, 1859-07-29

The rspaeio1s haud Of death and now he has
gone leaving nshes for beauty There is a
dirge in the dwelling There arc flowers on
the grave. Presently the diFxe shall die out. tho
will "spsing exa1fing from the lately crushed
heart AZ the grass shall maptls with verslure
thnr ,,,ssx1y-n1ade grave. From that Erare 10
t6e skies. oo rus ladder of faith, shall these
hopes ike bright angels Dc .-cnt'oually ascend
ing and descending" Clustering aac,and the
tomb are such associations A these. inresting
it With IN atmosphere Of healltful poetic senti.
Of sepaltarc moral beauty scarcely surpassed
Ia any of the varied aspects Of human life
As come finally to speak Of the propritti4s Of
burial, l only turn from what Is subjective to
what Is objective in the poetry of sepulture.
have nothing to say upon this topic but what
| the plans Ut this Incorporation. The cultivated
taste and religious sentiment Of Our land bare
already been 50 vigorously exercised In deciding
| upon the proper appointments Of she cemetery,
tnat it were almost presumption for me 70 speak
didacsiealty or critically Of the proprietiea Of
teres which adorn the suburbs Of many Of oar
sister cities, where horticulture and landscape
HARDENING: and monumental sculpture hare
nchieyed tsiumphs which command our highest
admiration. and which We would do well real
ousty 10 emulate. Thcr7 csn be no question
]NN AAo% &AE Ncl2EAE13 D AEEA@1N4NX ~ tN
mixed TYPE. Is ..e ae4 fest apprc simation Ehieh
las ever been made to q burJiuE place which
satisfies every demand OF Chrstiauized and
enlightened humanity. Here in '.shs groves
Which were Gods first temples" or in 1h@
''open field" the dad are "buried ont Of our
sight,. either in The grave, the vaal., or the sur
eol'tagus- Here every rariesJ Of taste may
hare scope in erecting permanent memorials 10
the deud, and in ornamenring with trees or
a,Hers the ''lup Of earth" in ~hicll they rest.
But not pausing to recite the merits Of the
cemetery IS place Of sepulture, 60 on to say
TINT auch pro. isiou Of ihis kind Is has been
made for the wants of other cities, the Rosehill
Association this day proposes to vou the citt-
zens Of Chicago. We are standing on the
ground which has been selected, aud most wise.
ly selected for this purpose. Its general etevn-
rr 81 sa
seem to designate it rs 4 place Of burial.
1t is removed SO far from the city ~ to be thor
oughty exempted from its noisy intrus.ons and
its WORTHY associations, and yet not 50 far but
that the church spires may be plain1y deserted,
nor 50 far as to furfeit convenience Of access.
lake, that its Waters become very important
feature 10 the landscape. At the wet the prai-
RE spreads away to tue setting sun, now dotted
with the signs Of dense population where but
a few years ago the Buffalo WAS - Monarch of
the grassy plain" Above US are the mighty
alihS Vi %tle oAA WHICH uay AAFe oofne Up IL
time not remote, tie canoe io which the pious
Pattowotau,ie had made deposit OF the retnains
ofp parent or child: Beneath our feet is virgin
soil ground which the spade or plough has
never broken, 1 Etebe which We now begin to
plant fur the great resurrection harvest. Thus
tue life Of the cir, the grandeur Of the lake and
the prairie, the association Of tho Indian aud the
Buffalo, the beauty Of these native oaks, and the
topography and composition Of the ground all
unite in the pledge which is this dxt made thnt
Rose Hill shall ere long be wilderness Of
beauty. The elements are ali here. 1t only
needs m elegant aud rigid taste to combine
them harmouiously and group them with grace.
1t only needs ready hand to carry tasteful De.
sign into prompt execution. A little uhile and
we shall see these gtuyes peopled with yoiceless
tenants. Here pres n.1y shall stand the "sto-
rted urn aud animated bust" Here shall be
brought the marble Of Italy aud New England,
and the soft.tiuted Il stoue from The Bosom
Of our own prairiss, wrought into q Thousand
memorial shupes, and telling the story Of
thousand lives. Here s!lall stand the | .sily
obelisk, the proud mausoleum and the richly
scuipturcd tomb. Here too the si,ppe slab uud
modest grave >tonc- Here also sLaIl F1o1a as
suoe wide dominion, gemminy the ground with
her Jewels, and pcrfun,ins ,he air with her in
cense. Here too shall shrubbery. THAT Sheu-
ety Of form and iol,,s 1frq,. erdars vi from ~, Ish.
anon, and drs from Norway. tue pine Of Austria,
sh,,t,wx fnr,,h.- IL. .h n-.h;. e. 1
drnoninr nod,vcan;nv csh xhali ;ntsr.x;v.
their hnuphs Iiera lie cynrc,s tl.e luureli
and the nlt1er ah,ii ;nrrrfsro thr;r branches
Suou xhait we turp our eyes 10 thin haitow-
cd and beautiful SPOT Of earth as
retreat where wc eau always come SECURE Of IN
hour sacred TO beauty and reliRiou-sslere we
can come feeling tiiut not death but hope is the
1eai3t koei-the beautiful not the coEruptibfe,
the asilletic not the material necessarily tic
unt,,rr hnltis cnn,u,nion srith her v;s;hj fnrm.n
md vim hrr,. in The Iorc If End i,oj.ls rc1,.
muuioo with tic spirits of the denarted. 10
this SPOT We NAV spun raturn fnlfnwinv witt,