THE HOUSE I LIVE IN. 



In our own country, the horrors of war have 

 not usually been dreadful enough to render 

 bones so abundant and cheap that we can use 

 them in this way. The bodies of men slain in 

 war, as well as those who have died in peace, 

 have, in general, been decently buried. May 

 we not hope that our country will never be 

 deluged with blood and covered with bones, as 

 some of the countries of Europe and Asia 

 have been ? May we not hope that at our 

 death, our bodies will be buried quietly in the 

 usual manner " ashes " returning " to ashes," 

 " dust to dust," and the soul to the " God 

 who gave it ? " 





