True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-04-23
From the Christian Chronicle.
A WALK IN THE GRAVEYARD.

Z a w AuA LIN LIE U0A " G"4 AAU.
In company with some friends, walk.
ed one beautiful day, through the grave
yard opposite Mount Kirk Seminary
1t was during the noon recess the sun
shone brightly, and its rays were reflect
ed with much brilliancy from long rows
Of monuments, which mark the spots
where repose the ashes Of many, who
rest from their labors.
| love the sacred enclosure of burial
ground. even though emotions Of sorrow
rise unbidden, while contemplating the
Ties that death has severed, the hopes it
has forever blighted, and the unulterable
grief it has wrung from the sorrowful
heart of The bereaved mourner, when for
ced TO part from dearest friends, and see
their bodies shu, up in the narrow house
appointed for all the living. II is profit
able, too, for us often tothink Of our lat
ter end, and when we view the upright
marble, which surviving friendship has
erected over the remains of the departed
dead, and read the inscription written
there, voice from the grave comes up
and tells US that we, too, must die, and
bids US hasten to prepare for that great
change. IT'S. then we are admonished
TO listen 10 the voice of duty, to yield 10
the strvings of that inward monitor,
whose still small voice has often cal
led US to lock beyond the bounds ot
time and the cOn6nos Of ihis world, to
another, where death never enters, ant
where CT ave-yards are unknown.
A walk through the graveyard impress
ses the idea veryforcibly, that death (likt
him whose messenger tits is no respect.
er of persons. The rich and poor, in
spite of all reluctance, 60 down TO the
grave together, and mingle their ashe:
) with the dust from which it originally )
came. Beside the aged lie the young
and then almost in jdxtaposition lie thu
remains those called in the vigor Of youtf
to, grapple with death. and be conquered
n by his ruthless hand. .Nti '9i''4
g Here we wereled TO contemplate th'
folly and thoughtlessness of those whit
: live and speak, and plan and act, as
! this world was TO be their abiding plac
forever. There are many such, who's
! minds engrosscd with business or devo
ted TO pleasure, become entirely Oblivion
of their mortality and thus death seize
Them at an unexpected period, their wor
, uudone, their designs unconsumated,-
O, how many unfinished plans are deep
It'll ly buried in the grave with those VIII
g vainly loiled for their accomplishments
r. The course which wisdom here suggests
+ and which religion enioins, is TO live !
continual remembrance Of the uncertain
= ty OF life and then should death com
suddenly, il cannot take us entirely b
: surprise. Though it may take from
friends we love, il cannot take away Il
]. hope Of meeting in purer moral atmo
phere in world of unclouded lsnnshir
i and undimmed beauty, where sdiscol
never enters and inexorable death new
D D separates. y a}afss's' e 3,. y
of How Silently the quiet sleepers repos
!. But few years have elapsed since man
. who now sldmber here, were engaged
!. the active pursuits Of life. How gre
]. lie change that has come over them.'
oe n The individual whose vast possessio
&. { once may have excited The envy Of !
al Insighbors, now occupies but twel
IS square feet Of ground; and The avariciot
!, whose talents and energies we're on
VI taxed to ,lleir utmost capacity in acq
3. ring properly, now rest satisfied witho
q little spot, measuring six feet by two.
IL The inscriptions on the iomb.stor
bywere very various. On some the na
of and age alone appeared. Others ys
ed covered all over with epiiaphs eulogis
N, Of lie dead, which, whether true OF ial
in IN my opinion had better never been Y Z
bitlblasohed ihers. The amenlSry Of !
re-. good will be rondly cherished with
re, them, and therefore needs them not ; ;'
w ir The departing pilgrim csnno. beque
he 10 society as d final legacy an unsull III
All name and an influence for good, nom'
'er- moth mausoleum, covered all over v
nee pompous panegyric, can ever immoI
up iiSe his memory, or atone foF oppprt!
ltiee NEGLECTED., or talents iniS-emplOy