, 1864-07-10
OUR cEMETERlEs


nsrfnlsE for The Dead-Ths Unlrer-
sal Feeilng-Canalba,s and Christ
taas-The Pleasures Of Sorrow
g. Rambling Among the
-. -, Iemhs,
n VISIT TO ROsEHILL-IrsLo LOCAL.
kI1ES. MONUMENTS AND
SCENERY.
HIN Ia nuisance, to h!m.slG, to others, When
living he IL continually In the way Of somebody or
other, as e press forward In tho great race of fe
and when dead he IL still more In the way, md re-
qutres much trouble to get rid OF him aud keen hin
out OF TIC way. We turn back wonde11nQly to the
Gays When cremation was accepted a. rcaay
mode Of settling the difficulty, Inc process being
sometimes applied to the living animal when he
had rendered himtelf peculiarly obnoxious to sons
arbitrary human or hnciful Interpretation OF dI.
v1ne Law. Now we bury men alive In stone cara
and bury them dead in wooden boxes, tho expa.
Giated individual being Of no u.e to society In
h eltnsr .s.. essc: We remember to have met some.
%se amoas ossr 1s psf 2aiass q
2 re % wonders What man Il good fer. Said he,
m "5f1s fan' n,itt,, MEs purify the IS ~ taking
shots term Of existence. envy not, neIths4f da
quarrel With my fellows, and rheu dc nsnsi,x i
The spider. the bird or thc asi ntten on nv dead
bcay. .But man IL good for nothing be Is siws1s
ssns ss Il. e'a
hats each other to lstfacion yet hata ntber ~
mails ~ ~ more they begrndga a. meal ou htna.
1ss1 ne nnee fs%. S, n9 to boz AID PIT him
living thing. I 1tblnk the dy is he best and mott
n.eipl q tne two" We cannot guarantee that snch
decidedly The best The argument. ~ 1ae
etxlizatisn hs9 done wonders ii elevstiug -hu-
,nn eqs o4 n ne ants one
eat the fefh Of bis enemies, and The s,yura wh9
10 NOT an antlropophagtst may denie the body OF
ona People who burg their aIed ones 70 eos them
e eiyillzsioa ar a6oe! eaqa psstae Respect %
has too degcnerated from considersbly hieh
staDd,ng smong the natons 4 Of tho sa1th.) Taa
pies OF tho nRn In honorinR the memories or their
departed relatives: True ne surpasa them In the
but In ths manifestation of genuine feeling aud
respect We are IN no eense their supe.iors Death.
the great leselfer Of ranks, castee aud races re.
tic grim monaich, md ali alike mousn the blow
which separates us from those we lore.
Ths similarity Of feeling amid wide diversity Of
races. and shows how little civilization does to-
Hnrds Changing tte radical character Of the msu.
a' nasaa. atqa d.
tsnse otherwiee impossible. In tho outward race
OF life there arc very few men whose vacated places
se % Us iSss Is 9s a ne un 1n
certain point 1t may be sald that the civllzative
process increases social dependence: but, that
s utuost soc IL shs st
anS IN l. nqHoten na5 neo
the rtsnl,e Of hia life labors remain behind hin
! to draw upon our crstitudt.
ANOTHER phaee Of feeling 9ni1ea u az ia eoua.
wbseb oSans .npss Sua o. nj oeaa ~
da se
foii,es Of lie dead. ind scree 70 rememher ani1
tseir 1iitues. Even the brutai prize lighter. who
adyerxsrV viii wnen HI snone T. Il IN Ihr,, ~. ~, ~
extend hi hand and sd ip the rccoyerf of b{ss
iaiSn S, Toe; @ Ia 6ean.inl icsson. and one which
stfnrees foT .uneroti11 shonId re ~. u asc OIL
ehsTf wty nol set opy the fee,me a1,o Poof eiea f
there Is little enough Of enjoyment II HE; WI
nQt seek to 1nlufes' II would smooth the path o
We woncetfol'y and cave much unnecessary suaes
Ing. :,
q I'D hes Tes s S2 Fl E III
comes rdshing back uron u the memory Of scene.
eounssl together, and how nacllowed tbs remem
btance Of former fancled wrong. The eemetcry 4
llnk & between @ Us an1 TIC et+snlues+ the Pseah1
, naan oeyond The ae!eetable mountains wheue'
we can AI1uHt hear the fAyt. .hiuH muAfr of thr te
lcetiala aud watch them NJ thay tupc their rode,
! hsrpe in prnise OF him who CONQUERED DEATH nnf
the gr2rr, and led captivity captive. IT'S a holI
= laelnE arstng nom nanoHed associations, oht
soedy ~ wso @ sase ~ =" gone % & oie
: who have done With casth's trials and sufer1nce
and now eleep, peacefully awaiting the cali whici
ehsll fuuruou Garth, air and sea 70 the iuucuen
|. seat Of the eternal.
intelligent acknowledgement Of this trutb
t which prompts uB 10 deck the frarea O
| Qtt ftieuda With doWefe, aud raise 1ycr thea
y the costly eepuItnral monument Human ysnity
!, | and The desire to live In the memoTte
o OF tkoee !en hehlnd, dopbt;ess psumpts somcthIu
It Of display but In the great majority of cases M
fs ttrs The barbarian recxdes behind civilization
one, r1ves psce to the ornate tornbstooe. and tn
g7apdy chtseeIled marble, or the 1nclosnrc whic]
g speuke eIoouents a. Of old: t.fhc plsce Whernoi
thou ruest ts holy Eroundr some OF the htrhes
co7ts OF Mus have been directed to the improve
mcnt Of our cemeteries The skin OF Ethelandscup
gardener. and The aftbttc chacliinct Of the tcpil
q tor hare combined to adnEn the spot where HI
IN manftJ les Iowa touching tribute 70 fallen glea
m ness. sweet cknoWledGeuent Of the truth of th
- - sublime motto, Be urJana, II shall rss ngatn.
he al trnurntnc fhau to the housc al fcastIns u
L. know not II he iatendei 1t Ia this ae9cs bit c.
TO tain it is thut there 10 an
IL. the penstre mutinE orer the graves OF the loFl
liz Oree- How beautiful Is the calm Of summer CT
ening In grave yard. HoW swcstly fall the n
tc OF The ting eVn on The tombstones. and vi
trr | what ha)loHed light shine forth the word
n Blessed are the dead which die In the Lord