A Manual for Use at Funerals: Consisting of Scripture Readings, Poems, and Prose Selections from Various Sources |
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... dear ones salute him who hath travelled far and returned home safe , so will good deeds welcome him who goes from this world and enters another . Buddhist . What is death ? To be born again an angel of Eternity . Persian ( Buzurdi ) ...
... dear ones salute him who hath travelled far and returned home safe , so will good deeds welcome him who goes from this world and enters another . Buddhist . What is death ? To be born again an angel of Eternity . Persian ( Buzurdi ) ...
Page 83
... dear ? Thy face seems to smile on us in the bosom of death , as if thou wert alive . We see thy glory still , like sunset on a mountain's head . Hindu . He who in the morning has seen the right way , may in the evening die without ...
... dear ? Thy face seems to smile on us in the bosom of death , as if thou wert alive . We see thy glory still , like sunset on a mountain's head . Hindu . He who in the morning has seen the right way , may in the evening die without ...
Page 88
... than to do it . Teach me to pray ; pray thyself in me . O my God ! what is death or life to me ? Life is nothing ; it is even a snare if it be too dear to me . Death can only destroy this house of clay ; it 88 SELECTED THOUGHTS .
... than to do it . Teach me to pray ; pray thyself in me . O my God ! what is death or life to me ? Life is nothing ; it is even a snare if it be too dear to me . Death can only destroy this house of clay ; it 88 SELECTED THOUGHTS .
Page 90
... dear relations , on these beloved chil- dren . Let us be calm in the hope of rejoining him ; let us become patient in it ; let us rejoice in it . Let us cherish the thoughts he would desire ; let us take up again the duties he would ...
... dear relations , on these beloved chil- dren . Let us be calm in the hope of rejoining him ; let us become patient in it ; let us rejoice in it . Let us cherish the thoughts he would desire ; let us take up again the duties he would ...
Page 91
... dear friends , who still pity our tears , rejoice in our smiles , and whisper into our hearts a belief that they are present . The heart bids us believe it possible ; and oh ! what- ever good thing the heart bids us believe , let us do ...
... dear friends , who still pity our tears , rejoice in our smiles , and whisper into our hearts a belief that they are present . The heart bids us believe it possible ; and oh ! what- ever good thing the heart bids us believe , let us do ...
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A. C. Swinburne A. H. Clough Absalom Alfred Tennyson Alice Cary angels Anonymous beautiful behold Blessed breath bright bright promise canst child cloud cometh dark days go dead dear death doth dust earth eternal evermore eyes faint fair faith Father fear feel feet flowers forever Frances Anne Kemble friends gentle Gerald Massey give giveth his beloved glory God's gone grave grief hand hath heart heaven holy hope Horatius Bonar immortal J. G. Whittier Leopold Schefer life's light live look Lord Mary Howitt mercy morning mortal never night o'er pain passed patient peace Poems prayer Quiet Hours righteousness river saith say unto Schaff & Gilman shadow shine sing sleep smile sorrow soul spirit stars strength Sursum Corda sweet tears tender thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thought troubled trust truth voice wait weary weep wisdom