The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-05


fsgis sfe psf, ~ pfahll hgys dnb
~ nv fifn6o i sssnffd ~ nAn
Whittier eoesi lhoag 10 death.
Aud thou VINO hft n pJwef IN ihi
lon1 i'npefcrs b log pfiuce, pfe1l1en
snd H1gefnof u ptopIe, ~ bend b,
ruHft tbnuf ~ desthi Aifr1n1of
lrfrua, ifannibai. Cniar, Ntnalenn
Washington where arc thtJY Al
dohfi And what mus, We a1ndcif u
not let us have any illusions. WhUn
we descend Into tho tOmb 20 may
say ~ our chlldT0ni "lt Will a1nu
be- yor turn." What place
IN tho conotary ~ dlsslptl0 cha inor
dinato priiol Think we'll OF ~, aud
put 10 profit, bY rlpininnHa. ihi
past which yon have lost, quo pros
enEot which you mako no little account
by Offering 10 God 0auh Ol your acts,
and rho iuturo which you do NOT oven
thlnk uf by laying 40 treasures 81
merit for the day OfJudgment.
One other lesson h. taught IA by this
Hold ~ replse. L. ~ tue OK Altitude
Ia executing tho will OF our parents
brothers, .Tioads. Thuy hsd taken
the precautions; have ws done our
/ dutYY Have We prayed for .nemY
Have gO had the sacrifice Of m1u cole
bratod as va had promised? Wa ought
not ~ have failed. May each loving
Ohrlsilan henrs remember his duty
dnnug this week OF tho dead?
| rho blood uf COD offered RuoW GA tho
altar can alone pay our spiritual d0bts.
fhiuk OF your parents, OF your lriouda
wno Ia tho purgatury cOntinua % Cx-
plate In uuspeRKahls Lprments their
indebtedness 20 divine justice, before
entering tho abode OF refreshments, OF
light, OF psacO. "Cauou miss m.n o.,
| fthF dead could come back, II they
could speak, with what indignation
ihnY would cry out agalns5 your IN
gratitude! Bat, 10 our ears cannot hear
them, tholr csios aud their supplics.
lions have an echo ia Cur hsarLu; like
Job obey cry aloud: "Have PITY 90
me, hAVa pity GA me, ~ least yuu, my
friends; bOGHuse tho hand of Goo
"aGlh toGcrod mo-" job NiN:2l. Ont
can you thiok without weeping Of your
| uelOvod narouts, of youc daar irlunds
I who aioep hero Ia thus place! "dos-
Ntiuod 60 hide aud irlctify the seed of
! iuWre resurrection" 81. Paul. Hara
, on earth wO SOW tho seed Of tho crops
we arc co reap ia tho next lie. Whtt
| would DO tho error OF tho lab0ras WIN
| having s0Wn cCcklps would expect 30
| ~ ahNA"A " 4AHIH 80 AANA GNa hAAAANs wv HAAAH
uers! who tread on tho sacred soil
which covers the remains Of Yuug
| friends, 10 tbis solemn mCmButi lot
your hoarts bJ touched. Look st JhIs
csnoinry,-it contains yCduE men like
| Eou, vigorous like YOU, improYid 'ut
! doub lass Like you have nU8u; vuu
Will s1ou go - incrCase Their nuuat-;
| tho place Of sour tomb is already
msrk6d out by God; lss mB ontres,
you, my friends, nay brothers, come
! Dae6 10 the Lord,
On. upright gnuls, Christian souls,
per7dVere la sour pr-yot4. HgV> re-
c3uf31 Ip the oDiatigU3NoU cue altifsi
yoar doar dead ou8i aud of their
/ graves, following th5reby Tho example
\ OF Abraham, who purchased Ourying
plaCs for himgnlf aud h, S Offspring; ni
| Tobias, who bsde his son % bury mia
mother at his side; Of JagoD, 81 Joseph
and many other pauilr.hs. IL acanrd
wita the revelation OI che Ola BAD Now
| Testament, Jh5 churches bid tle bur
| iRl (huy NOT the eromatiOul Of Tho bod
| les. TIE savage Oi OCeauia, tho Amori-
can Ipdlar, the Chinese, Jguguase, t1e
| Egyptian, the Greek, tao Roman give
| s.riking exam pies. Ono surrounds tho
| r5ugius OF hiJ tiauds ~
/ q palisades; another sus
Ponds them "a lhe hisAass
| Tree neac his dwelling, no hat wbeu
swung bgthe evening pr3sZe hey may
still sesm % live Vlth them; Others
| nave uushai tho ara of CmDglming Up
| perfection, others burn ,huir dead ia
order to preserve tho precious ashes in
funeral UrNs, WATCH occupy the place
OF hocor la their homos. Ana we
| Christians Of the niueg95u5h century,
who live IN nope OF another life, We
| do nothing for our dead, Or! LOT us
| pray On sight OF this cross which hSrs
| ia ike 19nLiuel 81 God IT is tbs altar
! at sacrlice--it is tha garrue og The eter-
nal Judgs--it Is, above al, th3 scat of
! ruth whl1h this daN brings 80 mind
| such terrible lessons!
LIST ~ pray before the cross, Tho
sign OF orr salvation. Los us EGeal all
together; let our hearts and voices cry
lin unison:
| O cruN ave, Hpes Cuica.
Haii! o Gross, our only hope, our
| FIRST and lssg luge. Ameu.