True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-15
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The GRAVEYARD.


The Graveyard.
A fit subject for reflection ihlthe times
offyellow fever, when ARE, daily being
called to the tomb hscOfes -four fellow
morials. What spot on searth's green
bosom wakes so many tender and holy
feelings as a sweet landscape gardens
where the dead are so peacefully sleeping
their last long sleepi 1t diyesls grim
death oflall the false leVrOrs with which
weihaye clothed it. It spreads over the
tomb The gorgeous and cheering drapery
which was flung by the hands Of the
Redeemer around The resting place OF his
brother man, }1 ~ 81 siAt iV igsa
If the Bible bo true. and the creed OF
the Christian comes from Heayen--ifthis
mortal shall put on innortality--if over
the tomb of man Christ hath inscribed
these wordss "fle is not dead but sleeps
eih," if the Savior was buried in the
garden, and angels we're sent as sentinels
10 protect his tomb. why should we not
initiate the teaching example, aud guard
the sepulchres of friends and, relatives
with vigilance, and clothe them with the
vesIments aof beauty ! If death be the
gate to heaven. why should we not adorn
i. with Aowersl Observation, the chris
tain faith, nor the promplness Of our own
heart, cannot draw single image Of the
gloom that casts shadow oyer the City
Of the dead. To our fancy, it is a place
of sweet recreation to the medita,iye
soul; these sacred enclosures, where
faith with her white wings may sit brood
ing with her eyes full Of prayer; and
where a hallowed sanctity shelters in her
arm SO kindly the departed. lis poor
and piiiful alarm that hovers over many
of our present movements like . phantom
of coldness, and darkness, and torpor--
Let US have everywhere a place where
the living may come and commune with
the dead, list to their solemn voice, hark-
en- to their eloquent tones with benedic,ion
and sof! imploration. Let their earnest
calls teach us TO illume our soul for q
laight into the sweet celestial sphere. In
n's respect, wha' - more granu' solem1,
as observed by lhe church Of Rome :.,,g.,
With velvet verdure let the green hills
be crowned, and the purest flowers
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