The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-06-10
For the Herald.
A Visit to the Cemetery.

All! to weep for you is supreme happi-
moss, dear Names, to whomsoever has tears.
To forget youis to forget oneself. Are you
not portion of our hearts? = -,
God of great nercy-their God-the God
of their fa,hers-pardon the tears shed for
them by their frierds. Oh, allow us to
mourn for them who loved US 80 much
Doubtless, if they could speak to their
weeping friends they would tell of their
great happiness. Pardon me if would 60
before the hour of Thy will, and if before
Thine appointed time, 1 desire to fly to
them. II. celestial glory did take away
from them all remembrance of humanity,
thou would'st have removed their memory
from our hearts and our tears would rot
drop upon THEFT graves. These thoughts
are of great comfort to those who mourn
for beloved departed ones. How much of
happiness do those, who live in state of
grief and confidence in better life, feel
when they meet in some Christian soul that
comforting sym pathy which the world can.
not and does not appreciate. -.
Directed by spme unaccountable instinct,
Friday evening last, turned my steps to-
ward the cemetery. There I met two
Christian ladies -angels Of goodness and
generosity-motrnfully happy, no doubt, in
paying q tribute of respect to the remains
of beloved friends, deposited in that solitary
and most neglected place. Death is uneer-
tain, and we are rash in not thinking Of it
often. Death IS also certain, and it is mad.
ness to dismiss from our minds that of
which we should never lose sight. If we
thought more frequently that death makes
an end to the glory of thesman, who all his
life forgot the true God, that it takes all
from him, destr Dying all of him which looks
great in the eyes Of mankind, and leaves
him powerless and forsaken in the hands
of terrible though merciful God, we
might be induced to realize that this
world, which We sometimes seem to re-
gard as eternal, is no more. than vapor,
to be scattered by the slightest breeze.
And then with souls, free from all the vani-
ties of this life, and ripe for heaven, we
could close our eyes, without regret, to all
the frivolous objects that surround us, and
be ready to go in peace and confidence to
blessed eternity, Then, too, the remem-
'brance of the dear departed, far from being
painful to US, would be part Of our happi-
ness. And, inducing us, if possible, to love
them more; we would more greatly desire
to be with those to whom we were so affec
tionately attached in this life. The undying
remembrance OF friends whose souls have
gone to their Heavenly Father, is necessary
to the true appreciation of the affection we
feel for sincere friend or beloved family.
May these thoughts strike the hearts of
those who have been bereaved of some
dear friend or relative, and induce them to
visit often, the place which will soon be for
them a refuge of peace and rest, which the
world daily denies to them. And encour
age them to take care Of the graves of those,
from xhom thsyear separated only for a.
short time. Thus, they will teach their
children to respect the souvenir of their
parents; and when it pleases God to call
them to Himself, they will have in dying
the satisfaction of knowing that their chill
dren will often, think of them, and will come
to their graves and drop tear to their
me .nory, all Of which the Indifference of
the present day exposes them to lose for
ever. To see as did these two bright be-
ings-angels Of mercy, at the grave Of a
much wept mother and friend, and to see
them mourning for her whose soul is GER
ta,nly always about them, one can appreci-
ate the happiness only to be found in those
deserted places-and be enabled to, say at
the close of the weary day, when sorrow
carries him to the grave of his loved one,
"My tears are less bitter, and death tells
me of hope" >- -, N. E. T. prs