Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-10-03
HYDE PARK, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1866

the waters ofthat stream, flowing. flowing,
flowing on continually-how they speak |
to us of the ceasless onward movement of ,
our lives, and as we see those waters pas
! sing out of sight behind yopdcr hill. how i
our thoughts are directed forward wait to
that eternity into which our lives are
/ passing, but which is now all hidden
from our view. /.
Ages ago this spot was prepared for the
purpose to which we now appropriate it.
1t was built up here by the Almighty to
be at last city of the dead He laid
the beams Of its Chambers in the waters. !
There is not one grain Of sand, there is
not one pebble i'll all this ground, thus
elevated above the deeper valley around
it, but was brought hither from some dis
tant place, in fuiGment of this work
1t was built up like the temple of Solomon
, without the sound of the hammer The
currents that once rolled over the spot
were the servants of the great architect.
They brought all the material and dcpos-
tied each atom III its appropriate place
After they had built up these higher
; points and had began to sinS to lower
f channels, they S till entered this ground
t at that north eastern corner and passed
5 around near the northern and the wes-
S tern boundary and again to the eastward,
they looked out this valley that circles
t through the lot, to give diversity and
S beauty to the whole Then, sinking down
c low CT and lower still they carved away
S the earth on either side, and moulded
: these banks--thc outer wall of this city
;. with beauty that no art can equal and
/ now the waters pass silently in thtir gentle
s curves of their mar row channe S, to make
;; the valley around us luxuriant with love
y liness. These were preparations made has
le waited through loug ages for the coming
ii of this hour, to be set apart for its predes-
III tined purpose. zoe are only commits ion.
on ers to carry out the original design IL
fulfllment Of this commission We have
laid out the avenues and streets Of thi:
city, and We are they who mnst care fol
and peopleit. = faIg1 iwt
As we wait here to day, our thoughts
naturally turn to the future
In my minds eye see this spot as i
-" will be when your care and your tast'
have performed their part. see th'
'ae street by which we cross the meadow t.
OF come Rither, protected and shaded b,
5e- willows planted on either side. Within
pe the gate, and along The entering avenue
ue is heavy growth of pines or hemlock
me or cedars. On the slope of the banks
nc aud in the marsh below. are here an'
elf there, groups of tamarack and fir. IheT
'u- avenues are bordered with shrubbery, an'
lhe scattered tress of loftier growth cast thel
ke shade along the ground, see monument
W. also in these spaces. Even now, death
faster than we. and there are graves her
let before we are ready to dedicate the ground
ial Often in the years to come will the slo'
of procession file along these avenues an
I'VE we shall hear the sthed sobs Of mournel
a as they wait around the opened earth, an
or they will come agan--the widow, wit
'on her lonely aching heart, to water wit
his her tears the flowers that bloom upon th
al, grave; parents, to gaze again upon th
to spot where they have laid down the
Of smiling, prattling ones children, also,
the honor the memory of parents in the srir'
ere land the aged tottering man to- bow ul
us on his staff over the spot where ne hi
the buried every object Of his earthly To-
and and these all come at last to lie dow
. themselves, and the sods shall cover ther
re- bnWe inhabitants Of the village, an
for those who dwell in the cottages along Il
sd hills, will come one by one to take !
and their abode in this city of the dead.
the a few years more, the dwellers here w
'ul- be more than the dwellers there.
nay Tbe.dust shall return to the earth
it was. But is this the end will t
yor earth claim it forever Thank God,
here have sure word of prophecy. f'lhe Lo
iad himself shall descend from heaven with
also shout with the voice Of the archang
fg and tho trump Of GOd.' "All that are
un- the graves shall hear his voice and sh'
naDt come forthn | cannot paint the sec
tive which revelation itself has but FAINT
her. described. know not how many sh
river come forth from the ground upon VIII