The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-09

"T" for triumph, oh" for Heaven
"The Lord is risen." IIosanna!
While standing around the place where
the Lord lay, am impressed with the |
fact that mortuary hon0rs cannot atone
Tor wrongs to the living. If they could |
have afforded Christ such costly |
sepulchre, they could have afforded him |
a decent earthly residence. Will they
Iglre piece OF marble to the dead Christ |
when they might have given soft pillow
to the living Christ. If they had but half
The expense OF that mausolcum in the
making OF Christ's life on earth comor.
table, the story would not have been so
sad. He wanted bread; they gave him q
stone. Christ, like every other bcneGac-
tor OF the world, was better appreciated
alter he was dead. Westminster Abbey
and monumental Greenwood are to Il
certain extent the worlds attempts by
mortuary hCnOrs to atone for negle3ts to
, The living. Poets Corner in WeStmi in
ster Abbcy-an attempt to pay for the
t sullerlngS OF Grub street. 90 into that
; Poets Corner of Westminster Abb cy,
{ and there | find the grave Of Handel, the
musician, from whose music we hear
| to-day, as it goes down rcverherating
, through the ages. While i stand at the
G costly tomb of Handel, | cannot forget
t tho fact that his fellow musicians tried to
4 dstroy him with their discords. go II
l little further in the Poets Corner of
c Westminster Abby, and find the grave
of John Dryden, the great poet. Costly
d monument, great mortuary hon0rs; but
G L cannot forget the fact that at seventy
!, years OF age he wrote abou. the opprcs-
j. sons of misfortune, and that hc'madc Il
c contract for a thousand verses at SIX
l. pence line. ! go Il little further on in
a tho Poets Corner, and | find the crave
i OF Samuel Butler. the aurLhOr Of "IIud-
If bras" Wonderful monument. costly
ID mortuary honOrs. Where did he die?
,c In garrct. l move further on in he
Poets Corner, and find the grave OF a
in poet of whom Waller wrote: "Au Old
Or schoolmastcr by thcinamc orJohn Milton
re has written Il tedious volume on thc iatl
lc OF man. II its length be no virtue, it
ed has none" l 90 Il little further on in
lc the Poets Corner, and find the crave
,d Of Sheridan, Alas! Tor. r.ShcrIdau. Poor
of ShCridal. Magnificent mortuary hOuOrS.
re What Il pity it was he could not lave
G, discounted that monument iur Il mOuli,-
,d iul oi something to cat. q. unIilian chill
III drcn, give you old parents less tOtAh-
,r stone and more blankets, less funeral
lc and more bedroom. Five per cent. Of
c the money now expended at Burns haH-
l. QuctS would have made the Great Scotch
II poet comfortable and kept HIM from be-
/, lnT almost harricd to death by the druid.
l. gerry of an cXciscmau. Horace GrcClr--
outraycOuSly abused while ne lived
= going out to his tomb was followed bv
u the President Of the United States and
Il tho leading men Of the army and the
). navy. Some pc0pc could not say Bit
1 ter enough things about him while hc
.l.. 1 -
c honor when he died. Massachusetts, at
| the tomb OF Charles Sumner, tried to
= atone for the iynominiuus resolutions
l with which hcrlegisla,urc denounced the
living senator. II was too late. The
costly monument at Springfield, Illinois,
| cannot pay for Booths bullet. Costly
mOrtuary hOnOrS on the banks of Lake
Erlc-honOrS that cost between $780,
600 and $500, ,OUO--canNOt pay iOr the
assassination Of James a. Garfield. DO
justice to the living. All the Justice
N0u lo YOU will have to do this side the
Gates OF the metropolis. The dead cam
not wake up to count the number Of
carriages III the procession, or see
the polish on the Aberdeen granite. or
TO read the words OF cpltaphal COM
mcmoratl0n. Costly mausolcum Of tie
gentlemen in the suburbs of Jerusalem
n NbilIl'l tll'llc lDl JJtiIllcllcill Illoll ger
and Calvary's cross and Pilates runian
, judiciary.
> Again! Standing in tins place where
; the Lord lay, am impressed with the
fact that floral and sculptural ornamental.
ton are appropriate for the places OF the
, dead. We are all clad that III the short
time of the Saviour'S inhumatOn he lay
: amid flowers ard sculpture. | cannot
ito TO, 4 l,,.l,, I
. papers, where, amid the announcements
, Of obscquics, the friends request '.scnd
! ! no llowcrs.' Why, there is no place 50
1 appropriate Tor flowers as the caskct of
the departed. Ii your means allow--I
repeat, il your means allow--lCt there be
! flowers ON the caSict. flowers on the
= hcarsc, flowers on the grave. Put them
u on the brow; 1t means coronation.
q Put them i'll the hand 1t means victory.
Il Christ was buried in a partcrrc. Christ
l" was buried in Il garden. Flowers are
l. types OF resurrection. Death is sad
c enough, anyhow. Let conservatory and
c arhorctum do all they can in the way of
c alienation. Your little glrl loved blowers
y while She was alive. Put them in her
q hands, now that she cannot 90 forth and
5 pluck flowers for herself. On sun shiny
II days twist garland for her still heart.
| l'l'oNiNli HIS lio ltHtiCI SloiN lItll liCl
o Greenwood, nor Boston than her Mount
Il Auburn, nor Philadelphia than her
Laurel Hill, nor Cincinnati than her
Z Spring Grove. nor San Francisco than
u her Lone. Mountain. What shall | say of
-, those country Gravcyards where the
i vincrS have fallen down and the sllh is
. aslant and the mound is cavcd in. aud
the grass is the pasture ground for the
; acNton's cattle. Are your father and
mother OF so little account YOU have no
I, more respect than that for their bones?
Some day gather together and straiyh-
ten up the fence and hit the slab. and
bank up the mound, and tear out the
weeds, and plant the shrubs. After
awhile you, yourself viii want to lie
down to The last slumbcr. II you have