A View Towards Eternity

"A Peaceful Oasis in the heart of Brooklyn, New York" .... that is the subtitle on the website for the Green-Wood Cemetery. Founded in 1838 as one of America’s first rural cemeteries, the Green-Wood Cemetery soon developed an international reputation for its magnificent beauty and became the fashionable place to be buried. By 1860, Green-Wood was attracting 500,000 visitors a year, rivaling Niagara Falls as the country’s greatest tourist attraction. Crowds flocked to Green-Wood to enjoy family outings, carriage rides and sculpture viewing in the finest of first generation American landscapes. Green-Wood’s popularity helped inspire the creation of public parks, including New York City’s Central and Prospect Parks.

Here are a few photos from our HOT afternoon at this site ...

entrance ... Gothic Revival style architecture

chapel ....

 Magnificent angel sculptures

Beautiful flowers ....

"OUR DARLING GEORGIE .... BYE! BYE! 'TIL PAPA & MAMA COMES

The sorrow of losing children ....

The sorrow of losing a husband ....

WITH CHRIST, WHICH IS FAR BETTER

It was unbelieveable to see hillsides covered in mausoleums ...

And everywhere, the birds were urging us on ....

"Then I will go ... to God, my Exceeding Joy"

(Psalm 43:4)

... I knew something that morning of what it will be when He "shall look us out of pain."

(Amy Carmichael)