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Krli-1A*AIk-a-onIt is the design of tho company to by o(F the grounds in tbe most tasteful manner, and to pparo no expense in ibeir improvement, that may be warranted by the liberal co-operation and patronage of the community, in making the spot at-j tractite, not only as a burial place, but for pleas-lc ; ant and quiet resort for the thoughtful and conic mpbti re.In every aspect thi3 is a beneficent and commendable public enterprise. A considerate and pious care for the place of sepulture, and for its appropriate adornment. Ins marked the highest grade of Christian civilization in every ago. The i purest and holiest memories gather around such ol a spot, and the hand of affection stands ready to beautify it. The t lea of a separate and inalienable family estate in the small an a required as the last resting place of kindred and Ivicitds, to be becomingly ornamented and cherished, it may be from generation to generation, i* in unilt;m with the bel interest* of nur being. There are few more interesting passages in all the historical tie-linea' inns of the Jtiblc titan that which records.ieven with minutest detail, the circumstances at-r.v ; tending the purchase of the field of Ephrm. hy nlt; | die Hebrew Patriarch, as a family burying place. jpivti. chap. -o ) And as this is said to be the first recorded instance in the world’s history, id the formal conveyance -dan c-t:Ke in landed property, so it furnisjji-d an oec.4'ion f.«r the highest exhibition of courteous and dignified demeanor lt;n .-c jthc transaction of bu-invss. It »s worthy of re I mark 100, that in matter* of tate, us well as in lP* the domain of Ih« alTecli«'us, a strong resemblance * 1 is seen between that primitive period a:id our own1 I times. A fined, ora parted forest, was .-elected, vie * |[)(| preservation oft he tr«,.* j,i'i-ially provided 1111 ; for in the conveyance—the held and the care thsil T '■ was therein,«?'!*/lt;ttt tfu trm dial wore in the lield, j and that were in the larders roun k about, were a11 , made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a urving place bv the £-ns of lletli.W.lotmlt’\aiim ] t
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Dawsons Fort Wayne Daily Times
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Mon, May 09, 1859
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