A General Volume of Epitaphs,: Original and Selected: with a Large Selection of Striking and Appropriate Texts of Scripture, and an Historical and Moral Essay, on the SubjectJ.W. Parker, 1840 - 165 páginas |
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Página vii
... voice , and wept at the grave of Abner ; and all the people wept , and the King lamented over Abner , and said , Died Abner as a fool dieth ? Thy hands were not bound , nor thy feet put into fetters ; as a man falleth before wicked men ...
... voice , and wept at the grave of Abner ; and all the people wept , and the King lamented over Abner , and said , Died Abner as a fool dieth ? Thy hands were not bound , nor thy feet put into fetters ; as a man falleth before wicked men ...
Página ix
... voices of the multitude , who sang appropriate hymns . When the vast con- course of mourners reached the Church , it was found much too small to contain the dense mass that had been collected , from all the surround- ing country , to ...
... voices of the multitude , who sang appropriate hymns . When the vast con- course of mourners reached the Church , it was found much too small to contain the dense mass that had been collected , from all the surround- ing country , to ...
Página lxi
... voice from heaven seems to admonish us of the short space that intervenes between the cradle and the grave , nor can we avoid the solemn inquiry ? " What cause have we to build on length of life ? " Amidst the universal ravages of death ...
... voice from heaven seems to admonish us of the short space that intervenes between the cradle and the grave , nor can we avoid the solemn inquiry ? " What cause have we to build on length of life ? " Amidst the universal ravages of death ...
Página lxxii
... and of which so very few have ever appeared as Epitaphs , some are to be read as expressing the feelings of surviving friends , and others as a warning voice from the tomb - the voice of one " who being dead lxxii ESSAY .
... and of which so very few have ever appeared as Epitaphs , some are to be read as expressing the feelings of surviving friends , and others as a warning voice from the tomb - the voice of one " who being dead lxxii ESSAY .
Página lxxiii
... voice of one " who being dead yet speaketh . " Whilst not a few are reflec- tions on the shortness of time - the duration of eternity - the uncertainty of life - the near- ness of death - the worth of the soul - and the importance of ...
... voice of one " who being dead yet speaketh . " Whilst not a few are reflec- tions on the shortness of time - the duration of eternity - the uncertainty of life - the near- ness of death - the worth of the soul - and the importance of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abner blessed blest bliss breath burial buried called Canaan cave of Machpelah cheer child chre Christ Christian Church Church of England churchyard city of David coffins dark dead death died divine dust early doom earth earthly Egypt Ephrath epitaphs eternal fade faith fathers fear feelings flower friends funeral glory goeth grace grief hath hear heart heaven heavenly Hebron holy hope hour inscriptions Israel Jesus Jews John xix King laid lament life's live look Lord memory mercy mighty to save mortal mourn never Patriarch peace pious praise pray prayer Psalm purgatory realms reign Rephidim rest saints Saviour Saviour's love seek sepulchres shalt sigh sinner skies sleep slumbers soon sorrow spirit stay stone sweet tears TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE thee thine things thou art thought tomb tree trod truth unto voice weep whilst wisdom wise youth
Pasajes populares
Página 81 - As the winged arrow flies Speedily the mark to find ; As the lightning from the skies Darts, and leaves no trace behind ; Swiftly thus our fleeting days Bear us down life's rapid stream: Upward, Lord, our spirits raise, All below is but a dream.
Página xiv - Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden ; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day ; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
Página xxviii - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Página viii - And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt...
Página 151 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Página liv - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Página xliii - And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
Página 157 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Página 147 - The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : | yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
Página xxxv - ... bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah.