, 1873-08-18

Order Of IAhorty sonssing y the following lodgea
9ssa ' Vsorsa No. .fs Nj
.. war.s Turner Society, with Drum = i
''ss;; as HR:%sis:s Rsisss Ss!ssi ss II ssssss sss'
Tho procession was over 4 milo In length, and
tho different lodges and societies, with thoir
beautiful regalias, crontol- a very favorable i'm
preHsion. The depot wna tamIncd with people,
al anxious to go to tho now geometry and witneHs
tho ceremonies.
As soon "a all wore safely stowod away in tho
cars, tho train, consisting Of twonty-aye car
riagos and two ouglnes, started for itB destina-
tlon. Arrived there tho procession again formed,
aud marched to the centre Of tho park, where q
etnnd Tor speakers had baen erccted.
A II o'clock another train, consisting OF twon"
ty-ono cars and two onyines arrived, whom tho
ceremonies wore begun.
=. Al tho bands present played an overture befit-
ting tho occasion, after which Mr., Haas; tho
former proprietor Of the place, mounted tile
Platform, and said that no wau happy now to
turn over tho lands to the Company. Ho had
place for tho living, but WAS just as happy to
hnve It settlomont for the dead. He thou
handed the doeda to the President, Mr.. Reich,
who accepted the Same with o few appropriate
remarks. -,-.
The singing g-sooieties then sang "Wio gorno
dior gu Fueasor," after which Francis .Lackner,
Esq.,.- was introduced ns tho orator Of
tho da ana ;, hy sang that
day was Of mote than ordinary or pasaing i'm
portanco. This place, which thoy wero dodicat-
ing, although yet very d6tant from tho consro Of
the city, might ultimately become part Of 1t.
and tlere ia no knowing how Boon tho dead may
have to give way to the dictatorinl demands OF
tho living but get thore was renson to bolieve
that, many years after the youngest OF them had
pstrarehal % AL oaks % Would s stu spread thor pro-
fecting nrma oyor tho doad that wore IN
trusted to thon., Tho social status Of
nation had alway. q certain IN influence
and tho lnying out Of eomctoriea. The cerelno-
MICS obseryed before the grave woro oftou char
ncteristie OF D. nations culture Mausoleuns,
%cataeombs, pyramlds, and mounds were still ~
tion, aud showod how far tho builders thereof
Ind advanced III civilization. 1nto dark cata-
combs the dead:were forced in formor days by
nnorihced to tho holy Gangos in India. But au
advancing and moro enlightened generation has
again exhumod them from their. dark
resting places, aud constructed for
them beautiful aud pleasant parks.
Loud crying aud noise we're no moro Sign Of
tlecp DISTRESS than largo and imposing monu-
lncnts aro regarded sign Of piety nor DO they
represent tho taste OF q cultivated and civilized
person, aud the vain pomp Of richos. aud power,
and the mythical coremonies Of heathon., do not
touch tho chords Of tho hearts In the same
measure na the digniiied. simple, and quiet cor
the true decoration Of grayo did not consist in
an immense block Of granite, but III wreath Of
flowers withoring at tho foot of tho jgrayc,
to be removed again by, loving lands.
Of the earth. who. like tho American, brought
together from all parts Of the world Bet apart
with true piety the dncat opots Of tho country
for their dcad, and caro- for them with'such ro-
4nod taste. There iB no town, no villngo,
whcro boauteous spot had not been lesorved
for the dead. And 10 1t should DO. Not to tho
dend alono, but also to tho living, aro cemeteros
dedicated, and for these rs pleasant resting
placea. It ia the neutral ground on which
tho living meet, forgetting old hatreds and AMI
niosities, and within It's limits the rougAeBt
and most nncouth person recciycs nohler ILL
stiucts, and lis fluer and bottor nature heoomeR
awakened. No political or religious intolerance
reachea this place, md the e1cltemonts Of social
conflicts are unknown horo. Tho dea1, who,
whle alive were ut war with each other. now
rest peaoefully side by sida 80 walk the living.
forgetting lifo's stormy battles. But oven Aoro,
nt this place Of peaco tho bitterest Of al arfos
the religious cannot roas, and oycn the dead are
kept isolated frorn others TINT, had another ro-
ligion, thus koepiug alive tho ilamo Of religious
latrod. Not that lo would roproach thoso that
differed from him religion, because In religious
1natters there should exit the utmost Freedom
OF sou He referred to tho fact that the intoler-
ance Of cortain churches had compelled them to
buy tlis buryng ground, How did that ngreo
with tho teaclingH Of mild Christ, and his aor-
nous about tho love Of uoigllborB, whom oyon
the lifeloHs corlHos OF tho truo holievers are
kept isolated from others wlloso only crime in
life II waa to think otherwise. and whose frlend-
ship they were not ashamed to court in life
Our American follow-citizens had seen
tue st s Tsy Of Ill., ,a teena
sect. A cemetery al.ould not only
be receptacle for lifeless corpses, but should
also bo an clement Of culture, aud must bo
fin Hu 1ir1tf n m