The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-03

Yesterday was All Souls day. and
services in connection were held in all
the Catholic churches, The chapel at
Mt, Calvary cemetery was the scene OF
a very large number OF worshippers,
gathered there In celebration of the
mass, after which they were treated to
a splendid sermon BY Rev, Father Pa
qulh.
After giving a few words OF consOla-
ton derived from the scripturai pas
sage; blessed are the dead who die In
the Lord" and bringing thoughts Of
departed ones to his hearers, he dwelt
upon the truth that death Is a sleep.
Continuing, he explained why a Chris
tan burial ground Is called a Gene
tery"-a verbal translation OF a great
word, meaning sleeping place" The
reverend speaker argued that cemeter-
les are sacred spots and should 10 be
profaned; for the dust hidden within
the graves deserves the respect of all
living Christians, that dust having once
been united to an immortal soul cfea-
ted to the image OF God.
Hence" he continued, ut is that O
certain worship is and has been paid to
the dead at all times and by all ma
lions; hence It Is that lavish expendl-
lures are made every year and every
where among Christian people to adorn
and beauty the cities of the dead, and
to keep them at least on q par with the
cities OF the living; hence 1t is that New
York and Brooklyn are proud of
Greenwood: London Is proud Of Kensel,
and Hlghgate; Paris OF Pere La Chaise;
Rome OF the historic Catacomb, and the
Catholics, OF Wheeling, OF Mount Cal
vary. But Wheeling will have a good
deal more reason to be proud Of Mount
Calvary when the new scheme OF i'm
proVements i%naugurated two gears ago
by our Right Rev. Bishop, will have
been brought TO completion, How beau-
tlful will this burial ground, already
so well favored by nature, look to the
eyes Of all when the balance OF Its
coarse cedar bushes and fences have to-
tally disappeared to make room for n
level and w%ell-nourlshed lawn, spread
ing over the whole ground as n cheer
full green carpet, the calm uniformity
OF which will be tremendously broken
only by smoothlV-paved roads, ave-
nues and paths, by carefully shade
trees disposed according to a well-con-
ceived plan, and by the picturesque for
est OF white and gray stones holding
up. each one Of them. the cross OF the
redemption as a pledge of future res
direction.
LET all and everyone Join with one
heart, one soul and one good will In
the work OF executing that wise design.
Let It he done away here. as tt is done
in all large cities, with those old style
adornments In cedar. lockwood trees,
and other shrubs OF the kind, which by
their unslghtly cut are too strong a re-
minder OF the past hardships OF lives
now gone by. TO he At for a place all the
features of which should symbolic the
calm and undisturbed quletude OF rest,
81 spent half a day last summer along
the avenue and paths OF Greenwood
cemetery of Brooklyn. one of the rich
est In the country, and I tell you l
could hardly satisfy my eyes with the
beautiful sight Of that immense tract
OF lawn, level upon the natural undu-
lations Of the ground, uniformly car
peted with a grass of the purest green,
full OF a luxurious spring life, moved
with a scrupulous care, and forming
a most poetical ground for the thou
sands Of rich monuments erected by the
wealth Of two large cities to the mem
ory OF their dead. A limited number OF
trees, well selected. planted with dis
erection and trimmed with taste, partly
cover the white marbles and the
grassy lawn with a soft shadow
spreading all over the ground q mys-
FERROUS tint Of sweet melancholy which
causes the visitor to murmur to him
self. This is indeed n nice place to rest
after the buzz OF this life is over"
In concluding, Father Paquln urged
his hearers to Join In the work OF I'M
proving Mount Calvary cemetery.