Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-10-03

ike errandS OF attecton,-thelr hearts
softencd by like sad experiencc,--aud re-
feet as they cannot help rejecting that
they are at last to lie down together in
this common resting place?
The extent of these benefits will depend
not little upon what we do to give a
charm to this spot. We need not be afraid
of doing too much, if only what we do is
fitly done. Affection, and not avarice
must take the lead in the question of ex-
pendituro. You have read that when the
Savior of mankind was on the earth, there
came oGce woman with an alabaster box
Of ointment, very precious, and poured it
on his head and on his feet, aud the house
was filled with the odor of the ointment
There was one present who said, 10
what purpose was this wasted 2" 1t was
a sordid thought that prompted that ut
terance. It found no sympathy in the
mind of Him whose nature was refinement
and notlencss and parity itself - Let
her alone" he said; She hath done
what she could; she is come beforehand
70 anoint my body TO the bnryiug. Yer.
lily say unto you, wherosoevcr this gos-
shall be preached throughout the VIII lie
: world. there shall this also which she
hath done be spoken of for memorial of
her" Ii was no waste. 1t honored
Christ The lavish outpouring Of that
woman's care has touched many hearts
: since that time and they have expand d
with thctouch That act will 60 forth on
) its mission Of Blessing 50 long as the
=. world shall endure.
: And now as well as then The usefulness
c of an expenditure is not to be measured
. by the qualification it buys for the senses
4 or the comfort it obtains for the body
e There is something about us that is more
G to be thought Of than this flesh lha
G expenditure which is the outAow Of
IS pnfe affection and is suited in It's result
to refine and elevate and warm and pu
rifv the hearts of others that fulGls th
IS noblest purpose
This is not a plea in favor of costl
3; monuments, or extravagant honors for th
l. dead. In such things pride has often
ID greater share than love and pride is ney
cr more despcalle than when iteauntS il
OF self upon tomb But it is plea tha
lg the cemetery be made an attractive,--no
ID rcpusve spot; That it be a place ne
a of weeds and brars and reeling head
ty stones. and graves crowded together i
H. shameful economy of space, but plac
it cared for and cherished place wher
cs love plants the myrtle upon the. grave
e. delightful, yet rensive retreat, invitln
be the posscr, by--its attainments coDsonar
Id with the faith and hope and humility
peace and love Of the gospel.
it CHI; ;stianity tells of victory ovc
it death it lights up the darkness of ii
Ds tomb it arches the burls places Of tho'
rs who sleep in Jesus with the rairbow
ie promise. 1t is not betting the spins
i'll our religion, that the place where the boo
It's les of Christ's people await glorious re-
d. direction, should be graveyard, lionel
IL and bare, and bleak and desolate.
IN The early christians at Rome in acco
re dance with their new faith, gave ne
ne name to the place of the dead Lat1
a beatbenism had called it sepatchr"m,
us sepulchrc but they called it cgmeter'"r
of a sleeping place. Latin heathenlsm ha
ms been accustomed to speak of the bodies
re- the dead as sepulta. buried: Latin chrl
ere tianity spoke of them as dsp'S'fq' inup
re. ted Co the earth. Latin heathenism sPo
M of the departed as dbrept"S' snatch
cir away by death; Latin christianity spo
be- Of them as guisSceateS--sleeplng III deaf
me EIeathenism-Grc,k and Latin had be
his accustomed to inscribe upon Its tom
such cmblems as the broken colnH
ith and the inverted extinguishcd torcl
cen christianity introduced new symbols
ace rising sun, the ark riding upon the fo'
art. the anchor Of hope, and the star OF tal
hat Like those early christians we call u
,iy ground cemetery,-a sleeping place
,ers their spirit also, we would make 1t spE
red the language of the gospel They
.pot not, indeed, as we propose TO 40 enc
spot the beautiful Landscape as their place
les rcpose, and embcRsh it according TO
NH principles Of the burial art NO 81
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