The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1854-08-30
When we are Dead.

l. There will be some honest sorrow.
A few will be really sad, as we are robed
for the grave. Fewer. probably. than we
now suppose. We are vain enough TO
think our departure will produce consider.
able sensation. Blu, we over estimate it,
Out OF small circle. how soon we shall
be forgotten! A single leaf of a bound
less forest has fallen! That is all.
The gay will laugh,
When thou art gone. the solemn brood of care
Plod OH, and each one as before will share
His tasorite phantom
2. The world will 60 on without US. We
may have though, very important wheel
in the great machinery will be ungeared
when we are gone. But the world goes
clattering on as if nothing had happened.
live filled important stations in society. il
we have wondered what would, or could
be done. il we were removed; yet how
soon others will fill our stations The
world will be bustling, active world with
out US. 1t was so before we entered it..
| twill be so when we are gone.
! 8. When we are dead affection may
erect monument. But the hand that sets
it up will soon be as powerlsss as ours.
and for the same cause. How soon they
that weep over US will follow US! The
monument itself will crumble, and it will
Hall on the dust that covers u.s. lfthe mar
BILE or the granite long endures, yet the
eyes of affection will not endure to read
the craven letters. Men will give glance
at the name of one they never knew, and
pass on. with not thought OF the slum-
berer below.
i On my grassy gravo
The men Of future time will careless tread,
! And read my name upon the sculptured stone;
Nor will the. sound, miliar't to their ears,
Recall my vanished memory.
4. When we are dead our influence viii
not be dead. We leave epitaphs upon in
destructable materials. Our manner o
life has been writing them. We have stir
ed up thought aud awakened EMOTION
The wonderful machinery of mind has fel
our presence. We have pressed the s,aml
Of our character into the warm wax of ou
moral sensibilities around us. Our place
Of business, our social resort. may kno,
US no more; but living accountable being
fee! the influence that involves our person
al departure. y
B. When we are dead the kingdonn g
God will not die. 1t did not depend o.
us for existence. And onward will il e
when we have ceased TO live. Happy, in
deed. ifsit had been the hoL or and Joy c
our labors to have promoted it. Blssse
tits to be remembered as having love
Zion. as taking pleasure in her stones, an
favoring the dust thereof. Sacred, con
, soling thought. The Kingdom of Chri.
moves on. when we,drop our earthly rela
tions to it. Other servants of God wi
rise to fill our places. A bright star m a
rise for the one that has fallen. Stronge
; hands than ours may come into the rank:
6. When we ere dead some will thin
of US. Perhaps not large circle. An
, what will they think9 Our presen, cours
of life is furnishing them themes OF though
: Boldness and Indifference to the kingdoi
and glory OF God-of that will our surv
vors think if it marked our characters.
And in, sadness will those that truly Low
= ponder it. And thoughts, how many. an
how comforting viii! rise amid the pane
of real sorrow over our departure, il "
had shone forth tha. praises Of Him wh
/, called us TO glory and 10 virtue. O, reat
. er, think, into which Of these channels Al
= likely to turn the thoughts of men?-P,
= !, ritan Recorder.