Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-18
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The kome Of all mankind from whose
Aosom has fed the vital spark. The yes.
tssale. the an,e-chamher to Thoase not
made with hands, eternal in the heavens :
What "reminiscences Of the past are
brought 10 mind by the sight Of grave
decorated with 4 marble monument on
which is Inscribed the token Of last respect.
Pruitlsss. indeed, would lie the attempt 10
chronicle the association of ideas thus sud-
Ssuly brought into being. The cause and
Istare Of the effenSe which consigned man
10 the tomb, the irrevoeable decree Of
Heavens ruler, Dust thou art and unto
dust shalt thou return" the countless num-
Der of the many -tongued sons of Adam who
have mouldercd back 10 mother earth. the
obedience unto death" Of the immaculate
Son Of God, breaking Che bars Of death and
conliag from the tomb as the FIRST fruits of
them that slept. and ultimate victory of
ali mankind over the iron jaws Of death,
are but the most Interesting and instructive
tbegss thus evolved.
The grave The high and the low, the
rich and the poor, the king sud the vassal
all here lose their distinction. "AIl go
unto one place all ere of The dust and all
tara to dust again "--.SeiomoH.
The atheist Is often Compelled. when Wit
~ssing the elods falling upon the cotin of
sspe dear friend. to doalf, II not TO fully re-
saqass, his rash assertion, '-there Is no God
ThorgA in health and IN the pursuit of
worldly honor, be stiGe the innste hope and
desire of-man for existence affeF thlA ffail
body shall hare been dissolved, yet when
the parting hour comes, eandor and his
dismal forebodihgs compel hin TO confess
that the idea OF perpetual slsep is net con.
saant with the rational wants Of mans
EaiHrs. Even Yoltaire himself was COM
PEELED at the close Of his life 70 acknowledge
belief in the existence Of a fatare state,
and was willing to give great part Of his
brtans for an extension Of that existence
which he wasted In hostility to God, hu-
Jaa,,ity, christianity and bis own eternal
interests.
now natural ]; Is when standing BY the
tomb Of tie departed 10 adopt the laHguage
Of JOB If man die shall he live AGAIN.
Shah the liseless body. lying beneath the
turf, ever be resgrrectedl Have the letters
IA; toHnd man TO the charnal house for
nap than four thousand years been sever
e' Have we any assurance, any incon-
isst;ble evidence that If man die he shall
I've agsinl
Each Of the foregoing questions can be
answered in the Affirmative Christ, eHr
elder brother, n the resurrection and the
life"-he was the first 70 rise from the tomb
never again to retGrn to il, This fact j.
established by the testimony Of GePhaa, Of
the twelve Apostles, Of I've hundred broth.
ren, Of james, mud last Of ali. By Panl him
self who witnessed the shining light At
midday when on 60 errand Of persecution
TO Damascus sAs 10 (by) Adam all die,
even so in (by) Christ shall all be made
alive. The antidoie is as powerful as the
disease Is universal.
Who can visit the grave even Of an enc
az without feeling power within that
holiifes the sterner passion, and without
alizing . lie on consahgninity that as.
sssge every emotion Of maieyoleaee,- -.
How ,aaeh more intense is the sympathv
sAA s4seion awaksned when we resort 70
lie ias' peaceful abode Of friends and loved
ones Words are too feeble 20 express the
tender passion that possesses the soul, bat
tie sympathetic tear Is indIesgIys Of the In.
ward workings, too powerful ior uttsranee
Fer Sasel TIA solemn piass
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