The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-06-27
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The Grave OF Charles Dickens Wcst minister
Abbey the Machpr'ah Of Observation-Disclosures
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And Abraham stood up before his dead. spake
s sn,S rue sSRs y OF ave ss % Of 5ans place
w, YOU mt may bury my dead oa Of my sghi And the
my Lord: thou art mighty prince among u.s. IN the
Withhold thee his sepuche tina, ,nayest
r e n nna sa sS SIa up Of ayns y bes es
and enrea 10 kihron tae OF zonar. that he
in Of his money IS worth he
shall 1t me for possession oil uuryng place among
you--Gcness KILL SO.
From tue foregoing portion OF Scripture the Rev.
David Mitchell preached yesterday morning OH the
death AMI burial place OF Chares Dickens. Abra
ham, he sail, the earnest type OF true kingship
Faith In God was his most distinguishing character
istic. Whatever he did for the living showed forth
this faith, ana his for the dead rnanifests
the same conhdilg spi'lt. The grave where he
would coatne Saran mu 80 he ms own, free from all
debts and burdens; the title must be good that
rest there beside her VINO had shared with him the
tolls and trials oil llfc He had created Kingdoms
ana thrones for his heirs ana he was equally solicit
tous 10 provide lifting place OF rest for the dead.
Aud from thai day 20 this MacDaeiah has been
jealousy guarded bOtA by Jew and Turk that no
foot OF CHRISTIAN has ever set lo0t within IL until the
Prince o Wales, because OF his RANK daa Aueagc was
| permitted to DO 50 few years ago. WHAT Abraham
| did for himself and his family
EVERY III jHI-rHINXfSG MAN
feels incumbent On himself To do. Unless men lose
| self.respect lney must care where the bo iy les
| There are some men VINO AFFECT 70 Gaze nJthag for
the body after death. such men are acaatcd by The
spirit OF the suicide, ana not by the spirit OF Christ.
|
| stlewing OF flowers on the graves o our loved
| are all opponents OF true Christian spirit There
Is some hing as sacred III the family vault rs in the
| family dwelling place, aud the chufchyard ana The
cemetery are connected IN our minds with the most
halioweu associations ana give US renewed iath IN
| the doctrine OF the resurrection. Does not the
memory OF those who sleep in the depths OF the
sea add certain degree OF reverence Ia US for OLD
| Ocean But moment come. when
| SOME MES BECOME 4 NATIONS PROPERTY,
and we want to lay their remains IN the nations
| most sacred spot VINO regards Cbaucer or MIL
ton, Shakespeare Macauey, ThacSeray Addison.
Thompson or now Charles ckens Us the sons or
ihey have been elected TO universal sonsnp, and
| when such men die 1t Is the duty OF the nation TO
honor them. Therefore 1t Is that our streets and
Giles and territories are called after Washington
| For This reason, also, we erect monuments build
churches, endow colleges on create proicssorstlps,
| TO perpetuate the memory OF such noble spirits.
| Chares Dickens was man oi letters anu he
| loved literary men. IL would be eminentiy proper,
| therefore, for uen OF letters TO raise % monument
70 lis memory; home Tor aged and iniirm literary
| men. And rs he belonged W every land this monll-
| ment might be repeated udehnltey.
| WESTMINSTER ABBEY IS THE MAcHPELAu or ENG
| LAND.
| There the originals OF many Of Dickens greatest
characters he buried There are the resting places
| OF Shakespeare, CHANGER, Milton ana other worthless,
and there also Oh June IA were laid the remains OF
Charles Dickens, with Handc at MS head and
Chaucer az Ills lee, and simple slab bearing the IN
scrplion Charles Dickens, born February J, 1872;
ded June ., lslo,n covering the spot Where ne lies.
ii anything Will speak 10 rs o. mans Immortality IL
Is such grave as Dickens He Is not dead, but
sleeping His works and words exit IN every library.
pIi'dlc anV puulc, IL CniisttuuvH', auu nc haHsoA
lives III the affections OF his county, Ia the sympa-
thies OF mankind in the destruction OF gigantic evils
against which his pen vas welded, aud In the
int, est Of sufferinA humanity He VIII not be Ior-
gotten while the English language IS spoken.
An irrelevant anl irreverent discussion has arisen
"a 10 dickens Christianity and from many pulpts
we hear him denounced as no Christian or rs one OF
q low mora plane. Some members OF the press also
t1ke pleasure in fading fault with many OF his Char
acters as expressive OF his own low instincts. we
will have no such teachers to guide u.s. we VIII
take his last written words In which ne says that ne
had always admir- d The life and character ami aert