Telegram-herald., 1891-03-30

ncok&4 0zSS-< y III az 70 > Ger - ~ extent
tAe worlds attempts ey uors2Ary heaors
q sssns for nesleels 20 TIA living Poess'
Corsrr IN &eteinsser Aboey Is en- at
trmpt - pay for tse sa3<gisf,s Of Grub
STREE. ! 20 fEto taxs PoeSs' Cc-aer Of
Wsssni asser Abbey sad th<re / find the
crave Of Handel. the musician frou whose
Hasse &c hear today As IL goes down re-
wexeerst,ny through the ages. While
/ stand AZ the costly tomb of Han
Del ! oannos fo~set TIE f@cs that
his fellow musicians tried 70 destroy kia
with their aisoorcs. ! goa little farther u
tse Poets Coraer Of Westminster Abbey
and fini the grave of john Dryden, the
great poet Costly monument. great NOR
tu2ry Aonors. bur cannot forget the fact
that a. seventy years of age he wrote about
the expressions Of misfortune, and that he
made \ contract for Thousand verses at
six2<ncs lins. 90 a little farther IL the
Poets Corner and l md the grave Of sam
Uel Butler, the author Of -Hudlbras."
Wonderful monument costly morruEry
hono-s Where did be dies In a garnet
move farther on in tue Poets Corner
and find the grave Of = poet OF whom
Waller wrote; IAN Old schoeimasser by
the name of John Milton has written a
tedious volume on the fall Of man. II it's
length b. no virtue il has none" go a little
farther on in the Poets Corner and find
the grave OF Sheridan. Alas for Sheridan.
Poor Sheridan! Magnificent mortaary
hoaors. Wha, a pity il was he could not
have discounted that monument for a
moutkful OF something 10 ea,l Oh, undliai
chilarvf,, give your old parents less tomb
stones and more blankets. less funeral aud
~ - 81 A.
now expended at Burns banquets would
have made the great Scotch poet comfort
able and kept hin from being almost har~
ricd To Death by the drrdgcry OF an excise
man. Horace Grecley-outrsgeonsly abused
while lie lived-going out to his tomb was
followed by the president Of the United
States and the leading men Of the army
and tho navy. Some people could not say
bitter enough things about him while he
lived; all the world rose up to do MIN honor
when be died. Massachusetts, at the tomb Of
Charles Sumner tried TO atone for the ig
nouninio resolutions with which her
legislature denounced the living senator.
II WAS too late. The costly monument at
Springfield, Ills. cannot pay for Booths
bullet. Costly mortuary honors on the
banks OF Lake Erie-honors that cost te-
bWtID $~S0sSRO aht S%tOSsOoV Pag iOt
the assassination OF James A. Garfield.
Do justice 70 the living. All the justice
you do you will have TO DO this side tue
gates OF the metropolis. The dead cannot
wake up to count the number of carriages
in the procession or see the polish on the
Aberdeen granite or to read the words Of
epitaPhsi commemoration. Costly mauso-
leum Of the gentleman in the suburbs of
L.. fAr Eashl AL, v.
manager and Calvarean cross and Pilates
ruiian Judiciary.
APPROPRIATE ORNAMENTS FOR ToMBs.
Again, Standing In this place where the
Lord lag l am impressed with the fact
that floral and sculptural orna:ncntation
IRE appropriate for the places of the dead.
We are all glad that in the short time Of
the Ssviour's iuhumation he lay amid
flowers and sculpture. ] cannot quite
understand what l see in the newspapers
where, amid the announcements and OBJ
seGuics, the friends request "send no flow
ers." Why, there Is no place so appro-
PIRATE for flowers rs the casket of the de-
parted. II your means allow repeat, il
your means :llow-les there be flowers on
the casket, flowers on the hearse, flowers
on the grave. Put them on the brow; it
means coronation. Put them in the hand;
1t means victory. Christ was buried in a
partcrre. Christ was buried in n garden.
Flowers are types OF resurrection. Death
is sad enough aDyhow. Let conservatory
and arboretum do oil they can in the way
CT slleviation. Your little girl loved flow
ers while she was alive. Put them in her
hands, now that she cannot so forth and
pluck flowers for heryelf On sunshiny
days twist garland for her still heart.
Brooklyn has no grandcr glory than her
Greenwood, nor Boston than her Mount
Auburn, nor Philadelphia than her Laurel
Hill, rcr Cincinnati than her Spring Grove,
nor San Francisco than her Lone Noun
tain. What shall Isay OF those country
gra-cyar.ls where the vines have fallen
down AID the slab Is aslant and the mound
Is caved in and the grass is the pasture
ground for the sections cattle Are your
father and mother OF so litt!o account you
have no more respect than that for their
bones? Some day gather together and
straighten mp the fence and lift the slab
and bank up the mound and tear out tho
weeds and plant the shrubs. After
while you yourself will want to lie down
to the last slumbcr. II you have no re-
gard for the bones of your ancestors, your
bones. Do you say these relics are OF no
importance! You will see OF how much
importance they are when the archangel
Takes out his trumpet. Turn all your
graveyards into gardens.
FOUR ONLY PRESENT AT THE BURIAL
Standing in this place where the Lord
lay arm also impressed with tho dignity
Of unp-eten1ing obsequics. Joseph that
day was mourner, sexton, liveryman-had
the entire charge OF all the occasion. Four
people only mt the burial of the King OF
the Universe lie. this be consolatory TO
those who, through small means or lack Of
large acquaintance, have but little demon
stration Of grief at the grave of their dead.
1t il not necessary. Long line Of glittcring
equipages, two rows Of silver handles, cas-
kes Of costly wood, pail bearers scarfed
and alorcd are not necessary.
Christ looks out from honven st buria.
where there are six in attendance, and re-
members th7re are two moro than he had
ut his obsequies. Not recognizing this idea,
how many small properties are scattered
in tho funeral rites. and widowhood and
orphanoec 60 out TO the cold charity Of the
world. The departed left enough property
to have kept the family together until they
could take care Of themselves but II is all
absorbed in the funeral rites. That went
for Grape which ought TO have gone for
bread A man of small means cnn hardly
afford TO die in orc Of our great cttiesi
Funeral pageautry Is not necessary. No
one was ever more lovingly and tenier!y