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Page 40
... is for them this consolation : The dead do not suffer . If they live again , their lives will surely be as good as ours . We have no fear . We are all children of the same mother , and the same fate awaits us all 40 BURIAL OF THE DEAD .
... is for them this consolation : The dead do not suffer . If they live again , their lives will surely be as good as ours . We have no fear . We are all children of the same mother , and the same fate awaits us all 40 BURIAL OF THE DEAD .
Page 41
... mother's womb , and naked shall I return the Lord gave , and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord . After this opened Job his mouth , and cursed his day . And Job spake , and said , Let the day perish wherein I was ...
... mother's womb , and naked shall I return the Lord gave , and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord . After this opened Job his mouth , and cursed his day . And Job spake , and said , Let the day perish wherein I was ...
Page 45
... mother for- sake me , then the Lord will take me up . Teach me thy way , O Lord , and lead me in a plain path I had fainted , unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living BURIAL OF THE DEAD . 45.
... mother for- sake me , then the Lord will take me up . Teach me thy way , O Lord , and lead me in a plain path I had fainted , unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living BURIAL OF THE DEAD . 45.
Page 81
... mother gave , in tears and pain , The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above . O , not in cruelty , not in wrath , The Reaper came that day ; ' Twas an angel visited the green ...
... mother gave , in tears and pain , The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above . O , not in cruelty , not in wrath , The Reaper came that day ; ' Twas an angel visited the green ...
Page 96
... fell . She's safe within her Father's house , Where many mansions be ; Oh , pray that thus such rest may come , Dear heart , to thee and me ! Anonymous . Lifted Over . AS TENDER mothers , guiding baby steps 96 POEMS .
... fell . She's safe within her Father's house , Where many mansions be ; Oh , pray that thus such rest may come , Dear heart , to thee and me ! Anonymous . Lifted Over . AS TENDER mothers , guiding baby steps 96 POEMS .
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Amen ANDOVER-HARVARD THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY angels beautiful Behold better birth blessed body born breath bright child children of men Christ cometh comfort dark dead is dead dear death divine doth dwell earth Edwin Arnold eternal evermore evil eyes face fair faith Father fear feet fleeth flesh flowers forever Frances Anne Kemble friends gate George Eliot GEORGE H give giveth glad glory Gone is gone grave grief hands happy HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL hath heart heaven heavenly holy Holy Spirit honor hope immortal Jesus kingdom of God life's lift light live look Lord memory Minister shall say mother mourn mystery night o'er pain peace Plutarch prayer rest say unto servants shine sleep smile sorrow soul spirit stars sweet tears tell tender thee things thou art God thou hast trouble trust truth voice wait weary wedded weep wisdom woman
Popular passages
Page 82 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Page 30 - For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Page 81 - I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves.
Page 31 - And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning.
Page 90 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 12 - And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me, for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
Page 50 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 79 - Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And lo, Creation widened in man's view.
Page 51 - We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump : For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Page 79 - OH may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence...