. Guide through Mount Auburn : a hand-book for passengers over the Cambridge railroad : illustrated with engravings and a plan of the cemetery . ubilee proclaim,And teach us language fit to praiseSo great, so dear a the same lot there is a monument marked B. Bur-gess, with a bird sculptured on its front, bearmg upM-ards mits beak a scroll, and upon it the words : —This is not our will redeem our souls from the power of the , O Death, is now thy sting, O Grave thy victory, , in the same lot, a marble monument marked Gibbs. When Christ, who is our life, sha
. Guide through Mount Auburn : a hand-book for passengers over the Cambridge railroad : illustrated with engravings and a plan of the cemetery . ubilee proclaim,And teach us language fit to praiseSo great, so dear a the same lot there is a monument marked B. Bur-gess, with a bird sculptured on its front, bearmg upM-ards mits beak a scroll, and upon it the words : —This is not our will redeem our souls from the power of the , O Death, is now thy sting, O Grave thy victory, , in the same lot, a marble monument marked Gibbs. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appearwith Him in glory. On the Phelps lot, on the left, there is a freestone Gothicmonument; and marble ones on the Barney and Frost lots,on the right. Beyond these, on the left, there is a brokenmarble column, to the memory of Wm. W. Peck, died Sept. 12,1846, aged 36 years. The Lord knoweththe days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever. On the Milton lot, at the left, is a small, pecuUar mon-ument of marble, — In memory of departed strews their graves with BALLOU page 80. 60 HANDBOOK. On the right there is a marble obelisk on the Brown the same side, on Ailanthus Path, will be noticed thegranite tombs of Samuel O. Mead and William Read. On the left is the statue of Rev. Hosea Ballou. The com-memorative statue of this eminent man, Avho was so univer-sally beloved and respected for his talents, his life devoted tothe promulgation of the word of God, to the building up andextension of the church to which he belonged, and to thepractice of all the virtues which adorn, beautify, and dignifysocial existence, was purchased by subscriptions from theUniversalist denomination at large, and Avas executed by Ed-ward A. Brackett, the Avell-known sculptor. Those who from long familiarity with the departed are en-titled to express an opinion of the artists fidelity, are satisfiedwith the
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