. Guide through Mount Auburn : a hand-book for passengers over the Cambridge railroad : illustrated with engravings and a plan of the cemetery . avery appropiiate marble monument, with the Bible andcross sculptured upon it, and these lines : — I am the Resurrection and the Life. He that helieveth in me, thoughhe were dead, yet shall he live. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shallreturn unto God who gave it. Several other monuments on this avenue are worthy ofparticular mention, but our limited space forbids our refer-ring to them at length. It will be sufficien
. Guide through Mount Auburn : a hand-book for passengers over the Cambridge railroad : illustrated with engravings and a plan of the cemetery . avery appropiiate marble monument, with the Bible andcross sculptured upon it, and these lines : — I am the Resurrection and the Life. He that helieveth in me, thoughhe were dead, yet shall he live. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shallreturn unto God who gave it. Several other monuments on this avenue are worthy ofparticular mention, but our limited space forbids our refer-ring to them at length. It will be sufficient for our purpose,to call the visitors attention to them, to say that Ave refer tothe Wesson monument on the left, the Fitz, on the left, theTubbs, on the right, G. C. Richardson, on the left, and theBl an chard monument on the right. The Austin lot on theleft has a slab with this inscription : —Joseph Austin, of Boston, Mass., died July 27, 1847, aged soul to Him who gave it rose;God led it to its long repose. Its glorious rest !And thoutrh the good mans sun has set,Its light shall linger round us , radiant, blest I. RICHARDSON page 50. 52 HANDBOOK. The monument on the Wells lot at the right is a peculiarbut very appropriate one. The material is of a grayishsandstone. There is no ornament whatever about it; butnear its top it is cut through from side to side, showing ahollow cross on each of its four sides. On the Watson lotat the right there is a large marble Gothic monument, anda small marble column on the Heath lot on the same side ofthe avenue. The Stickney and Wason monuments on theright also deserve attention. At the comer of HeliotropePath the visitor will have an opportunity to view the mon-ument on the Allen lot. This monument has been frequent-ly noticed by many as being one of the most appropriatesaid beautifully-executed in the Cemetery. It is to thememory of Samuel P. Allen, died Jan. 24, 1850, aged 36 monument is highl
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