, 1859-07-29

I lne Eorefniug idea In fbtaf 9Tafem OF buft4
Fas that the body should be buried ont Of thei
| sight, and that that was to be effected only b,
lcpositing it in ',ole Of the rock or beneat,
.he surface # tho ground. 10 bare the bod
denied such interment was an extreme penalty
,n!y awarded the y1lest offenders This was t,
be -.buried with the burial Of an ass. TLe NOS
lucieut sepulchral monuments in the world AT
ienouinated 1arrors, being mere hilocks d
earth or stones. TIE su1anlux Of the Romans
he c1irn of Scotland, sud the mound Of Ameri
a, I'll correspond in some sort to the 1a,rop
Tie Pa1h, or. wandering shepherds. 10 whom j.
generally Inscribed ihe building Of the P5rA
'aida, Frobsbly aggregated the idea Of their ar
thitecsure, from The bat slightly varying monu.
aeuts Of the surrounding countries. exchanging
cause Of the increased convenience Of construc
ton The practice Of embalming the bodies q
the rich aud the noble had rer! early origin.
The first mentioned In sacred history are The
cases Of "Joseph and his fasheF.' In profaue
history the practice is carried back to tho early
Egyptian Kings. In that country, +" the land d
,nystery and marveis," the art Of en-.
Among the ancient persians, Scyshfans, md Af
/ rican Aomn1Ies, while Inflammation was the mos!
common mode Of burfI, there arc to be oh.
*erred many departures from this usage. The
| .iuebres, or 6re-worsh'ppess Of Persia, exposed
their dead on the summit OF : high round tower.
NE Aohu~ !oIeklof "nfca aNotued . sepu1-
chre to the bones when efsipped by the rzyehs.
fhe Scythia ans not inra9uxn1'y suspended the
lfelesx bodies to the branches Of trees, leaving
them to be consumed By: the pction of the At.
.,osphere or the beaks Of carniverous birds.
The ancient Greeks and Romans we're apparent.
ly constrained to universal inhumation Of the
lead, By the theory that the soul could not he
tdmlttel into the Ely sum Fields until the bodv
lad been covered il the earth, and thst eycrT
one denied the rites Of huriai Was doomed to
wander hundred rearz before the spirit cnuld
be admitted into the "happy mansi7ns." Not
withstanding this, we have ILLUSIONS, not a few.
10 rha dispo.ing Of the bodies Of the dead By
cremation. Virgil and Ovid both inform US that
anterior to the founding Of Rome burning was
commonly practlscd, Suua, according to plu-
sarch, for1ad il in reference to his own persou.
The law ofthe Twelve Tables prohibits the uxa.e.
~ also iutcrnent within the CITY, Macrobius
.sho wrote in the age of the younger Thendn.
s'us says that cremation Was discontinued at
thnt cru. The Atbeutans awarded especial
burial honors to the slain ia battle, particularly
10 those who had fallen in defensive wa. fare.
The ceramtca* WAS tha cemetery OF the
couatry's defenders Those hoSever who
fell nt Marathon Nerd buried on the field
With national honors aud proud ulausnleum
erected over Them 10 the memory Of their hero
isn't The funeral services Of the most di-tin-
yuished Of the Romans !wcTe conducted at the
C.
to award them the most splendid possible pa
seaEts- Going 10 the other extreme Of their So
cla! lie, we read that utieni, mere pits. rud~ly
e1coraled, were the receptacle OF the lifelcss
bodies of the slaves. Into these ,tcv were cast
~it4ous Receiving any, even tic simplest Of the
decencies Of burial. Tho Dr,.ids and early
Yritons disposed Of the bodies Of their deal
both By fire and earth, Their first tornhs yere
harrow. nr rnourds nf r1o ,nd stonss T,
so,ue Of thsse urns have brcn i;seorc.cl IN
others sIrleton. md in others both. The III.
raea Or ssonc cntiiu .was in general usr at tbe
Druidical period. The Scandinavian nation uu-
der a law nf Wml,n burned the1r dead and MA,
chg ths ,.hs. IN r,ns dsnos;tad thsn, hansa,t p'
tumul, Thc nanes rho wcrs H. i,., " .1,an.
,lor -, -t,,s;.i 49,. .h.;,. a;m..sat E..".a,
usaecs ennchs n their l,istor tho frat ti,e ,re
Of Gnrn;n.r' tba second tbe 49, of tumuli ami
the the third s.ehr;.t.odons-oIIr ,rhrn the en-.
trance Of the word" gave tham new licht md
,;on ~ t:hIs,;an;ir h,s haan exsr..,,srs thc
>ign.l rnr lie cessa,fnn NJ The rus,onn RI d..
st9"r;nr 1,r 1;,e thn ho3;e. nf ,f,a dss, Tho
con1erted Eomnns o,1onted rcrv ccncr,l1r tba
nae of The sarconbaors1' In In car];e II star,s
uf ,hc ch,is,;an chn-ri, ti,c desd war; 1nrrs,r
Jenos;,cd in ca,ncon,bs. subseoupntlr. md Il
confned a;s,r;cfs the ina;ne of a sciect nnn,.
i,cr ,rr,rc s;ntcrrci henss,t, co1rar;ts ~ .m.il
channels t.snrciclir dc,;rnetl cs memornts of The
crnc;f;x Vim The rnxf.,r, n dnnos;tino tbe
5s,5 Eona.th .ha o;sisf ~ ,b,-sba. ~ T. ~
1rasnJ sn-rannd;n1 ,ha od;fr. mns ;ns,;,,tc5
hr f;rceorr th.. fsreats nnder he ;Jea that In
c:,t,t I'm tecn .rTe-n x he ,n;nds of tfe neo.
nir he mer,,orr # irnn,ted fr;ands and N IN.
duce ihcm mo1e frsorettIy to ofgsr nrovers IN
Their behs,c / nav n1eanrk hnrc ia Kissing.
t,at ucre thts farf cstnbl1,h;nr thr Ilou;sis
or;c;n of hurfat in nnnrch yard. and i;srin. inv
The herctical nnrnose II was desi1ned to serve
more widely krown there would be less re.
luctanee in The Protestant world than even now
to exchange tue exposed and crowded church
yur.i for tl;s secluded and snaeious ccu,etery.
but hare already dwelt too long upon the
bistoricaI usnect ri mr. subject. Grnera1izinr
the sc facts which hare SELECTED to shed light
upon the history OF burial and Incorporating
item with our common knowledge OF the fi-
neral customs Of the modern christianjzed na-
mcnt Of our nature iund eyen when
that nature has been most brutal;xcdl
awards to the ,iis1ess clay which has been ten.
ansed by the soul Of man. a measurable respect.
nroportopel in most >cs to the position it &C
cupsed when living, but in ali cases as regarding
The comoaratiye nobility of its animal nature.
We dcIucc again t|lat lie common feeling Of our
raec fr1en an,oae those mon whom The licht
ofresrlatlou has not sl,ouel demands that lie
bodies fthc dead should be bid from sight, and
thourh in trenueat instances re learn IF their
receiyinr most inhun,an treatment. still is The
.Iisposftnn manifest f;na]Ir IN en,n,ose the re.
maIns in The eartil. Va deduce finally that The
sin Of Sl,eboa, which seeks to nuke man splen-
did ia ashes and pcu.pous in the grave" is com
mon to ull the nations. whether taught by rcye~
iaton or leit IN the loht ri natnre. cnd that
nniy when lin Tr;rc;nics of ev.nrci;caj ret;cion
arc faithfully followed nrc the APPOINTMENTS Of
ssnu1ture ordered viii, rio71 rcftrencc 10 God's
c,trse unon The hn1r anI Christ's cure of The
sonl, x-ith rcfsrnncc n the s;n-marEed linra.
ments IF The ona md ,he rrstorrti ;marc If The
jI;r;n;tv IN 1ha n,her
f1r the -.j;sGo. of hu-;,f hare a1r.odr and
;nc,den;al1v snotcn Ist roe x,r n wori II ia
,..sf-,, IL nddrass;,r mvxcif ~ th;a ns,ect NJ
senujinrc T mn.t snest xnrds which are mean.
in,.lrss tn n,oTa n n ana cl.ss n men There
"a Ho nna,rr !, h,r;", r. Tho re4,,;ors h;cot who
io,,t e'no,; tha s,rs,s =. chsrncI hon - xhsro
he 11e.t, sh.ii =, ~ ~ .<arT shai1 ~. -
.ssnc :ntc5 ,-;+h III hat "a rorrrnt ,r1 r;1a r.
man md ti.u,s;ste, fron, iii that il honefnl md
hs,venIv r. nno,rr ~ tho ;nfde, and m nooii..
who onir 1ooE nnon 4 ns far. ofr hnrro- : III
-. ~ ~ -uess ;a.s;na - ~
tsrx " no".e4 - tIs ssnsn,1;s, h. ~ ns :':
ioo(s ,noo Il ns :, nj. ,xhere he n,st ons ~ ~
hnr,. 1T i,;s ,,ass~.s. W noat,r ~ ~ -
,rh6se r,nid wnrid "a tr,ae nnd .:hn on1r u.t..
unon Il "a ;nat nncr .o imnract;cahIa tf;no
staast;. ~ J"ss ~" a. ~, .r".s l41Ig. as
.haet -. ..s,.s- af,.sa;tat;an ~ :a'ansc
:. .,bra..snr ~ nni- n hs sor.;JaenI !as
+he :. r., 1,rt ~ Nm who ioots ,,na,
os ,bc harter;n ~ ne n,ort, for H., ,e..i
.~ha r.~..S .ts. ..x.~a -. ~. ~. 1,,
,,,,,,.r son,n,s ."s enntor,,r1stss ,,aatt 70
,i:. rs.toraio, ~ ~ e,r,l ~ IT, horro o~sd a. oas
,es Is aioa - sA ~ y. ,ha ~ ana n9
intts he trnsst ami most cieyat;ng no.trT - -