Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-10-19

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obituaries nave been printed about the
worst rascals Today at Brussels there
Is pyramid of flowers on the grave
of Boulanyer. the notorious ibertine
Yet it is natural towant to be reIucm-
bered.
While there seems to be no practical
use for post mortem consideration later
than the time of ones treat -grandc.il
dren. yet no one wal.as to be forgotten
as soon the u1Sequies are over This
pyramid which Isaiah says is IL sign
and a witness demonstrates that neither
limestone nor red granite is competent
to keep one affectonately remembered
Neither can bronze. neither can Parian
marble. neither can Aberdeen granite
do the work. Eat there is something
out of which to build an evil lsting
monument, and that vi! keep one
freshly remembered four Thousand years
yea, forever ;Gld ever. 1t does not
stand in marol. Yards Ii i; I:9t to be
purchased III m!3"riiinG stores. Yet il
is to be found il ev2ry naig!.bYrhoOd,
plenty Of it, ile:;.. .;ietibI. quantities of
it. 1t is the %r;A EST stuf in the uni
verse to bni. | i.I0au:nr Is ont Of
refer to the memories of t.lOSo 70 whom
we can do a Kindness. the I.Iau."ri,.l Of
those whose stru~. les we MAY =. ipri!te,
! the memories Df those whose s0ais we
may save.
! All around Cairo and Mem rs there
are the remains Of pyramids II t have
| gone down under the wearing away Of
time, and this great pyramid OF which
Isaiah in the text speaks will vanish if
the world lasts long enough; AND if the
world does not last, then with the
earth's dissolution the pyramid will
also dissolve. ..It the memories Of
those with whom we associate are IL
destructible They will be more vivid
the other side of the grave than this
side. 1t is possible for me TO do you
good and for you to do me Il good that
will be vivid in memory as many years
after the world is burned up us all the
sands of the seaShOrc, and all the leaves
of the forest, and all the grass blades
of the field, and all the stars of heaven
added together, and that aggregate
multiplied by all the figures that all the
bOollkeepers Of all time ever wrote.
''THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM"
That desire to be remembered after
we are gone is a divinely implanted de-
sire and not to be crushed cut. but, |
implOre you, seek something better
than the characterization of rock or
bronze or book. Put yourself into the
eternity of those whom you help for
both worlds, this and the next Com
!
through all the cycles of eternity nj
least hundred souls that will be your
monuments. \ prominent member of
this church was brought to Col by
some one saying to her ut the church
door ut the close of service "Come
again. VIII it be possible for tlat
one SO invited to forget the i:iv:tCr;
A minister passing along the str2ef
every day Ioo,.cd up and smiled to a
baby in the window. The father and
mother wondered who if WAS that thus
pleasantly greeted their child. They
found out that he was the pastor cf a
church. They said. We must 90 and
hear him preach. They went and
heard him and both were converted to
God. VIII there be any power in fifty
million years to erase from the souIs Of
those parents the memory of thar man
who by his friendliness brought them
to God; Matthew Cranswick an evan
gelist said that he had the names of
two hundred souls saved tar5u IA his
singing the hymn, Arise my soul.
arise Will any of those TWO hundred
souls in all eternity forget Matthew
Cranswiclt VIII any of tlr four hun
dred and sevcnty-nine women and
children imprisoned at Lucknow. India.
waiting for massacre 10y the Sepoys, |
forget Haveloc!l and Outram and Sir |
David Beard. who broke in and effect
ed their rescue!
To some of you who have loved and |
served the Lord heaven will be Il great
picture gallery of remembrance Hosts |
of the glorified will never forget YOU |
ALI, that is Il way of building monu.
ments that shall never feel the touch /
of decay. | do not ask you to sup |
press this natural desire of being re- |
membered after you are gone. but | |
only want you TO put your memorials |
into a shape that shall never weaken /
or fade. During the course of my iuin /
istry | have been intimately associated /
in Christian work with hundreds of |
good men and women.
My memory is hung with their por-
traits more accurate ana vivid than /
anything that Rembrandt ever put on |
canvas-Father Grice, De Witt G.
Moore. Father Voorhees, T.. r. Hop
kins, William Stephens. john Van
Rensselaer, Gasherie De Witt. DR. Ward
and hundreds of others. all OF them
gone out of this life, but | hold tine
memory of them and will hold them
forever. They cannot escape from me.
| will remember them just rs they
looked on earth, and | will remember
many of you after the earth has been
an extinct planet for ages infinite. Oh
what stuff the memory is for nonu
ment building!
THE SOUL TO OUTLAST TIE PYRAMIDS
As in Egypt that December ate.
noon, 1889, exhausted in body mind
and soul we mounted to return 10
Cairo, we took our last look at tie
pyramid at Gizeh. And you know
there is something in the air toward
evening that seems productive Of
solemn and tender emotion au that
great pyramid seemed to be hun.niZed
and with lips of stone it seemed to
speak and cry out
Hear me, man, mortal and imnOr-
tall My voice is the voice of God He
designed me- Isaiah said | would be
sign and a witness | saw Moses when
he was lad. | witnessed the long
procession of the Israelites as they
started to cross the Red sea and Pha
raoh's host in pursuit of them. The
falcons and the eagles of many cen
turtles have brushed my brow. ]
stood here when CleOpatra's barge
landed with her sorceries, and Hypatia
for her virtues was slain in yOnder
streets Alexander the Great, Ses0s
iris and Ptolemy admired my proper
tons Herodotus and Pliny sounded
my praise. | am old, | am very
old For thousands OF years | have