Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-01

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banks Of the Potomac 10 the ,sIso,bos,, w y
mighty nation. ~
One bundled thousand man ,onod =.
meath the sun OF Egynt Tor hsit w
20 erect that tomb IN order tha, ~ ~. ~
Ivy Ivy VINO s was 70 occupy 1t might, under
IVY IVY hsyp llal theoiogy, be saved 10 Inc
s,ongeu-ior Immortality. For 1000 wears
was ~ "ageu battle with The element
Nltuln 'oa, period men have come and
sohe, empires risen and fallen, nations
naye oeen born and have decayed, the
world mas emerged from darkness u
iRnli ana me uncertain scratching upon
US, .ne massive pile, recording the name of
hnuia KUN, the probable builder.
voices the only sound iaminar 70 the
ears OF the faithful sphinx, whose gaze
lot the masters coming has been nxed
ACROSS we shifting sands for forty glshful
Far back IN The uncertain light of an
almost vanished age, when human bodies
We're carefully preserved to await their
expected reunion with the spirit, eyj.
oence OF the common belief meets us IN
uneduiyoch forms. The mummies of
Egypt We're provided with means of sun
slstehee during tue waiting period,
ana grains of wheat taken
from a tomb, sealed from tho gaze Of
man for 5000 years, after planting in our
Gay, have grown like the ordinary cereal
Inc prehistoric races of America come
TO us with interesting testimony upon
shis same point. Who were the mound
buildersg We do not know, certainly
but the evidence accessible TO us shows
their belief In a future ana provision for
~. The eXcavateG tombs OF Mexico.
Central and South America demonstra,e
the existence OF people whose era ante
dates the period Of the American Indian.
as well as OF the races Sound in the new
world by the Spanish conquerors. The
mu nmies OF those ancient people are in
some localities as perfect as any now
found IN Egypt, while the surroundings
point TO analogous religious belief The
combs contain cooking utensils, articles
OF provision, implements for the chase and
for defense
The monument period OF America rep
resents stilllater era end a more ad.
vanced people. The monuments and
sculptures Of Palenque IN Mexico, in
Yucatan, in Copan and other places, re.
veal the same belief Ia future state that
had cons aPtly budded from The flower
OF hope-from the first dsf that mans
voice vibrated upon the caerry air OF
morning.
The universal credence in an unrevealed
future sought Citing expression ia the
| very earliest times, ia a tender regard OF
the living for the dead. Before tine full
development OF languages communi.
ton consisted largely by symbolic
expression, and by this mode OF
! speaking some OF the most beautiful
| truths Of nature have always been illus.
ted 1t was no less natural than poetic
to call in the vegetable aud floral worlds
to represent the verdict of the ages,
against the hopeless doctrine OF final ex.
tinction,
The growth of flowers in spring indi.
Gates the revival Of the fruitful earin after
period Of quiescence, which bears per-
ilous semblance OF death The idea con
yeying intimation of life, after apparent
| death, was the offspring OF the earliest
| thought and its susceptibility OF enlarge
menu has been made to express, more or
less arbitrarily, the ideas OF power, do
minion, love- sorrow, Joy, friendship,
| hate, and almost every human emotion,
through the symbolism Of the vegetable
world. Flowers in sculpture form part
Of the head,dresses Of the -Egyptlap
bull was largely an ovation OF these beau
tiiul emblems OF devotion.
In the ancient republics Of Greece ant
Rome the crown OF honor was formed o.
| laurel or OF olive leaves. Tie formel
was the Daphne = III ancient Greeks
and among them was sacred 60 Apollo
| Victors in the Pythian games were
crowned with wreath of laurel leaves
which thus became the symbol of tri
umph. Under the NEUROLOGICAL tradition
! lightning could not strike II, and hence
the Emperor Tiberius, in later times
wore chaplet of laurel during thunde
storms. julius Caesar constantly wore
laurel wreath, indicative OF dominion
and Augustus and his successors followed
the example. Plny tells us that the laure
was used as a sign of truce, like the DIV
branch, and that letters were garnishe'
with it. The poet laureate Is an Office
ofthe household otthe British sovereigns
and the Office originated from custom o
the English universities, to present
wreath of laurel tC the new graduate, WI
thus became poeta laureatus.
The ancient Druids held their mysti
worship in groves of oak, shut out froI
the common gaze. Their symbol was a
oak tree with the mistletoe growing upo
it; the former representing God and IN
latter indicative OF man leaning upO
Him for support.
Among the Romans oak leaves iorme
! the patriots crown bay leaves the poet
myrtle was the crown OF beauty; oily
the token of peace; ivy the represent ltiv
of Bacchus, and cypress TIE emblem
! mourning
The Greeks were among the iirst TO II
! troduce the free use OF flowers as part
The symbolic language Of mankind. IN
=, Phrygian festivals were largely celebrate
I. with them. The deity OF earth was SUI
! posed to sleep during the winter ana
the autumn was put to rest with lmpo
!, ing ceremonies. Upon the opening
spring he was awakened mid shouts
= plee aud the strewing of flowers !.
. far.famed mysteries of Elusis taught u
y lesson of mans progress through ne
y Tho perfection beyond the grave, ana
! Illustrated the temporary nature oil oea,
> through the symbolic expression OF u
> floral world. a,,i,
. By one poet flowers have been caii'
= the blooming alphabet Of create u
. and by another &" the prophets OF II
q mortality They have been laise
u used as device OF heraluI
g ana as such the ieur
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