The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-01

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which speaks to us from the
dust The lessons Of Philosophy
while they e%nlighten the mind fail
70 cheer and warm the heart. Even
tie vcicc of the pulpi; too often
fails roon drowsy ears or. is only
adm i,d fer IFS e%loQuence, but the
Cra... tho Gave. how simply but
powe. fully it s. eaks through the eye
10 lie soul. and bids Il meditation
uoon isc,f and its destiny.
An ancient writer has said that
maj vas taken from the dust OF the
earth TO prompt him into humility.
But still stronger incentive to hu-
mility is the fact which he daily wit
nesses that TO dust he must return
The lessons which are here taught
are adapted to all conditions OF lie
and readily suggest themselves to
every mind.
e nan proud Of his eminence
in anv department of human ex-
ertion. may here discover the little
ness and transitory character OF all
earthly greatness. The votary OF
wealth may learn a useful lesson
when he sees the purple robe of the
rich exchanged for the unsightly
shroud. and the man who Jared sum
ptuously every day become himself a
banouet for worms The sons OF
sorrow. and of poverty may come
here not to mourn. but to be com
forted; TO be reminded that troubles
like pleasures have an end. and that
for the meek and the pure in heart
the grave is but the gate to ceasless
felicity above. Even the man OF Ill
nature may perhaps be touched with
solemn awe. when whether he re-
ices Divine revelation or not, he
sees around him a thousand incon-
testable evidences that Sin is in the
world. and death by Sin. The be-
lever in Christ may come hither to
mourn over the dead, not without
hope. to e by the eye of faith the
departed wife or husband amid re
ioicing angels. the father and the
mother amid patriarchs and apostles
the child amid a winged troop o'
cherubs. flying from grove to grove
of Paradise. or p%erchauce hover
ing over the tomb. TO bear upwards
i'm its spotless censor the pun.
incense OF paternal incense an'
prayer
Yes. here may the Christian rails.
his head from the deep agony of be
reavement. and behold. as did Mar.
at tn sepulchre. the form of his ri
sen Lord. looking in sympathy upoi
his grief. and hear his voice. full o
consolation. say, why weepes
thou" Here may the Christian
stand and look upon the monumen
of his departed friend as his owl
light house to the harbor of eterna
rest. Here may he anticipate his flu
ture inheritance. and like Nose.
standing upon Mount Pisgah gaz'
over the swelling flood of deatt
on fields of living green" but hap.
pier than Moses, rejoice that his oW.
feet shall stand on the Canaan whic
meets his enraptured eye.
ION. eloquent and faithful voice
that speaketh from every grave, how
upon every ear it seems to utter tina
last sublime word Of the Savior on
the crOss-Forgive. Forgive, Forgive
how it bids US bear and forbear
with our fellow man. how il invokes
him who sorrows for the dead TO be
just to the living. and how it echoes
the Apostles sentiment ami declares
that even the granite rock of faith
shall crumble into dust. and Hope,
with her bouyant wings, never rise
above the atmosphere of time. Char
ity. brightest of human virtues. shall
be the chief of Angelic graces, and
resting her feet triumphantly upon
the grave. catch upon her glowing
crest the first ray of light from the
opening gates of heaven. Holy spot
here. amid the shades of this garden
may the voice of God be heard. pro-
claiming to- the sorrowful SOUL am
the resurrection and the life he
that belieyeth in me. though he wer
dead.yet shall he live. Here at The fl
nal day of earth shall He appear ga
-rherfng together the broken frag-
mems of the image Of himself and
breathing into them an imperishable
ra. arc here. buried in an humble
grav,. and in this temple made by