Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-08-03
MORAVIAN CEMETERY.

without inquiry, the dividing
line between Winston and Salem
n. e., because q street like all
the others marks the division
Nor can he enter the quiet and
restftll boundaries of the latter
I'1nOre than a block, without the
sence ola different atmosphere
The refreshing sense of peace
on earth and good will towards
men Each step leads on to
purer meditation, and content
ment reigns supreme. The
houses look 1.-THE trees whisper
it-yOur own satisfaction is made
evident by contact and associa-
ton, and a bow or a word from a
citizen confirms the impression,
But to draw distinctions be
tween the two places is not the
purpose Of the writer From
Main street fifty yards to the
North | stood at the Western en-
trance Of the drive or avenue
along the Moravian Cemetery.
y revcrential respect suppose
accompanies every person on en-
tering the precints of the dead.
Tie feeling to uncover your
head is involuntary. III this in
stance I found myself walking
on tiptoe. The walk or drive is
fifteen feet wide thickly covered
with fine white pebbles, and on
either side thirty feet OF smooth
evenly moved grass refreshingly
rich in color. Two rows Of tall
cedars sixty to seventy feet III
height and thirty feet apart, stand
on the inner edges of the grass
the entire length of the Avenue,
about five hundred yards-all of
which forming an approach at
once beautiful and appropriate.
Along the Avenue, at equal dis
tanCes, there are three large gate
ways, fifteen feet wide, opening
or leading into the Cemetery.
The gates remain open during
the day, and the massive wood
frames are supported by brick
pillars ffteer feet high and two
feet square There is all arch
over each gate. On the outer
side of the first i'll plain large
letters is inscribed--"Them Also
Which Sleep In Jesus Will God
Bring With Him" I, Thess. 4.
IA. And on the inner side, q
Know That My Rcdeemer Liv-
eth" Job 70, 5.
The arch over the second gate
bears the following on the out
side i'll the same lettering: God
Will Redeem My Soul From
The Power OfThe Grave" P.S.
1915. And on the inside BE
cause Live, We Also ShallLive. "
John I4-I9.
The third gate: blessed Are
The Dead Which Die In The
Lord" Rev. 1915. And inside
q Am The Resurrection And
The Life John 1925.
And now we are within the
Enclosure, where lie i'll serted
rows the relics of Salen's Mo
ravian dead from I77o to the
present All buried in regular
order, according to age, begin
ming with the old who are bur
led in line, and observing the
same order down to infancy.
The men on the squares allot-
ted TO them, separate from the
women and the girls from the
boys. No distinction is observ
ed in the memory Of the dead all
receive the same care, and mark
of respect-ail are treated alike
rich and poor-high and low
great and s1nall-A simple white
slab I6XI4 inches, not upright
but laid fiat on the head of the
grave-and OH this headstone Is
carved simply the name, record
of birth and death.
This is all there is to remind
us Of the living-no panegyric
proClaims to the world his MANY
virtues-nor song of praise tc
lift him above his fellows
Neither tells what he was OF
what he might have been, but il
keeping with the many-the
same slab, size, shape and in
scription marks the resting place
of each departed Moravian. The
following is copied from one OF
the oldest graves:
IN BIRKHEAD,
Y