The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-11-05

from the spirit world, proclaiming the sterl
reality though dead he yet liveth;" hi
memory shall not rot from the generations
yet to come.
This marble monument, so beautiful t,
the eye and exquisite in its proportions
will stand firm and erect when this assem-
bly, shall have passed away-when not
man, woman or child on this consecratet
spot, nor yet in yonder city with its TEEN
ing thousands nor yet nall the cities on thi
earth, when not soul now breathing
heavens free air shall be in the lane
of the living, when unborn genera
tons shall spring up and repair to this spot
| this sacred structure will speak to them il
tones not to be mistaken, as it does thi.
day-here lies the mortal remains of Johr
L. Cook, the honOred and beloved, the
man who lived in the confidence of hi,
fellow man, an ambassador for Christ, who
faithfully proclaimed the "glad tidings OF
salvation unto all men" That is a eonsid
Grafton worthy of our regard, that the
memory of the useful and pious among us
should not perish, and it is in keeping with
this sentiment that we this day perpetuate
the life of pastor and friend.
Through the personal efforts of Mrs. Ra-
chel Kiger, at cost of $16O, this mOnu-
ment has been procured. Filled with an
holy zeal she went forth in her ardent
Christian love, determined to wrest from
the treachery of memory and the possibili-
| ty of oblivion the life and labors Of him
she valued in life, and mourned in death.
Unaided and alone, like the good Samari-
tan, or like Florence Nightingale, went
forth on her mission of love, and finding a
ready response from kindred hearts, we be-
hold today the consummation of her la
Dor, and may we not say in view of her
success, swell DONE In the language of
Scripture it may truthfully be said to the
citizens of Washington, with no disparage-
ment whatever, "that this man was born
there" and of Zion, "this man was born in
her." Here John II. Cook was born, here
he lived, and here he died. Loved when
living, regretted when dead, and his men,
Dry cherished though in his grave, for his
usefulness and virtue.
1t should create no surprise to any that
we should be found clustered here in this
city of the dead, and engaged in these GER
emonies, and placing this sacred testimony
of friendships offering over the remains of
him who slumbers beneath. This is but
carrying out the promptings of our better
| nature God has implanted in our hearts
a sympathetic chord which binds kindred
hearts, and which, when touched, like the
vibrations of electricity, affects the whole,
and we may not doubt this harmony of
souls, for there is divinity within from
which the sympathetic emotions spring.
Classic history shows that among the re-
fined and polite nations of antiquity, mon
uments were erected to perpetuate the
memory of those who once lived. Classic
writers considered it as worthy place in
history, and nations to perpetuate impor-
tant events, erected them. Long before
Christianity was introduced by the Great
Teacher, the Lord from Glory, these mon
umental structures, at vast expense, were
built The celebrated tribute of affection
and regard, the name which gave the des
ignation to structures since erected, as sep
ulchers or tombs, was, we are told in elias
sic history, designed by Artemisia, the
wife of Mausolius, three hundred and fifty
years before the advent of Christ 1t il
said that the expense of this magnificent
monument was so immense that it gave oc
casion to the philosopher, Anaragoras, tt
exclaim chow much money is turned into
stone"
The monument erected in memory o
Dauvis, King of Persia, the warrior anC
conqueror, may be noted. 1t was carved
out of the living rock, and remains unit
this day, after duration of twenty-thre'
centuries
In Ancient Rome monuments abounded
There is one of exceeding beauty, richness
and magnifcence, built in honor of Angus
tus Caesar. Marcellus, Julius Caesar, Au
gustus and Germinacus Strabo describe
the foundation to be of white marble anC
covered with evergreens, and that it wa.
elevated four hundred feet above the foun
dation.
These are only brief descriptions of ;
few monumental structures from among the
thousands that may be mentioned among
the nations of antiquity. We turn for
moment from Greece and Rome to another
quarter for monumental history. Egypt
old Egypt, with its absorbing history Sc
full of interest to the antiquarian, contin
ually flashing upon modern progress proof:
gifts once greatness and power.
Far back into this worlds early history
Egyptian history may be traced.
-Four hundred and forty-five years be
tore Christ, Herodotus, the father of histo
ny, tells us that in long anterior life o
Egyptian history, there were tombs erected
to the memory of the dead "The eternal
Pyramids, the mystery of the past, the
enigma of the present, and the enduring
} for the future ages of the world, arr
proofs.
One reference here, as it regards the
Pyramids of Egypt, will be sufficient fol
our present purpose.
The great pyramid built by Cheops,
King of Egypt, required one hundred
thousand men twenty years to construct it
and the body of Cheops was placed in
room beneath the pyramid. What a stu
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