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

udIo uoldce 1t. oacrellglOuS WOULD De the
hand that would do it. And when any
approach this spot, may they remember
that around it clusters sacred and tender
associations; and could l speak to that
marble as its spire points heavenward, 1
would say to it, as you, my audience, now
hear me, Thou marble monument, thou
memorial of friendship, around thee stand
friends of the departed; today, as ever,
fond and friendly hearts around this spot
In sympathy beat We love this spot
where friendships hand has placed thee
Henceforth thou art the guide to show the
stranger that here lies the body of John
f. Cook. Here stand, thou sentinel, firm
to thy post by night and day; and when
the bleak, cold winds of winter blow and
moan among these representation icei-
cles, like crystals, hang from sprig and
branch, and nature is clad with its mantle
OF ice; or when the starry snow-hakes,
beautifully pure and white, shall fall around
this spot, driven by furious winds, sheet
ing the earth around in its drapery of
white, and piling it in drifts around and
around thy base, thy head from out the
drifts yet lift, looking heavenward, and still
proclaiming, "This is hallowed ground. 1t
is here they have laid him; come see the
place" When winters winds, its frosts and
SHOWS, have passed away, and when sweet
spring returns; when Natures God shall
have dressed the earth in her garments of
green; when from amid the foliage of these
expresses and oaks the feathered songsters
of this grove are sweetly singing; when
beautiful flowers, in their rich variety,
planted by friendships hands over the
graves of departed loved ones, are unfold
ing their beauties and blushing in the SUM-
light; when gentle zephyrs sigh softly
through these trees, and all nature is alive
and happy, stand thou here, and from thy
place proclaim that he who slumbers here
inhabits fairer land than this. And when
the playful, merry boy comes bounding
along, or the little innocent, laughing girl,
whose bright eye shows how 1.-THE and hap
Ply is her life; or the maiden and youth
leisurely sauntering here conversing of
matters to come; or when the strong, stur-
dy man, or the grey-headed sire, or the
aged and infrm, resort to this place-whilst
all move along, each vending his way to
some favorite spot-some spot cherished
and dear-stand thou in thy place, thy
head still towering heavenward, and pro-
claim to each passer, "This earth is not thy
home; here you have no continuing city.
Work out your salvation in fearing and in
trembling, for the day Of life waneth, and
the night of death draweth nigh"
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consecrated spot, where lies the mortal re-
mains of John F, Cook Henceforth who
that looks upon thee will remember him
who, when living, was beloved by ali who
knew him best as man-loved by God,
whom he made his trust, and respected and
loved by men, for whose best interests he
labored.
We plant thee here to show the living
that this life, when well spent, is not with
out its reward; that though, when living,
we may be called to endure its ills, if faith
full to the end, the good, the virtuous and
the just will never consent to let the ener-
gies of good man die, and recollections of
them slumber with him in the grave. Stand
thou here in summer and in winter, by
night and day, in sunshine and in storm, as
memorial in honor of good man, whose
life was spent in honoring and clarifying
his God and blessing his fellow men. And
may the doings of this occasion so impress
the living that each may strive to live the
life of the righteous, that our last end may
be like his.
After Mr.. Cato had concluded, the as
semblage was addressed in an able man.
ner by Messrs. Bowen, Custin, and Free
man. The gathering clearly showed that
the people of color in the South take plea
sure in perpetuating the memory of their
ilIustrious dead
1t was stated in our papers of the 22d
that body of colored men in Georgetown
had offered to the Mayor of that place
their services in putting down the out
break at Harpers Ferry +; but his Honor,
thinking, as do |, that they had better
mind their own business, respectfully de-
clined their profered aid.
The numerous friends of Mr.. John t.
johnson, who was so brutality assaulted a
few weeks age, will be pleased tolearn that
he has somewhat recovered from the effects
of the attack. BOX.