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we will give the reader some account, there being perhaps 

 not another similar arrangement to be found in Lan- 

 caster county. It is enclosed with a white fence, along 

 which there is an avenue of trees ; there are tliree gates 

 leading to it, one large one, and two at its sides of smaller 

 dimensions ; the large one is never opened except on 

 funeral occasions. Over this there isj an arch, on 

 which are the following inscriptions, in golden letters : 

 Firstly, that which is seen by the visitor as he approaches 

 it, through a thickly planted grove, *' Blessed are the 

 dead which die in the Lord:" — Rev. chap. 14-13 v: Sec- 

 ondly, that on the interior side, " I am the resurrection, 

 and the life, he that believeth in me, though he were 

 dead, yet shall he live:" — St. John chap. 11-25 v. 

 After entering the gate, the visitor finds himself in a 

 beautiful avenue of cedar trees, which separates the 

 graves of the males from those of the females, the former 

 being on the right and the latter on the left as he passes 

 on. We have before stated that the congregation is 

 divided into classes ; in the same order then as it is 

 divided, so they are laid on the grave yard ; here the 

 visitors find the rows containing nothing but, the married 

 men and on the opposite side married women ; as he 

 passes on, those of the single classes, and further, those 

 of little boys and girls under the age of twelve. The 

 graves are all of two sizes, being without distinction of 



this parcel of ground as a resting place for the remains of the 

 departed. On the arrival of the funeral procession, an appro- 

 priate address was delivered by the Rev. Mathew Hehl, then, the 

 usual funeral service while the corpse was let in the grave, was 

 read; after which, the assembled congregation knelt down, 

 and with solemn prayer consecrated the spot, for all who m 

 future would be enterred here, to rest in hope till that import- 

 ant moment when Christ shall call those who died in the Lord, 

 from their graves to a glorious resurrection. B. 



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