The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-04-23
then prevailed. The following one con-
talns the sentiment Of many.

then prevailed. The following one con-
talns the sentiment Of many.
sYou wcll-deserving. having LETT your
relatives; lie In peace, In sleep. You VIII
arise. A temporary rest Is granted you.
Here In the Catacombs often occurs the
word sleep. 'Gemella sleeps inpeace. IL
Is the word our Saviour chose to use when
he went into the house Of Jairus and his
touch awaked the maid from death. IL
was the word he used near Bethany when
he spoke OF Lazarus. And that word was
appropriately uttered by him for he was
himself the first fruits Of them that 'lspt.
No more touching picture Is drawn In an-
Gent literature than that Of Abraham ut
the death of Sarah. And Abraham came
to mourn for Sarah and TO weep for her.
And Abraham stood up nom before his
dead and spoke unto the sons Of Heth'
saying, l am stranger and sojourner
with you; give me n burying place with
you that may bury my dead out OF my
sight
But the picture looses most OF Its Interest
II the affection Of Abraham for the body
Of Sarah was misplaced. II Is touching
also to hear Jacob charging his sons to
bury him In the cave that Is In the field OF
Ephron the Hittite, rs he says,--"Thcre
they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife;
there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his
wife and there buried Leah The field
where Abraham's family sleeps was filled
with trees. Doubtless there was the palm,
for this often overshadows eastern sepul-
chrcs because Ii Is the emblem OF victory.
Abraham, perhaps, planted there the Myr-
tie. for affection has ever since set TINS
over the loved departed because 1t remains
forever green.
For like reason there too grew the
amaranth, IL may be, with which the
Greeks, afterwards, were accustomed to
bcstrew the tombs Of their heroes, and the
bay tree, highly emblematic OF the resur-
rection bv It's assuming a new growth
from Its roots, amer its first foliage and
trunk has become dead and sere.
When seen that all earthly verdure
fades, lofty pyramids Of stone have reared
their massive walls to enshrine n handful
of human dust that was destined To an i'm
mortal bloom, or else all cherishlng OF
mortal dust Is vain. There was no art for
which ancient Egypt became more cele-
brated than for that Of preserving the
bodies OF the dead. The invention of
which, art history Is unable to account
for In any other way than that 1t was in
consequence of the anticipation that after
several thousand years, the soul would
come back to take up its occupation Of the
self same body again. Many people were
unable to follow the example OF the
Egyptians In this respect, but they show
ed no less faith In resurrection OF NOR
tai remains by confiding them to the bos-
ON Of mother earth. This form Of burial
originated doubtless with the earliest pa
triarchs. And tradition preserves the re-
membrance Of the place Of many Of the
early dead. Thus the grave Of Adam Is
said to be near Damascus, that OF Noah
on IN. east sIo,e of Lebanon nj Maala-
lb, that of Joshua on the shore of the
Rosnhor,s II tradition be nj fault, one
thing ut least, Is indicated, that the place
:, .e.,,,,,. 4 ,n,rrod NV men. and He
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sn,-,, |, Al how similar IN, feeling in
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