The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-04-07

\ tSi vi tuC WDktVs WHO btttcA UPpfCtHNtSQ
after he was dead. Westminster Abbey
certain extent the worlds attempts by
mortuary honors to atone for neglects to
the living. Poets Corner in Westmin-
ster Abbey-an attempt 10 pay for tue
| suferings of Grub street. Igointo that
Poets Corner OF Westminster Abbey,
and there i find the grave of Handel. the
musician, from whose music we hear
to-day, as 1t goes down reverberating
through the ages. While i stand at the
costly tomb of Handel, i cannot forget
the fact that his fellow musicians tried TO
dstroy him with their discords. L go
little further in the Poets Corner of
! Westminster Abby, and / find the
of John Dryden, the great poet. Costly
monument, great mortuary honors; but
L cannot forget the fact that at seventy
years of age he wrote about the oppres-
sions Of misfortune, and that he made a
contract for q thousand verses at six
pence q line. i go a little further on in
the Poets' Corner, and / find the grave
of Samuel Butler, the aurthor Of "Hudi-
bras" Wonderful monument, costly
mortuary honors. Where did he die?
In a garnet. / move further on in the
Poets Corner, and L find the grave ola
| poet of whom Waller wrote: IAN old
schoolmaster bythe,name ofJohn Milton
has written a tedious volume on the fall
of man. If its length be no virtue, 1t
has none.U L go d little further on in
the Poets Corner, and L find the grave
Of Sheridan, Alas! fol. Sheridan. Poor
Sheridanl Magnificent mortuary honors.
| What II pity il was he could not have
discounted that monument for a mouth
full Of something to eat! o, unflian chill
dren, give you old parents less tomb
stone and more blankets, less funeral
and more bedroom. Five per cent, Of
the money now expended at Burns BAN
quets would have made the great Scotch
poet comfortable and kept him from be-
ing almost harried to death by the druid
gerry of an eXciseman. Horace Greedy
outrageously 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 the
navy. Some peop'e could not say Bit
ter enough things about him while lie
lived; all the world rose up TO do him
honor when he died. y Massachusetts, at
the tomb of Charles Sumner, tried TO
atone for the i%gnominious resolutions
with which herlegislature% denounced the
living senator. It5was too late. The
costly monument at Springfield, Illinois,
cannot pay for Booths bullet. Costly
mortuary honors on the banks of Lake
Erie-honors that cost between $780,
900 and $500, O00-cannot pay for the
assassination of James A. Garfield. Do
justice to the living. All the Justice
you do you will have to do this side the
gates of the metropolis. The dead can
not 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 epltaphal COM
memoratioD. Costly mausoleum of the
gentlemen in the suburbs of Jerusalem
cannot atone for Bethlehem's manger
and Calvary's cross and Pilates rufian
judiciary.
1 Again! Standing in this place where
Stshe Lord lay, 1 am impressed with the
EactSthat floral and sculptural Ornamental.
ton afe.appropriate for the places of the
dead. We are all glad that III tile short
time of the Saviour's inhumatiOn he lay
amid flowers and sculpture. i cannot
quite understand what I see in the ne VS.
papers, where, amid the announcements
of %obsequies, the friends request ''send
no flowers" Why, there is no place 80
appropriate tor flowers as the casket of
the departed. If your leans allow-I
repeat, if your means allow-let 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.
Chr st was buried in n parterre. Christ
was buried in a garden. Flowers are
types of resurrection Death is sad
enough, anyhow. Let conservatory and
ar boretum do all they can in the way OF
alienation. Your little girl loved flowers
while she was alive. Put them in her
hands, now that she cannot go forth and
pluck flowers for herself. On sun shiny
days twist a garland for her still heart.
Brooklyn has no grender glory than her
Greenwood, nor Boston than her Mount
Auburn, nor Philadelphia than her
Laurel Hill, nor Cincinnati than her
Spring Grove. nor San Francisco than
her Lone Mountain. What shall 1 say of
those country %grayeyards where the
viners have fallen down and tho slab is
aslant and the mound is cayed in, and
the grass is the pasture ground for the
seXton's cattle. Are your father and
mother of so little account you have no
more respect than that for their bones?
Some day gather together and straigh-
ten up the fence and lift the slab, and
bank up the mound, and tear out the
weeds, and plant the shrubs. After
awhile you, yourself, will want to lie
down TO the last slumber. If you have
no regard for the bones of your ancestors,
your children will have no defence for
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 grayeyards into gardens.
Standing in this place where the Lord
lay, L am also impressed with tho dig
nifty of unpretending obsequies. Joseph
that day was mourner, sexton, livt
man-had the entire charge Of o: &,
occasion. -Four people only Mt tae y y
il Of the King of the Universo, q.
this be consolatory to those who. Ia X:%
small means or lack of large ~acquaint-
ance, have but little demonstration of
grief at the grave of their dead. II is
not necessary. Long line of glittering
equlpages, two rows of silver handles,
casket of costly wood, p~all-bearers
scarfed and gloved, are not necessary.
Christ looks out from heaven at a burial
where there are Six in attendance, and
remembers there are two more than he
had at his obsequies. Not recognizing
this idea, how many small properties are