 | 1849 - 354 pages
...following was copied from a tomb-stone in a country churchyard : — " As you are now, so once was me ; As I am now, so you must be : Therefore prepare to follow me." Below which a wag had written — " To follow you I 'm not content, Unless I know which way you went."... | |
 | Joseph Leech - 1847 - 282 pages
...plagiarized from their neighbours. On a white stone to the west of the tower were the words— "Attend to me as you pass by As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you may be, . . Therefore prepare to follow me." Under this, some wag, who could crack his jokes even beneath... | |
 | Robert Bolton - Westchester County (N.Y.) - 1848 - 618 pages
...Joseph Sackett, born April 18th, 1735, and departed this life, December, 1757." " Behold all ye that now pass by," As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me. There are also monuments to Captain Samuel Sackctt, Deacon . Knapp... | |
 | Lorenzo Dow - Methodist Church - 1848 - 940 pages
...some graves, and one near the path had these words on the head stone: Behold, ye strangers, passing by, As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so must you be, Prepare for death and follow me. Also the ancient castles, I saw in Ireland, which were... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1888 - 668 pages
...all hopes of cure He died the 15lh day of August 1785 aged 81 ycare. In Memory of Matthew Robinson Remember me as you pass by As you are now, so once was I Ai I am now, so soon you1 be Prepare yourselves to follow me For in a grave I die Not far from where... | |
 | Genealogy - 1850 - 420 pages
...to £4,062 4s. ANTIQUITY OF AN EPITAPH. In searching for the antiquity of that well known epitaph, " Remember me as you pass by, As you are now so once was was I, As I am now so you must be, Prepare to die and follow me." which, with variations, is to be... | |
 | Bengal (India) - 1851 - 506 pages
...of Condr. John Thompson, who departed this life on the 27th August 1846, aged 57 years and 20 days. Remember me as you pass by, As you are now so once' was 1, As 1 am now so will you be, Prepare for death and follow me. Sacred to the Memory of Catharine Ann,... | |
 | Alfred Nevin - Cumberland County (Pa.) - 1852 - 352 pages
...years." On the footstone, in the same style, is chiselled the following exhortation: " Remember, man, as you pass by, as you are now so once was I; as I am now so must you be; remember, man, that thou must die." Close by the above is another stone, of the same kind,... | |
 | Almon Danforth Hodges - Digital images - 1853 - 80 pages
...of Captain William Hodges. He died June ye 23, AD 1766, in ye 85th year of his age. Behold and see, as you pass by ; As you are now so once was I. As I am so you must be : Prepare for death and follow me. In memory of Mrs. Joanna Hodges, wife of Mr. James... | |
 | Thomas Bridgman - Boston (Mass.) - 1856 - 450 pages
...JOHN DECOSTER, WHO DIED JAN. YE 28lH, 1773 AGED 26 YEAKS. "STOP HERE, MY FRIENDS, AND CAST AN EYB, " AS YOU ARE NOW, SO ONCE WAS I, " AS I AM NOW, SO YOU MUST BE, HERE LIES THE BODY OF MRS. WAITSTILL TROTT, THE WIFE OF MR. THOMAS TROTT, DIED JUNE YE 8TH, 1744, IN... | |
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As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me. 
