A Collection of Curious and Interesting Epitaphs: Copied from the Monuments of Distinguished and Noted Characters in the Ancient Church and Burial Grounds of Saint Pancras, Middlesex, Volume 2

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Page 100 - righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die ; and their departure is taken for misery ; and their going from us to be utter destruction ; but they are in peace."—Wisdom III.
Page 99 - When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, Thou didst open the kingdom of Heaven to all believers. O ! what are all my sufferings here, If, Lord, Thou count me meet With that enraptured host to appear, And worship at Thy feet.
Page 31 - of his Ministry, Breathing a desire to depart and to be with Christ. "He was a good man, full of the Holy Ghost and of faith, and much people was added unto the Lord.
Page 252 - of July, 1814, aged 69 years. This stone is placed by his disconsolate wife and Daughter, As a dutiful token to the most affectionate and best Of husbands. His form was of the manliest beauty, His heart was kind and soft ; Faithful below, he did his duty, But now he's gone aloft.
Page 137 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord ; even so, saith the spirit ; for they rest from their labours, and their works follow them.
Page 77 - When sorrowing o'er this tomb I bend Which covers all that was a friend, And from his hand, his voice, his smile, Divides me for a little while. My Saviour marks the tears I shed, For Jesus wept o'er Lazarus dead.
Page 8 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 181 - My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet's joyful sound, Then burst its chains with sweet surprise, And in my Saviour's image rise.
Page 59 - the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable always, abounding in the work of
Page 139 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, even so saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours.

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