THE MDTE1TOR.

THE CHURCH YARD.
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You have sauntered, perhaps, of moon
Ii ght evening out of the precincts or thc NV
ing. moving world, to inger and contem
plate among the grass grown memorials OF
those who are gone--


trhe body to lis place, and the soul to heavens


grace,


And the rest in Gods own time"


An appalling chill shoots through the cur
rents of life, at the undisturbed and univer-
sal silence of the scene---the stars tfanquiliy
shining on the white marble. and ireely lilu
minating the name, which trlehdshiP hid
carved for the slumbercr beneath; here tne
grass waving IN rank luXuriance, as II 10 moe
the triumphs and the trophies OF oeasp, ana
there human bone unearthed from its time
worn sepuchrc, ghasty visitor 10 tne
REALMS of day; a wooden tablet, marking the
renosc Of the humble; cross, the sign OF the
believer. and lofty and magnificent memo
,ials over the mortal relics of the wealthy
and The great. An who in such an assem-
blare as this, can be accounted great -
What gold survives the crucible OF death.
{Na c,s learn nothing from the living
,,h;ch the dead do not teach US, W ou'd
hean,v he modest and unpretcndlng, let hcf
o,;t the hall and the festival for moment,
and carry her toilet to the tomb. Wouio
the nroud learn humility; the pcnurieus
charity. the frivolous seriousness; the D'got-
ed phitanthropy; would the scholar ascer.
tain the true objects of knowledge; the man
of the world the true means OF happiness
here and hereafter; and the ambitious, the
true sources of greatness; let him retire "A
while from the living and commune with tne
dead. We must all come to the mourniul
and silent grave. Our bones must minge ~
one common mass. Our affections should
travel in the same path, for they must ter
inmate in one fearful issue Lite IS tuli OF
facilities of virtue and happiness; and wneh
YOU would abuse them, 30 purity your aHec-
tions, and humble your pride. and leave
your hopes at the tomb OF a friend, whe" '
The stars are shining upon it like the giorl-,
Gus beams of religion on the mansion oi
death.