dead...
What is the use of this body of ours? It is the means of Revelation to us. It is by the body that we come into contact with Nature, with our fellow-men, with all their revelations of God to us.
This that we call death is but a form in the eyes of men. It looks final, an awful cessation, an utter change; it seems not probable that there is anything beyond...