The following transcribed document was published during the early years of Mount Moriah cemetery, as far as I know. It is a collection of writings about the cemetery from local newspapers, collected into a small pamphlet. The pamphlet was probably distributed to persons interested in the purchase of a burial lot at Mount Moriah; the Historical Society of Pennsylvania has one in their collections. Anyone in possession of an original who would be willing to share photos of it, please This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it !

MOUNT MORIAH CEMETERY.
The grounds of this beautiful Cemetery are now laid out and prepared for interments; the receiving vault completed; the enclosing wall and massive brown stone Lodge and Gateway in rapid course of erection. A large number of lots have been sold to our most respectable citizens. Several Churches have purchased sections for the use of their congregations, and the friends of the enterprise may now congratulate the managers on having established upon an enduring basis, one of the finest ornaments of our city.

Some idea of the universal favor with which the Cemetery grounds and the elegant improvements have been regarded by all who have visited them, may be formed from the opinions of the press herewith submitted.
The managers will still dispose of a limited number of shares upon the original unprecedented low terms, $50 for five lots, containing together 400 square feet, payable, if desired, in monthly installments of $5 each. Single lots containing 80 square feet may be bad for $12.

For the accommodation of persons wishing to view the grounds, carriages run to the Cemetery every fair afternoon.

For further information apply at the office,
No. 10 South SIXTH Street.

BRANCH OFFICE: No. 532 South Tenth St. above Federal.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

From the Daily Sun.
We invite attention to the advertisement of the Mount Moriah Cemetery Association, which appears in our paper to-day. The want of another suitable burial place has long been felt by those of our citizens residing in the Southern part of our city, and the new Rural Cemetery, on the western boundary of the city will, no doubt supply that want to the largest extent. The grounds selected are highly spoken of by all who have visited the place; and the well known character and standing of the gentlemen entrusted with the management of the enterprise, is a sufficient guaranty for its complete success, and the establishment of Mount Moriah as one of our most tasteful and choice Cemeteries.

From the Ledger.
THE CEMETERY OF MOUNT MORIAH.
Our advertising columns tell of another City of the Dead, whose foundations are being laid. We ask attention to what is there said about it, to all who care for a place of repose, either for themselves or others, when they shall take that step, which can never be retraced when the drapery of the grave is wrapped about them, and they lie down to pleasant dreams, in the land of spirits - where every delusive prospect of ambition is at an end, and every source of activity taken away. This new loca1ity is one of peculiar beauty and fitness for the purpose of its designation, and will soon abound with birds, flowers, trees, green paths, hills, thickets, cooling fountains, and murmuring waterfalls, to make it the most famed of the many Cities of the Dead.

From the Daily Times.
MOUNT MORIAH OEMETERY
The managers of this new "City of the Dead" are now engaged in erecting, under the superintendence of S. D. Button, Esq., architect, a massive Lodge and Gateway, of Connecticut brown stone. The plan presents an imposing appearance, well suited to the purpose designed.
The buildings are of the Norman castellated style, near a hundred feet in front, and when completed will form the most striking and beautiful entrance attached to any Cemetery in this vicinity.
Nature has done much for the beauty and adornment of Mount Moriah; and when to the natural advantages of the spot the tasteful and costly improvements now being erected shall be added, its attractions as a rural burial place will not be surpassed by any other of our Cemeteries.

From the Pennsylvania Inquirer.
MOUNT MORIAH.
We recently visited this beautiful Mount, which stands on the western margin of our city, overlooking the surrounding country, and washed by a clear stream of water which winds around the base of the eminence, and through the leafy grove of tall old forest trees, which ornament its western slope.
Its beauty and quiet calm are suggestive of hallowed associations; and to one of a contemplative mind, who views its present loveliness, the memory is carried back to that sacred spot, where, far back in the history of our race, the Patriarch's undoubting faith led him to offer up his only son whom he loved, in obedience to the divine command; where later, in the hour of his people's distress, David offered his sacrifice to appease the pestilence; and where, subsequently the wise and princely Solomon erected his magnificent Temple for the worship of the true God.
The figurative language of Scripture, descriptive of the ancient Mount, is not inapplicable to the grounds of the new rural cemetery. Mount Moriah may well be called "The fields of the wood." On the side of the eminence which overlooks a wide scope of magnificent landscape, the tall native forest trees, lift their leaf-crowned tops to the calm heaven above. The majestic oak, the graceful chestnut, the waving poplar, the fragrant walnut, the straight and stalwart hickory, the trembling ash, interspersed with the dark, impenetrable cedar, all mingle their leafy arching boughs, and charm the visitor with their cooling shade.
To these native glories of the woods, the hand of man has recently added near a thousand young transplanted trees; the fir, the spruce, the pine, the larch, the cypress, the yew, the willow, the laburnum and the cedar of Lebanon, are a few of the varieties which give promise in a few years to make the eastern portions of the grounds as beautiful as is now the west.
A substantial stone wall is rising under the magic sound of the mason's hammer, and the massive columns of the brown stone lodge and gateway are rapidly assuming a fitting shape and will soon form an appropriate entrance to the beautiful grounds within.    .
The great advantage this new Cemetery has over all others in the vicinity of our city, is its geographical position. Beyond the reach of brick walls and close built streets, it is separated from the adjacent heights on the North and West only by the beautiful stream of water which, to the Indians, anterior to Wm. Penn's day, was familiar as the Ameaseka.
By throwing a few light graceful bridges over this stream, and extending the limits of the grounds over the opposite shore, with its wooded summit, Mount Moriah may be made to excel all our Cemeteries, in the romantic charms of its scenery, the variety of its attractions, and the extent of is accommodations, as the last resting place of the sainted dead.
We left it under the conviction that the good judgment and taste of its projectors would perfect its natural advantages, and that it would speedily become our most popular Cemetery.

From The Pennsylvanian, June 27.
THE MOUNT MORIAR CEMETERY.
On Saturday afternoon last, in company with a number of gentlemen, we visited the grounds recently purchased by this association. They are situated a short distance back of the Darby plank road, the front of the cemetery to face upon a sixty feet avenue, running from the gates to the plank road. It embraces an area of near sixty acres, and is situated upon one of the prettiest hills within many miles of Philadelphia. There is a beautiful shady nook at the base of the hill in the rear, which is intended to be a resting-place for the living, not the dead. For those who wish to procure a future earthly home, we know no spot about the city which presents the same advantages as this; for, as the march of improvement appears to be directed northward, there is but little possibility of the rest of those interred in this "City of the Dead" ever being disturbed.

From The Daily Register
THE MOUNT MORIAH CEMETERY.
It is appointed unto all men once to die. The grim monster's bony hand will clutch us at last, do what we will. An open window, a breeze that wafts to our lungs the miasma of pestilence, and the cold grey tombstone may press the turf upon our breasts and the marble watcher keep his silent vigil above our mouldering frames. The faltering throb in that frail organ we call the heart is all that keeps us from the grave. The human race, like the summer foliage, has its autumn tints and its decay. In forty years, the whole adult population of this city will have fallen from the tree of life, and will sleep in forgetfulness, on Laurel Hill, Mount Moriah, or some other monument covered slope near the city.
Mount Moriah is well adapted to the solemn purposes to which it has been consecrated. It is a cool and breezy spot, from which one sees the white columns of Girard College on one side and the silver glistening sheet of the Delaware on the other. Its base is washed by a limpid stream that babbles through a neighboring ravine. When it is crowned with shrubbery, when the weeping willow, the cypress and cedar shall cast their solemn shade over the place and birds shall pour forth their musical laments from the boughs, Mount Moriah will be one of the most noted of the Cities of the Dead.

From the Daily Argus.
MOUNT MORlAH CEMETERY.
A day or two since we visited the site of this contemplated "city of the dead." It would be difficult to select a spot where nature has done more to render a location peculiarly adapted for the purpose indicated than Mount Moriah. It is sufficiently remote from the line of city improvements, to preserve its occupants from the violating hand of urban growth, and not yet so far as to be inconvenient to lot holders. Without being abrupt or rugged, it gently undulates, and slopes evenly downward at the edges to one of the most beautiful brooks in this vicinity. Here and there groves of tall trees stand sentinel-like around cool springs, which burst from rocks and trickle down the bank to the stream below. The rapid growth of our city and the increase of her population, renders it important that eligible places of burial should be selected before land rises to enormous value, and for this purpose the Directors of this Cemetery are making vigorous efforts to push the matter forward. The terms of sale, which will be found in our advertising columns, are extremely liberal, and the gentlemen interested are well known citizens, whose names are a sufficient guarantee that the work will be energetically carried into execution. A beautiful chapel will be erected upon the grounds in a short time, which will be surmounted by a spire sufficiently elevated to command a fine view of the circumjacent country. Those of our citizens who have not yet secured lots for interment will do well to visit Mount Moriah, and take shares while they remain at a low figure, for this new Cemetery is destined to attain a popularity equal to any of its older rivals. As it will be another addition to the pleasant spots around our city we wish it every success.