Gravestone Inscriptions, Lee, Mass: Including All Extant of the Quarter Century, 1801-1825, Carefully Reproduced

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Press of the Valley Gleaner, 1901 - 36 páginas

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Página 15 - Friends nor physicians could not save, My mortal body from the grave; Nor can the grave confine me here When Christ shall call me to appear.
Página 13 - Depart my friends Dry up your tears I must lie here Till Christ appears.
Página 3 - There is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found ; And while the mouldering ashes sleep Low in the ground, " The soul, of origin divine, GOD'S glorious image, freed from clay, In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine A star of day ! "The sun is but a spark of fire, A transient meteor in the sky; The soul, immortal as its Sire, Shall never die I
Página 14 - Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss • No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay, Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
Página 14 - Behold and see, as you pass by, As yon are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me.
Página 6 - I know that my Redeemer lireth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth : and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God...
Página 8 - Dec. 16th 1803 in the 25th year of his age In youthful bloom death laid me down Here to await the trumpets sound...

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