The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1854-06-15
when We are Dead.

/. There will be some honest sorrow.-
A few win be really sad, as we are DIRE ssed
Tor the grave. Fewer probably, than We
suppose. We are vain enough 10 think our
departure will produce considerable sensa-
ton. But we over estimate il. Out Of a
very small circle how soon shall We be for
gotten. A single leaf in bouadIsss forest
has fallen That is all.
The gay win laugh,
When thon art gone, the solemn brood OF
care ~
Plod on, and soon one a. before will share
His favoriis phaEiom. s
2. The world win go on without US. We
may have thought very important wheel
in the machinery. will be ungeared when
we are gone. But the world goes claitefing
on as if nothing had happened. If we fili-
ed important stations in society, II we have
wondered what would or could be done, IL
we were removed yet how soou Others
would fill our stations! The world can be
bustlins aciiYe world wisiscss ussS fsswas s@
before we entered II. Il viii be when We
are gone.
3. When We are dead, affection may e.
rect monument. But the hands that set il
up will soon be as powerlsss as surs, and
from the same cause. How soon they that
wept over us. will follow Us The monu-
ment itself will crumble. and ils dust viii
fall on the dust tina, covers Us. II lhe mar
BILE and granite sndures. ye, the eyes Of af-
lection will no. long endure 10 read tho
craven letters. Men will give q hasty glance
at the name Of one they never knsw, and
pass on, with not . single ihougA. Of the
slumbefer below.
On my grassy grave.
The men of the future times will carelessiy
And read my name upon The unscuirared
~ stone t-x
Nor will The sound familiss, AZ their ssrs
Recall my vanished memory.
a. Wien we are dead, our influence win
not be dead also. We leave epiisphs upon
understandable N aieriaIs. Our manner of
life has been writing them. We have stir
red up thought and awakened enotion.-
The wonderful machinefy Of miad has feit
our presence. We have pressedths stamp
Of our character inio the warm waxef moral
sensibiIiues around US. Foot steps toward
immortality have been guided, or pisdirect
ed by us. Our places Of business, dr social !
resort may know ne no more but litine, ac-
countable beings feel the iuhsencs that sur
wives our personal departure.
s. When we arc dead the kiagdonof God
will nor die Il win rot dupsad on Us fof
existence. Aud onward win il go wien We
have ceased 10 live. Happy indeed, L i
had been The honor and Joy Of cur labors 70
have prompted il. Blessed Is Il to Pc re-
msnbsred as having ioysd Zion as taking
pleasure in her walls, and fasoring the duet
| thereof.
Sacred, consoling thought! The Kingdom
Of Christ moves on, whea,~e drop all Of our
earthly relations TO it. Other servants Of God
win rise up and fill our places. A brighter
star mar rise for one hat is fallen. Slron-
ger hands than ours mar come into the
ranks.
9. When We ars dead come win think Of
us, Perhaps not large CIRCLE. And what
will they think : Our present course Of lfs
is furnishing Them with themes Of thought
Coldness and Indifference 10 the Kingdom
Of God-of that viii our survivors think. II
j, marked our cbaraoisrs. And d sadness
will those that lraly lowers ponder It And
thoughts how many, and how eomfoning,
will riss, and The pangs 81 real sorrow over
our departure, u we bad shown e me
Praises OF him who called ~ ~ go and
70 virtue. Inio which of these channels are
we likely to turn the Ahoashis Of men H
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