The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-04-20
RESURRECTION MORN.
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of age he wrote of his being oppressed
in fortune and of the contract ne had
made Tor thousand verses az -iXpeuce
a liue. And there, too, yuu liLd the
monument of Samuel Bu,leT, the du-
thor of "Hudlbras;" but while | ,OOk at
his monument i'll Poets Corner | cannot
but ask myself where he dcd. In d gar
ret. There | see the costly tablet To upe
of whom the celebrated Waller wrote:
"The old blind schUOlmast ter, John Mil
ton. has just issued tedious poem on
the fall of man. If the length of it be
no virtue, it has none" There is
beautiful monument TO Sheridan. Poor
Sheridan, if he could only have dis
counted that monument for mutton
chop! o you untilial children, do not
give your parents so much tombstone
but a few more blankets-less funeral
and more bedroom. If five per cent. of
the'mOney we now spend on Burns ban
quets could have been expended in max
ing the living Scotch poet comfortable
he would not have been harried with the
dTudgeTy of an eXcise-man. Horace
Greeley, OutTageOusly abused while liY-
ing, when dead is followed toward
Greenwood by the President of the
United States and the leading men of
the army and navy. Massachusetts
tries to atone at the grave of Charles
tiOns with which her Legislature de-
nOuncPd the living Senator. Do you
think that The tomb at Springfield can
payfOr Booths bullet, or that the mOnu-
ment to cost 100000 on the bank of
Lake Erie can atone for GaTfeld's as
sassinatiOn? Oh, do justice to the liv-
ingl All the justice you do them you
must do this side the gates of the ne
crOpOlis. They cannot wake up to count
lnn ,lnr Of ,VVfg a.
quleS, or to notice the polish of the
Aberdeen granite, or to read cpItaphal
cOmmemOratiOn. Gentleman's mausO-
leum in the suburbs of Jerusalem can
not pay for Bethlehem manger and Cal
Yarian cross and Pilates Tuffian Judi
ciary.
Again, standing in this garden of the
new SeDulcher, | am impressed with the
fact that floral and arbOrescent decOra-
tiOns are appropriate for the place of
the dead. We are glad that among
flowers and SculptuTal adOTnments
Christ spent the short time of his inhu-
nation. | cannot understand what l
sometimes see in the newspapers where
the ObSequleS are announced, and the
friends say in connection with them,
'Send no flowers" Rather, if the
means allow say, if the means allow,
strew the casket with flowers, the hearse
with flowers, the grave with flowers.
Put them on the brOW-it will suggest
coronation; in their hands-it will
mean victory. Christ was buried in
garden. Flowers mean resurrection
Death is sad enough anyhow. Let con-
servatOry and arbOretum contribute to
its alienation. The haTebell will ring
the victory; the passiOn-fOwer will eX-
press the sympathy; the CaffOdil will
kindle its lamp and illumine the dark
ness; the cluster of asteTs will be the
constellation. Your little child loved
flowers when she was living. Put
them in her hand, now that she can 90
forth no more and pluck them for her
self. On sunshiny days take fresh
garland and put it over the still heart.
Brooklyn has no grander glory than its
Greenwood, nor Boston than its Mount
Auburn, nor Philadelphia than its Lau-
rel Hill, nor Cincinnati than its Spring
| Grove, nor San Francisco than its Lone
Mountain. But what shall we say of
| those country gTaVeyards with the vines
| broken down and the slabs aslant, and
| the mound caVed in, and the grass the
paStuTe-grOund for the sections cattle /?
Indeed, were your father and mother of
so little worth that you cannot afford to
take care of their ashes? Some day
turn out all hands and stTaighten the
slab and bank up the mound, and cut
away the weeds and plant the shrubs
and flowers. Some day you will want
to lay down to your last slumber. You
can't expect any respect for your bones
if you have no Difference for the bones
of your ancestry. Do you think these
relics are of no Importance? You will
see of how much Importance they are
in the day when the Archangel takes
out his trumpet. Turn all your ceme-
teTies into gardens.
Again standing at this new sepul-
cher, L am impressed with the dignity
of private and unpretending Obsequies.
Joseph was mOuTneT, sexton, liYeryman,
had entire charge of everything. Only
four people at the burial of the King
of the Universe. oh, let this be con-
sOlatOry to those who through lack of
means or through lack of large ac-
quaintance have but little demOnstra-
ton of grief at the graves of their loved
ones. Long line of glitteTing equipages
and rows of silver handles, casket Of
richest wood, pall-beaTers glOved and
scaTfed, are not necessary. If there be
six at the grave Christ looks down
from heaven and remembers that it is
two more than were at His Obsequies.
Not recognizing this idea, how many
small properties are scattered and
WidOWhOOd and Orphanage go forth in
to cold charity. The departed left a
small prop rGy, which would have been
enough to keep the family together un-
til they could take care of themselves,
but the funeral expenses absorbed ev-
eTything. That went for Grape which
ought to have gone for bread. A man
of moderate means can hardly afford to
die in any of our great cities. By all
means do honor to the departed, but do
not consider funeral pageant as neces-
sary. No one was ever more lovingly
and tenderly put away to sepulcher
than Christ our Lord, but there were
only four people in the procession.
Again, standing at this new sepulcher
l am impressed with the fact that you
cannot keep the dead down. Seal of
Sanhedrim, regiment of soldiers from
the tower of AntOnia, floor of rock, roof
of rock, walls of rock, door of rock, can
not keep Christ in the crypts. Come
out and come up He must. Come out
and come up He did. Prefiguration
First fruits of them that slept. Just as
certainly as we come down with the
dust, just so certainly we will come up
again. Though all the granite of the
mountains were piled on us, we will
rise. Though buried amid the cOrals of
| the deepest cavern of the Atlantic
Ocean. we will come tO the Surfaca