5. The last work of the Spirit which the word of God mentions is the
"_quickening of our mortal bodies_." "But if the Spirit of him that
raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ
Jesus from the dead shall quicken your mortal bodies through his Spirit
that dwelleth in you" (Rom. 8:11). This Spirit which has ever been with
us, watching over us, will never leave us until he raises our bodies
from the dead and fashions our vile bodies like unto the glorious body
of our Lord. It matters much where we now live; it matters little where
and how we die. Our bodies may be buried in the unfathomed caves of
ocean; they may lie upon some mountain-peak or be placed in a crowded
cemetery of some great city. No stone may mark our resting-place, no
friend may be able to find the spot and place a flower of love upon it;
but that abiding-place is known to the infinite Spirit of God, and from
our ashes he will quicken our bodies and present us faultless before the
throne of God.

"I know not where His isles may lift
Their fronded palms in air:
I only know I can not drift
Beyond His love and care."

We have not space in this chapter to notice other than the principal
passages which refer to the work of the Spirit as it relates to
Christians, but in the five above mentioned there is no hint that he
does anything in us other than through the instrumentality of the
gospel, and there are no other passages that teach a direct work upon
us more clearly than those mentioned.

There are many passages that trace the blessed and glorious work of the
Spirit in us and through us, but they all confirm the clear statement