The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1882-02-11
CONSIDERATION OF THE
CEMETERY
BY BISHOP QUiNTARD,

day afternoon, and conducted the
morning and evening services on Sun
day, in Christ Church There were
good congregations upon both occasions.
After the morning service the Holy
Communion was administered. The
Bishops text in the morning was from
Jer. XII, 5, and in the evening from
Mat. x, 33. At the close of the morn
ing service the Bishop announced he
would consecrate the cemetery on the
following day.
On Monday, February 9Th, the sun
shone on deep coating Of snow which
had fallen a day or two before, but by
eleven o'clock quite number of
interested inhabitants of Rugby wended
their way to the little cemetery Just
outside the town, to take part in the
consecration of the ground allotted to
burial purposes. The situation is a
beautiful one, affording the grardest
opportunities for tasteful gardening,
and the usual cemetery arrangements.
A clearing Of the trees would give a
most lovely and extensive view, termin-
ated by blue capped mountains. The
amount of ground which will be given
to the town by the Board of Aid will be
some fifteen acres, but the size of the
piece consecrated on Monday was about
three acres. This was much larger
than the enclosure containing the graves
of those who died here last summer,
therefore a path, cleared by the axe,
had been made for the passage Of the
Bishop, and those who accompanied
him.
The service commenced at eleven
o'clock, by the Bishop reading the Goth
Psalm. Moving gtoanothorcor the 39th
Psalm was read, then proceeding to the
third corner, the Bishop and congre-
cation read the 9lst Psalm, and in the
fourth corner the 23rd Psalm.
The Bishop next read from Cor. Nv,
from the 35th verse to the end of the
chapter, and at it's termination said
shall say u very few words on this
occasion. 1t is very great privilege
to consecrate this cemetery, and
it is a blessed thought that our
bodies are redeemed as we'll as our
souls. Christ redeemed our bodies from
corruption. AS he redeemed His body by
the power of His resurrection, and
ascended in His humanity, 50 must our
humanity arise from the grave, and at
the last day body and soul reunited will
be, together, immortal We speak Of
those who leave us as dead What is
deathl A separation of the soul from
the body. Manlives on. The personality,
conscientiousness, and memory live on.
These live on and on for ever; death
cannot destroy these, for the spirit Of
the man is the man. There is another
thought; the ties which God has created
here live on and on, for ever and ever
death cannot sever the ties between us
between friend and friend, brother and
sister, husband and wife, mother anc
child. Now the dead where are the
dead? Their bodies are sleeping here
and returned back to the dust of which
they were made. We may brush the
dust of our ancestors off our clothes
but where are the deadl In the
Paradise of God. The resting in bliss
cannot take place till the body il
returnedto the soul, till the resurrection
: till we shall see God face to face. The
realities we have to deal with are death
and judgment. Let us then be prepared
for these realities of death, judgment
and eternity. The Greed was ther
recited, and next the following prayer:
o most glorious Lord, we acknow
ledge that we are are not worthy t.
offer unto Thee anything belonging untC
us; yet we beseech Thee in Thy great
f goodness, graciously to accept thc
dedication Of this ground, which with
5 all humility and readiness of heart VIZ
) consccrate for the resting place of al
who are fallen on sleep. We give Thee
hearty thanks for the good example,