[Gamecock]

**“Remember man, that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”**

Something that is forgotten in the American Church.

Back in the old days we used to have cemeteries (aka Church Yards) at most churches. We were hit in the face with our own mortality every time we went to church. Now we have megacemeteries tucked away an the only time we face death is when it strikes close to home. (Heidelberg Catechism

People don't want doctrine, they want practical tips on life (Osteen, Warren, etc). But what is more practical than this, seeing that we are all going to die:

Question 1. What is thy only comfort in life and death?
Answer: That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ; who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him.

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One of the things we used to do in my home parish in Nebraska growing up was walk out back to the cemetery (on the north side of the church) and place flowers on the graves of our family.

You are right, it lets you remember that all of this is only a fleeting vapor.

Sadly, the church I grew up in will probably close one of these days, as the population in rural Nebraska is graying rapidly.