J. C. Bodwell
Published: 2015-07-26
Total Pages: 24
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Excerpt from Address Delivered at the Consecration of the Lake Grove Cemetery, Holliston, Mass: June 1, 1860 My Friends! We are assembled for the performance of a service dignified and grave, yet by no means sad, - to consecrate a resting-place for those who sleep. The spot is singularly beautiful, and all the better adapted to the purpose for which, henceforth, it is to be held sacred. A sweet picture, on which time works no decay, leaves not a single faded tint; just now re-touched by the great Master, living and lustrous in its summer glory, as fresh as when it came new from that great Master's hand. A picture which was not finished in a day. These hills, with their graceful undulations and ample curves, sloping to the lake - bright mirror for the morning star, "Winnikening," smile of the great Spirit, - gray rocks with their mossy beard, and trees, sweet chesnut, oak, evergreen walnut and silver maple, pleasant awning to this soft, leafy bed; - who can tell us how many ages passed away, or what mighty convulsions, up-heavings, transformations, took place after this picture of magnificence was begun, and before it was finished, as we behold it to-day! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.