Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1859-03-23


en- hand u publicly raised. TO sanction aud to
hsIlow spfactiee which seeks footing here,
Of bur;iog oar dead with snowy parade and /
martial music and demon trsiion. on fA< Sab l
bath day Jones" ~ the Csy Her, ~ Sat |
urdsy last. Celebrates a long article Ia answer
ts MY structures upon such demonstrations =
ualike my fir-f Assa,iaai. he does not essay 10 !
dislodge me from my post. by mephitie belch- /
iug from vile Indigestion; nor, like my second
Champion. /" does he expect to put me to flight
by thu noise "a rafting emptiness; nor. like
the editor Of the Union. does he chew over the
disgusting eud Of another TO pop at me; that
editor who has yielded To the gentle habit Of
pho 10 graph ing his correspondents. aud pre-
seniing their pale counter spades. as mental
food. to his lean subscribers. this exponent
prsesnts himself in very ge'tlemsnly way.
J but with the same difficulty at heart. Like the
poor oyster. unable to eject the foreign irri
tant from his she'll. he seeks to make il toler-
able to himsslf, aud even eomeiy to others. by
drawing pesrly cover over it. Such oblis-
ion may be very preitiiy applied; but. cir.
prefer to keep the gravel out Of the sLsll.
! will not detain you to follow, at full
length. the fne-spun extenuation Of Jones =;
it is enough to note the salient point Of error
presented. from which all bis minor mistakes
are derived.
lie speaks Of religion" and Of religious
feeling. In the outset. in my fret article. I
spoke Of "risM religious feeling; 10y which
mean that feeling which is promled 10y the re
ligon Of Christ. who 'wept," aside with a
few real mourners. at the grave Of Lazarus;
who touched the humble bier of the widow Is
sen without osientsiion; whose own burial
was without parade. aud whose bosom disci-
pies ere gathered 10 their rest without show
With regard TO mans departure from this pres
ent scene. the text Of true religion uses the III
and expressive figure conveyed 10y the words
naked and "nakedness." Naked came
: into this world, aud it is certain that | car
carry nothing out Of it," is the revelation O
nature and Of Holy Writ; a truth recognized
= in the simplest rites of Christian burial. ano
' enforced. at the grave. by the highest example
When bury my friend. shall turn bach
my thoughts from the grave, to glory in hi
eartly career? Shall seek TO sllay the turbis
pillows which nature herself heaves up fron
the bottom # the soul. by conjuring to my sis
q vain display 81 things that perish! Ii
short. shall my thoughts. at such solemI
moment. be checked in their instructive out
burst towards the future All it is the IN
d ture that now busies the heart. The future o
the Departed; whether we believe him to hav
; entered into joys eternal, or whether We fsa
him to have heard the doom Of the lost. Gu
: own future, too; That shall soon disclose tn
realities 10 which We hasten. Is the naked
: ness of the soul, just stripped Of all thing
earthly, and gone To stand IN the simple sever
iiy Of truth at ne bar OF its fnsl Judge, fiji
e s,mbolized by the swelling pomp of parad
and the fustian of fancy military showf
| said. rish religion for there is niue
& ,rrsns religion in the void; whose heart
supertiton and whose rites pummery.-
Let such as trust ia IL. ward Off Gods pr~mp
- Ings. at the mouth Of the grave. and bsguil
willing but nwelcome thought on huma
nothinguess. 10y doubling upon the track of
' perishable existeoce-by feasting the memor
= aud the ina. ination upon the past glories {
>" a span. instead Of opening the heart vide an
filling The soul with the promises and III
- warnir Us Of the voice which comes across III
grave. Let the Hndoo and the man of tn
forest. drown the fitting reflections for such
z scene. by the noise Of the gong and the bewi
d.ring incaptations Of a mutiering priest.
may be their religion But lei Christians. VII
lay their brother down TO rest in hope Of
:, glorious resurrection; who remember the val
iiy Of all things tere: who remember the Low
isnes> of their Master, aud that he said: ut
enoes,h ust the disciple lie as his Lord; VIII
Lock Lorw ssd TAI those glories OF the futur
" ~hieh dim all earthly glores from view la
him down in el,q stiffness. regarding th'
quiet which God has drawn over him, nor a
= low the ssmblanoe 81 sao~ or parade. TO ru
s. &c the deep and halloxed fullness Of II
y heart
u All II is the difference OF our religion
al which makes US put different giosses upon tn
&c performances which gave rise to this discus
sion. Those opposed to me. have boosted {
= the numbers VITO side with them. S,r. a man
- conscience is not subject 10 vote Of the pee
pie. stakes broad way to Accommodate thos
= who eoasen, to the wrong. while ssrroso on,
a. which is entered by few lis the one IN which "
are hidden TO walk. And yet am oct ale M
am glad to know that soEle who ioine
that noisy procession on Gods holy day. has
already stiured the wrong. The independer
good are with the. and so are the conscience
Of the well-tnformcd bad. There is posi,io
Of things. in which lone may chase a tbog
ssnd. an two put teo Thousand TO fight"