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title: 'Respect for the Remains of the Dead: An Address Delivered at the Consecration of Oak Hill Cemetery in Newburyport, July 31, 1843'
type: pdf
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requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Jonathan French Stearns'
date: 1843-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Death and Dying'
- 'Biblical History'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 23'
- 'Isaiah 14'
- 'Jeremiah 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/stearns-1843-respect-for-the-remains-of-the-dead-an-address-delivered-at-the-consecration-of-oak-hill-cemetery-in-newburyport-july-31-1843
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# Respect for the Remains of the Dead: An Address Delivered at the Consecration of Oak Hill Cemetery in Newburyport, July 31, 1843

A consecration address defending reverent burial practices. It surveys global funeral customs and biblical examples to argue that respect for the dead is natural and fitting.

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