Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-11-09
From The Boston Patriot.

rum HtE DuStHI nfIiuI.
Honor thy Father and thy Mother, that thy DAYS
may be long III the Land which the Lord thy God giyot
thee"
Soon after the decease ofthe venerated John
Adams, We mentioned that in his Will he had
among liberal requests gwen legacy TO aid
| The erection of new house of public worship
n Q ncy. Since that time beautiful churc
ihasbeen built, of Quincy granite, in style d
architecture creditable no; only 10 that town
but to the Commonwealth. During the pest
summer ex.president John Quincy Adams d-
rrcted the construction OF an appropriate Mon
ument 10 the memory OF the venerable John
| Adams, and bis excellent consort, 10 be placed
| in the Quincy church, as the most appro t'iate
| locality for memorial of one, whose life Dad
| been devoted to his country, and whose purse
had ever been opened most liberally to aid the
sacred cause OF social improvement, true liberty
| and independence, and moral aud religious in
] struction,
On Thursday last the Monument having been
completed, wasiplaced,in an appropriate place
. in the church. II is plain and simple design,
consisting of a 1a5let having recessed pIlasters
at the sides. with base moulding aud cornice,
| the whole supported by trusses at the base.
The material of which it is m de, is Italian
marble, and the whole is surmounted by a
| bust of fine Carrara marble, from the ohisel oil
our promising artist MIR. Greenoug!I, now at
! Rome.
The design for the Monument was furnished
! by Alphens Carey OF this city aud the work
executed by Messrs. Carey & Dickinson, IN a
manner which does them much credit The
erection Of the monument was superlnlende d
by Mr. Dickinson, and appears to be put up IN
a neat and permanen; manner.
The inscriptions, copies oil which we annex,
! are unusually well executed. They will amply
repay any one fora piIerimageto Quincy tie
| who visits these testimonials TO departed worth
placed in the temple of the grea giver of good,
who peruses the memorials which FILIAL PIE
rY has INSCRIBED upon their tombs, and who
fgels that in the good they had achieved they
! have left monument more Ierdurabie than
| the stil'uNy executed marble that he admIres,
| mrst go home a better man, with his affections
! pur fl d aud his patriotism more elevated and
! devoted.
LIEERrATEN AmIcIrIAm FInLm RETiNEsis.
ID. O. NJ.
Beneath these Walls
Are deposited the Mortal Remains of
JOHN ADAMS,
Son Of John and Susanna (Boylston) Adams,
! Second President OF the United States,
Born 1920 October, 1875,
On the fourth Of July. 1916
He pledged his Life, Fortune and Sacred Hon
To the INDEPENDENCE OF HIS COUN-
TRY.
On the third Of Septe mber, 1888,
| He affixed his Seal to the defntive Treaty with
Great Britain
Which ackno"l edged that Independence,
| And consummated the redemption ofhIs fleuSe.
On the fourth OF July 1926
| He was summoned
To the Independence of Immortality,
And to the JUDGMENT OF HIS GOD.
This House will bear witness to his Piety:
This Town, his Birth place, to his Munifcence
History to his Patriotism,
Posterity to the Depth & Compass ofhis Mind
At his side
Sleeps til the Trump shall Sound
ABIGAIL,
His beloved and only Wife.
Daughter of William and Elizabeth Quincy
| Smith,
In every Relation OF Life, Pattern
OfFiliaI. Coniugal, Maternal and Social Virtue
Born ll-l2 November l744,
Deceased % October 1918.
Aged "A
| Married IS October 1854.
During an union OF more than bali Century
They survived 10 Harmony Of Sentiment, Prin.
ciple and Affection
The Tempest of Civil Commolion,
Meeting undannted, and surnounring
The Terrors and Trials of that Revolution
Which secured the Freedom Of their Country
/ Improved the Condition ofther times
And brigh ened the Prospects OF Futurty
To the Race of Man upon Earth.
PILGRIM
From Lives thus spent thy earthly Duties learn,
| From Fancy's Dreams TO active Virtue turn
| Let Freedom, Friendship, Faith thy Soul engage
| And serve like them, thy Country and thy Age