Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-11-10
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HOWARD MORTUARY CHAPEL.
Detlcatory EXcrcises-ElOquent Trib-
utcs to the DOnOr-Dcscription OF
the Chapel

HOWARD MORTUARY CHAPEL.
DedIcatory Exercises-Eloquent Trib-
ntcs to the Donor-Dcscription Oh
the Chapel.
The new mortuary chapel at Lake View
cemetery, Miss Louise Towards beautiful
and appropriate gift to the city OF
Burlington, was dedicated aud formally pre-
scn;cd to the CITY, last Saturday morning in
the presence of an audience limited only by
the size of the building. The exercises,
though brief and simple, were peculiarly in
iercsing Rev Mr.. Dawson presided, as
sisted by Rev. j.. q. Ware. The opening
prayer was made by the Rev. Mr.. Ware.
The audience, led by II voluntary choir, thon
rose and sang the beautiful hymn, Rock
of Ages" On behalf of Miss Howard, Hon.
w. G Shaw then presented the keys of the
chapel TO Mayor Hatch in the following elo-
Quent and expressive words
MIR. MAYOR We have met here in Lake View
Ccmcter' the public cemetery of the city of Bur-
liugto the city of the dead growing along with the
ucighhurug city of the living, where every one of
U.s. weak strong. great or small lroud or humble
is entitled 10 fluid resting-place Tor our bodies
when our life on earth is done. Here the angel OF
DEATH the rustllng OF whose wings we can almost
near AS he hOVcrs above us, entering with
equal foot the novels of the poor and the mansions
OF the rich, consgns them all to one common level,
equality. where no one has more distinction or
power tht another.
This cemetery is in the midst of scenery unsur-
passed for beauty ana grandeur. Nature here eX-
nihlt' her most delightful picture. and in even the
dullesl III inspires reverence. most appropriate to
The place, for the God OF Nature, by whom we live
and move and have our being
tehOld the scene:
\ slightly terrace with yerlant slope gently de-
scenliig westward from to IN shore of this love
Is lake, wnch lies ''iar winding" before 1t.
"Wlth rromoniory, creek and bay,
And Islands that, empurplel bright,
FlOa' amid the velier light,
And mountains that like giants stand,
To sentinel enchanted land
see this bold brow at the west, this soft vale at
the north, and AT the east yonder fertile meadow
See the Adirondacks, with the lake basklng
at their feet. that wonderful line of hill
and valley and peak, with Whittface. Hurr.
cane, the Giant, and Marcy surrounding them ALL
with Their long upper line clearly defined against
the SKY In graceful curve and sharp angle, line
of force aud power beyond the skill Of man TO
draw those splendid mountains, always beautiful.
but never twice alike. On the other side behold
our own Green Mountains, with grand old Ma s.
field and picturesque Cames Hump towering above
them and watching the valley beneath.
See the abuud INT forests all about lis, with
their brilliant hued foliage rapidly falling TO the
grOuni abd their deep evergreen, emblem of ndel |
,ty c,inglng firmly To the tree which mas borne
aud npurshed IT, and refusing to desert IL in the
cold AMI dreaty days Of approaching Winter.
Where among the cemeteries of the world is
there one with more charming and harmonious
scenery ?
a
render the scene gratifying and suggestive by the
University the linspifaithe Convent the Institute
theIioine for Destitute Children the Cathedral and
other churches whose distant towers and spires
prove the faithful devotion Of our people 10 chart
w. education and religion
nTIc' m ms Uut.'us grouhn, Tor many years
ed money with judicious hherairy IN IMPROVE
mcnts of many knls-in gates, N fountains, in
anG VIII a ST"G i9 a LAWNS anu Irye;
ha' become centre Tor our ailecii n and our
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every wear
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and si,uution Of which ara. sunor,nr 10 o,,har ~,
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