ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENS OF ROXBURY, AT THE CONSECRATION OF THE CEMETERY AT FOREST HILLS, JUNE 28, 1848. BY GEORGE PUTNAM, D. D. TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER SERVICES OF CONSECRATION. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL. ROXBURY: JOSEPH G. TORREY, CITY PRINTER. ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENS OF ROXBURY, AT THE CONSECRATION OF THE CEMETERY AT FOREST HILLS, JUNE 28, 1848. BY GEORGE PUTNAM, D. D. TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER SERVICES OF CONSECRATION. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL. ROXBURY: JOSEPH G. TORREY, CITY PRINTER. Ordered, That the thanks of the City Council be tendered to the Rev. GEORGE PUTNAM, D. D., for the able, eloquent, and appropriate Address delivered before the City Government and Citizens of Roxbury, at the Consecration of the Cemetery at Forest Hills, on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 28th, and that he be requested to furnish a copy of the same for publication. Ordered further, That the thanks of the City Council be tendered to Rev. AUGUSTUS C. THOMPSON, for the appropriate introductory prayer: - To Rev. JOHN WAYLAND, D. D., for appropriate selections from the Holy Scriptures To Rev. CYRUS H. FAY, for the beautiful Hymns composed by him :-To Rev. EDMUND F. SLAFTER, for the appropriate concluding prayers, and that they severally be requested to furnish copies of the same for publication. : Sent up for concurrence. JOSHUA SEAVER, Clerk. In Board of Aldermen, July 3, 1848. Concurred. JOSEPH W. TUCKER, City Clerk. CITY OF ROXBURY. In Common Council, July 3, 1848. Ordered, That the thanks of the City Council be tendered to Mr. ALPHEUS E. TROWBRIDGE, and the ladies and gentlemen composing the choir, for the acceptable manner in which the vocal music was conducted on the occasion of the Consecration. Ordered further, That the thanks of the City Council be tendered to the gentlemen who officiated as Marshals on the occasion, for the prompt, courteous, and efficient manner in which they discharged their several duties. Sent up for concurrence. Concurred. JOSHUA SEAVER, Clerk. In Board of Aldermen, July 3, 1848. JOSEPH W. TUCKER, City Clerk. ADDRESS. THE Report of a Committee of the City Council, presented in September last, and since widely distributed, sets forth fully the advantages and the necessity of a Rural Cemetery, to be established within the limits of this city. With brief delay, justified by the important financial questions connected with the subject, the Municipal Authorities have made liberal provision for the object. Their design has been carried out thus far with energy and good judgment by those intrusted with the conduct of it, and the result is before and around us, or rather that effective beginning which guarantees the progressive accomplishment of the object desired. The satisfaction which the people of Roxbury will feel in the measure, now so far achieved, may well be shared, I think, by a portion of the inhabitants of the adjoining metropolis, who cannot expect much longer to find suitable and sufficient space for burial within a shorter distance. What has been done has not been done too soon, nor on too large a scale, nor at too great a cost. The future will justify it, nay, it is already justified to the feelings and to the judgment of those who take an interest in it. The spot is well chosen. It lies apart from the great thoroughfares of the world, and yet near to the dwellings of those multitudes who are one day to occupy its quiet precincts. Nature has done all for it that we could desire, and |