. Presbyterian Monthly, The (Jan. - Dec. 1868) . ^?Sg&f &: My. nessed the last agony, when the soul wasabout to take her flight. It is a fearfulstruggle, unallaved by the pleasingprospect of eternity, heightened by theterror of sudden removal into thehideous hades. Hence the mourningand wailing at the death of friends, andthe painful, unsatisfying efforts of sur-vivors, by splendcd funeral rites andsepulchral gifts, to soothe their own In the north of China the tombs 1863.] The Publication Cause. 209 vary in style and shape. Some of them prayers in a low tone. It is also cus-Btre conical mound
. Presbyterian Monthly, The (Jan. - Dec. 1868) . ^?Sg&f &: My. nessed the last agony, when the soul wasabout to take her flight. It is a fearfulstruggle, unallaved by the pleasingprospect of eternity, heightened by theterror of sudden removal into thehideous hades. Hence the mourningand wailing at the death of friends, andthe painful, unsatisfying efforts of sur-vivors, by splendcd funeral rites andsepulchral gifts, to soothe their own In the north of China the tombs 1863.] The Publication Cause. 209 vary in style and shape. Some of them prayers in a low tone. It is also cus-Btre conical mounds, planted with flow- ternary, on such occasions, to offer sacri- ers. A tomb of this character is given fices to all the spirits who. they believe,in onr illustration, with a funeral pro- arc staying on earth, and to beg them tocession. This scene is thus described be kind to their new companion who isby a Chinese lad, writing to the Carrier going to join them. After performing2)ove. ftU those ceremonies, the coffin is let In the picture you will see a trai
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