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PREFACE. 
 
 HE high efteem in which Gothic Art is now held, combined with the fadt 
 that the greater number of the defigns for Churchyard Memorials in this 
 lfyle, which have hitherto been publiffied, are either unfuited to the public 
 tafte, or too coftly for general adoption, has induced the Author to prepare the prefent 
 Series of Original Deligns. As thefe are thoroughly pradtical in their character and 
 capable of being executed at a comparatively fmall coft, while at the fame time they 
 are confiftent with the principles of Gothic Art during its beft period, it is hoped 
 that fuch a work may lead to a widely extended ufe of a clafs of Memorials at 
 once appropriate in themfelves, as well as in harmony with the great majority of 
 our Churches. The Author alfo moft fincerely trufts it will be of fervice to the 
 Clergy generally, but more particularly in rural diftridts, lince it will enable them 
 to diredl the attention of their parifhioners to fuch Memorials as may be confiftent 
 with good tafte, and at the fame time conducive to folemn and profitable thought. 
 Knowing, however, the difficulties fo often experienced in the introdudlion of any 
 new, although far fuperior, clafs of Memorials, the Author has given other defigns 
 of a lefs marked and novel charadter. 
 
 The eafe with which thefe Monuments may be worked out will alfo juftify 
 their being recommended in place of the unfightly and often repulfive ones now 
 fo common in our Churchyards and Cemeteries. 
 
 The Defigns given admit of an almoft endlefs variety of modifications, and thus 
 they may be adapted to various taftes. The idea formerly prevalent of expreffing our 
 one common Chriftian faith, by means of fimple yet fuggeftive fymbols, has been 
 revived in the compofition of the Memorials ; and it will be found that this may 
 very readily be carried out in connexion with the infcriptions they are intended to 
 bear. 
 
 
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preface. 
 
 The Author defires to tender his moft grateful thanks for the kind afliftance he 
 has received in the preparation of this volume, to the Rev. Prebendary Trollope, 
 both for the ufe of his “ Manual of Sepulchral Memorials ,” and for the valuable 
 fervices he has so freely rendered ; to the Rev. Haftings Kelk, for his kind permiflion 
 to extract materials from his ufeful little work, “ The Churchyard Manual to 
 the Rev. Greville J. Chefter, m.a. ; and to John Holland, Efq., and others for their 
 obliging fervices. 
 
 Acknowledging the talents, the learning, and the judicious tafte of the numerous 
 and influential Members of the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society, and 
 having perfonally experienced the greateft kindnefs from them during their annual 
 aflemblages in the counties of Lincoln and Nottingham, the Author gladly takes this 
 opportunity of exprefling his gratitude to that moft defervedly popular Society, and of 
 doing himfelf the honour of dedicating this volume, with the utmoft refpedt, to its 
 Right Reverend Prelident, its Noble Patrons, and its Members in general. 
 
 Brinclif'e, near Sheffield . 
 
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 HE Author of this volume is fully aware of the difficulties attending the 
 production of fuch a Work as this, and that others of far greater name and 
 deeper learning than himfelf have preceded him in the ftudy of Chriftian 
 Art; but yet from a practical knowledge of the fubjeCt he has ventured to write upon, 
 and from experience of the varied treatment that marble, granite, ftone, and metals 
 are capable of, he hopes that fuch a production will be acceptable to the public, and 
 more efpecially that it will meet with the kind approbation of thofe thoughtful 
 leaders of tafte, to whofe quiet but unceafmg labours fo deep a debt of gratitude is 
 owing at the prefent time, although unknown to many and unappreciated by others. 
 
 When treating of Chriftian Memorials or any other fubjeCt conneCled with art 
 or tafte, perhaps no opinion ftands defervedly higher than that of the well-known 
 General Secretary of the Aftociated Midland Counties Architectural Societies. 
 The following fentiments of his, therefore, in reference to the fubjeCt which this 
 volume treats of are gladly quoted : — 
 
 “A defire to honour the graves of holy or great men has exifted from the earlieft 
 period of the world’s hiftory, while fide by fide with this feeling another has alfo 
 been prevalent, viz., that of love towards thofe neareft to us, and who have preceded 
 us to the grave — love, leading us to ereCt memorials over their laft refting places. 
 Hence, in days of old, fprang up the pyramid, or the vaft earthen mound, the maffive 
 cairn, the trilith, or the monolith. Hence, in later times, arofe the effigy of the 
 
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 deceafed, fculptured out of ftone, alabafter, or marble, or delineated with delicate 
 precilion on brafs ; hence the {lately altar tomb, the table and pavement flabs, 
 the crofs fet upon Heps, and the humble headftone, on which either the fymbol of 
 our common Chriftian faith was carved or incifed, or fome other indications of a 
 Chriflian profeffion. 
 
 “ The character of thefe memorials, whether the offspring of refpeCt or love, 
 varied with the progrefs, of architecture. Rude and maffive at firft, they were 
 gradually moulded into better forms as tafte and knowledge increafed, until at 
 length the anonymous rough ftone became a fculptured monument, fpeaking to the 
 eye and intellect as well as of the hiftory of the dead fo commemorated. Hence the 
 early monolith was the rough progenitor of the well-proportioned fhaft, fupporting 
 either the figure of our Lord upon the Crofs, or the inftruments of his precious 
 death. Hence the coarfe flab was fuperfeded by one of a more fkilful type, whofe 
 legend was expreffive of the hope or the prayer of the deceafed by means of its fhort 
 but fufficient infcription. 
 
 “ In an artiftic point of view there was a progrefiive and retrograde move- 
 ment in the character of monuments, contemporary with the rife and fall of Gothic 
 architecture. Previous to the Reformation that fcience had funk into a Rate of 
 decadence, when the introduction of a fpurious quafi-claflical ftyle had been grafted 
 upon the one that had grown up and flourilhed fo fuccefsfully on our Engliih foil. 
 After that great change had taken place the claffical element gradually {Lengthened, 
 and the Ipirit of Gothic architecture for a while was entirely crufhed out. 
 
 “ Happily, however, during the prefent century, at firft through the ftudies and 
 labours of Britton, Rickman and Pugin, and more lately through the brilliant genius 
 of Scott and the fchool of exifting Gothic architects, our churches have been more or 
 lefs relcued from the incongruous treatment they had received during the real dark 
 age of Englifh Ecclefiaftical architecture, and have thaken off the unfeemly clothing 
 by which many of them had been fo fadly difguifed ; while thofe that are now built, 
 rebuilt, or reftored — -at leaft as a rule — are made to affume more appropriate and more 
 beautiful forms, and this in a ftyle that has become endeared to Engliflimen generally, 
 and almoft univerfally pronounced to be the one belt adapted to that purpofe. 
 
 “The fame change is developing itfelf in the character of the memorials of 
 the dead, whether intended for internal or external ufe. Until lately the alpeCt of our 
 graveyards was almoft univerfally marred by the ftrange or repulfive character of 
 
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 their monuments, and as yet the mod deplorable medley of bad and indifferent 
 fpecimens are ftill mingled with the few good ; the heathen pillar, or urn, the 
 idolatrous Egyptian obelifk, the ludicrous winged heads, fuppofed to reprefent 
 heavenly beings, but which would difgrace humanity if realized, the large gilt- 
 lettered llate, or the taffelefs flab, abounding with unmeaning, vain, or even profane 
 fentiments infcribed upon them, being ftill predominant. 
 
 “ It is, therefore, with a view to aid in ededting a change from bad to good 
 in connexion with our fepulchral monuments that the Clergy are beffirring themfelves 
 as the legal guardians of our Parifh Churchyards, while the more thoughtful of the 
 Laity agree with them in defiring to fee a more evident Chriftian character within 
 the precindts of our Churches, beneath whofe fhadow the Chriftian dead are repofing.” 
 
 The ideas fuggefted by a walk through many of our modern cemeteries are 
 humiliating in the extreme, owing to the recklednefs and thoughtleffnefs there 
 exhibited in the feledtion of memorials eredted to the memory of perfons profeffing 
 Chriftianity — for we cannot for a moment fuppofe that any one who had given 
 the flighted: confideration to fuch a fubjedt would have deliberately eredfed a tomb 
 which feems to proclaim to paffers-by that he whofe body refts below died in 
 pagan darknefs, having no hope beyond the grave. 
 
 Let us pafs through the not unufual Egyptian gateway, or claffical colonnade 
 of our cemeteries, (fit entrance to fuch a fcene,) and what do we find ? obelifks, 
 Greek cenotaphs, decorated with fkulls of rams and garlands — catacombs, whofe 
 doors are flanked with inverted torches — columns and fhads of various kinds, fur- 
 mounted by cinerary urns, as if to intimate that cremation was dill in vogue ; 
 and vafes with flames iffuing from them, befides many other devices for which 
 the imagination fails to difcover any meaning. 
 
 But by far the mod common modern memorial is the headdone, which in many 
 indances appears to conditute a placard for the display of fulfome laudations of the 
 deceafed and their many virtues ; while hour glades, fkulls, eroded bones, feythes, 
 pudy-faced cherubs, inverted torches, urns or vafes, and pediments covered by 
 drapery, &c., are their ufual emblematical ornaments. 
 
 In fome of our modern Cemeteries the graves are arranged in rows, each 
 alternate one confiding (through definite regulations to that ededt) of headdones 
 which are ufually above three feet wide and five or fix feet high, (making, therefore, 
 almod folid walls of inferiptions,) the owners of graves in the intermediate rows 
 
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 being compelled to put down flat ftones, for the highly utilitarian purpofe of being 
 ufed as walks between the rows, but rendering ornamentation almofl: impoflible. 
 What a different feeling dictated the law made by Keneth, King of Scotland, for the 
 employment of carving on monuments and graveftones : — “ Efteem (faid he) every 
 fepulchre or graveftone facred and adorn it with the fign of the Crofs, which take 
 care you do not fo much as tread on.” 
 
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 While with us until lately, the Crofs, which beyond all others is beft fuited to 
 indicate the laft refting place of a Chriftian — that Crofs, telling its touching ftory 
 of the Redeemer’s love to fallen man — that emblem fo full of confolation to the 
 mourner, fo full of folemn teaching and admonition to the living, was almofl entirely 
 abfent. But why fhould not the blefled fymbol of the Saviour’s sacrifice be freely 
 adopted, proclaiming as it does the mercy and love of God towards penitent finners ? 
 What fhall prevent our uflng this glorious fign in token of our reliance upon Chrifl, 
 when we defire to denote that l'pot of earth wherein is committed the dear remains 
 of thofe “ Who departed this life in faith and fear,” and bore the Chriftian name ? 
 
 The late Dr. Armftrong, Bifhop of Grahamftown, says: — “I think it juft 
 poflible to conceive a mind that would refufe fymbolifm altogether ; but it is a thing 
 moft ftrange, moft inconfiftent, that while people now-a-days object to the outward 
 figns and types of hope and faith, there has never been any popular outcry raifed 
 againft the outward figns and emblems of heathen fuperftition and infidelity. Chrif- 
 tian tombs are everywhere marked with infidelity, (as urns and inverted torches ;) 
 pious people rejoice in the mark, while the Crofs is deemed a badge of fuperftition 
 and an approach to dodtrinal corruption.” 
 
 And again : — “ Beautiful, indeed, would be our green Churchyards were fuch 
 monuments as thefe — Croffes of grey ftone — fcattered under the dark yews, while 
 the villager, with thefe fimple and meaning figns, would find truly ‘ Sermons in 
 ftones’ and Chriftian docftrine meeting him on his Sunday path. Look at our own 
 Cemetery (Exeter) with its varied and hilly ground, how changed would be the now 
 dreary profpedl were it ftudded, not with a cold white pavement of tombs, but with 
 a hundred Crofles riling in a hundred varieties of form, fome tall and graceful, others 
 thick and maflive, fome rich with ornament, others ftern and fimple.” 
 
 The Rev. Prebendary Trollope, in his “ Manual of Sepulchral Memorials ,” in 
 delcribing the modern ridiculous and meaninglefs disfigurement of our Churchyards, 
 fays : — “ The turban marks the Mahometan’s grave, the Crofs that of the Greek and 
 
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 other Chriftian nations, but what is there in the form of a vaft flab (now ufually 
 feledted to ftand at the head of Britifh graves) to proclaim the faith of our dead ? 
 Nor will a clofer infpedtion redtify this ; the ornamentation of our tombftones fpeak- 
 ing no more of what they ought to fpeak, than their general outline. We fhall find 
 ridiculous heads cut in relief, with flourifhes below, intended to defignate wings ; 
 whilft fkulls, thigh bones, picks and fpades, appear limply to point to the fexton’s 
 duties, who has no foul beyond them.” 
 
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 The Rev. F. Paget, in his excellent little “ TraBt upon Tombjiones ,” speaking of 
 the one emblem which, in the earlieft ages of the Church, marked the believer’s 
 grave, well delcribes it as “ perfectly unobjectionable, perfectly appropriate, full of 
 folemnity, full of confolation ; which raifes hope, and dries the tear, and turns 
 mourning into gratitude : which, while it reminds us that we are linners, reminds us 
 of the means of pardon ; which, while it fhews us the penalty of fin, and thereby • 
 humbles us to the duft, at the fame time cheers with the thought of Him who paid 
 the penalty ; who rofe triumphant from the grave, who is the relfurredtion and the 
 life, who will change our vile bodies and raife them from the dull:, who hath hallowed 
 the grave and gate of death into the paffage of immortality; and who having Himfelf 
 overcome the fharpnefs of death, hath opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers. 
 That emblem I need fcarcely obferve is the Crofs — that emblem (alas ! that I fhould 
 fay it) is almoft never to be feen on our monuments or in our Churchyards. * * 
 
 Let the Infidel, and the Puritan, and the Schifmatic, hate and oppole all exhibition of 
 the fymbol of Redemption to the eyes of men ; but let every true fon of the Church 
 of England cherifh it as ‘the inheritance of his fathers,’ and as the fign he moft 
 honours — that which was marked upon his brow in holy Baptifm, which is the 
 fource of his hopes while living, and which he delires fhall hallow his laft earthly 
 refting place.” 
 
 In the defcription of the Memorials of the early Chriftian Church, in the 
 lapidarian gallery at Rome, given by Dr. Maitland in his interefting work on “ The 
 Church in the Catacombs ,” he remarks that belides the gentle and amiable fpirit every 
 where breathed, the diftindtive character of thefe remains is eftentially ChriJUan. “The 
 name of Chrift is repeated in an endlefs variety of forms, and the adtions of His life 
 are figured in every degree of rudenefs of execution. The fecond perfon of the 
 Trinity is neither viewed in the Jewifh light of a temporal Meffiah, nor degraded to 
 the Socinian eftimate of a mere example, but is inverted with all the honours of a 
 Redeemer. On this subjedt there is no referve, no heathenifh fuppreflion of the 
 
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 diftinguifhing feature of our religion; on ftones innumerable appears “The Good 
 Shepherd,” bearing on his fhoulders the recovered fheep, by which many an illiterate 
 believer exprefled his fenfe of perfonal falvation. One, according to his epitaph, 
 “Sleeps in Chrift.” Another is buried with a prayer that “She may live in the Lord 
 Jefus.” But, mod; of all, the Cross in its fimpleft form is employed to teftify the 
 faith of the deceafed; and whatever ignorance may have prevailed regarding the 
 letter of Holy Writ, or the more myfterious dodtrines contained in it, there feems to 
 have been no want of apprehenfion of that facrifice “Whereby alone we obtain 
 remifiion of our lins, and are made partakers of the kingdom of heaven.” 
 
 Of how few of our modern Englifh Cemeteries could this be faid ; were the 
 people to be judged by the fymbols placed over their graves, inftead of teftifying of a 
 nation abounding in Gofpel privileges they would appear to have lived in almoft 
 heathen darknefs without the glorious hope of immortality, feeing how much there is 
 that favours of heathenilm and death — nothing that tells of Him who has fuftained 
 the trufting weary foul in life’s dark valley, or that points to Him who is the believ- 
 er’s hope, the refurredtion and the life. 
 
 The ancient Memorials of England were not open to this charge. .Though 
 many were without name and infcription, yet they ftill had their leffon to teach to 
 fucceeding generations, fpeaking, as has been well faid, “more juftly and eloquently 
 than long and laboured epitaphs.” “The Crofs upon them tells that a Chriftian lies in 
 the grave beneath, its flowery form fpeaks of hope and triumph through the Crofs ; 
 the lamb at the bafe of one fpeaks to the moft unlettered Chriftian of the Lamb of 
 God, who bore the Crofs for us, and that we muft take up our Crofs and follow Him 
 in felf-denial here, if we would follow him to glory hereafter ; the dragon at the bafe 
 of another, pierced through by the fhaft of the Crofs, tells how Chrift pierced the 
 ferpent’s head, and how we muft overcome fin and Satan through the Crofs ; the 
 myftic fifli upon another diredts our thoughts to “Jefus Chrift, the Son of God, the 
 Saviour and thefe fermons in ftones are the more impreflive for being thus fym- 
 bolically given ; they fpeak to the imagination and to the heart as well as to the 
 reafon. Again, the fword or the paftoral ftaff, befide the Crofs, fays more eloquently 
 than words, here lieth a Chriftian Warrior, whofe warfare is done — a Chriftian bifhop 
 who has refigned his ftaff into the hands of the Great Shepherd ; it matters little that 
 we know not their names, they are written we truft in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”* 
 
 Surely the teftimony we leave to fucceeding generations fhould be a matter of 
 
 * “ Manual of Sepulchral Slabs and CrolTes,” by the Rev. Edward Cutts, B.A. 
 
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 fome moment to us, as the Churchyard Memorial is a filent and powerful monitor, 
 and may exercife its influence for weal or woe to thoufands yet unborn. How 
 important does it then become that it fhould bear truthful tedimony. Whild honed: 
 witnefs is borne to the departed, let the memorial breathe forth fomething of love and 
 mercy to the believer, or of admonition and warning to the carelefs liver ; and thus 
 become a “ favour of life unto life, or death unto death,” for the great day alone fhall 
 make manifed how far thefe memorials fhall have contributed to the fulfilment of 
 God’s purpoles of grace to this fallen world. 
 
 The monuments of the Churchyard ought themfelves to tell of the fanbtity of 
 the place, and that it is a Chridian’s reding place, fo that although the legends we cut 
 upon them fliould not endure, in accordance with the words of the poet — 
 
 “ The record some fond hand hath traced. 
 
 To mark thy burial spot. 
 
 The lichen will have soon effaced. 
 
 To write thy doom — Forgot.” 
 
 If the fymbol of our redemption is there, “ the very dones will cry out,” and 
 although time-worn, will fpeak of a Chrifian burial place, in which they are 
 erecded. If, then, as Chridian men and women “We borrow not as others 
 without hope,” let us not cover our monuments with every fymbol of defpair, or with 
 heathen devices. If we are not afhamed of the dodxine, neither let us be adiamed of 
 the fymbol of the Crofs of Chrid, but rather let us cherifh it in “ dear remembrance 
 of our dying Lord,” edeeming it a privilege to be thus able to proclaim our precious 
 trud in Him who so freely gave himfelf for us, that we through His death might 
 attain unto everlading life. There are many appropriate fymbols which may be ufed 
 as adjuncts, or ornaments, to Chridian monuments, and which indicate more or lefs 
 fome of the leading characderidics of the deceafed whofe bodies repofe below, while 
 there are others that indicate their Chridian profeldon ; but as there is one bond 
 which unites Chridians of all denominations together in one loving brotherhood, 
 and that is the Crofs of Chrid, it is in no feftarian or party fpirit that the free ufe 
 of that holy and comforting fymbol has been recommended by fo many pious and 
 wife men of God in connexion with the ornamentation of memorials of the Chris- 
 tian dead, but becaufe it is through the Crofs of Chrid that we alone have hope, 
 through it, that we can only have falvation. 
 
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Inscriptions 
 
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 Christian Jit cm o rials. 
 
 S an infcription on a Memorial is a permanent record, to be read by generations 
 to come, it is important that it ihould be carefully expreifed, and that it 
 ihould contain no fentiment or doctrine at variance with the teaching of God’s Word. 
 It is recommended that each infcription, before being engraved, ihould be fubmitted 
 to the Clergyman of the diftrid:, who will, doubtlefs, not only be willing, but from 
 his calling and education will be well qualified to give advice on the fubjed. 
 
 The Lettering on Churchyard Memorials requires careful attention, it ihould 
 be iimple and concife, no ufelefs repetition of names, or any expreffion which might 
 be conftrued into fulfome eulogy. Affedion often, in fulnefs of heart, infcribes 
 that which to the general reader may become matter for pleafantry or fubjed for 
 bitter farcafm, and though a well-meant tribute it is rarely appreciated. A variety 
 of Scripture Texts and Epitaphs are given for felection when fuch are required. 
 When the former is found to exprefs the defired fentiment it is much to be preferred 
 to the latter. Two fheets of Alphabets are given for the letter-cutter’s guidance, with 
 an illuftrative infcription in each kind of Alphabet, ihewing how capital letters 
 ihould be employed in each cafe, and how colour ihould be ufed. Alphabet No. 2 
 is recommended, but Alphabet No. 1 may be ufed where greater legibility is deiired. 
 An example of the manner in which infcriptions ihould be arranged on Headftones 
 is given in Plate 16, alfo on the Coped Tombs in Plates 33, 35, &c. 
 
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 In Thee, O Lord, do I hope. 
 
 And now, Lord, what wait I for ? my hope is in Thee. 
 
 Thou art my hope, O Lord God. 
 
 Thou art my hiding-place and my shield : I hope in Thy word. 
 
 I wait for the Lord, my sold doth wait, and in His word do I hope. 
 
 The righteous hath hope in his death. 
 
 Rejoicing in hope. 
 
 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 
 
 In hope of eternal life ; which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began 
 
 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ 
 
 Titus ii. 13. 
 
 Psalm xxxviii. 15. 
 Psalm xxxix. 7. 
 Psalm nxxi. 5. 
 Psalm cxix. 1 14. 
 
 Psalm cxxx. 5. 
 Proverbs xiv. 32. 
 Romans xii. 12. 
 Philippians in. 11. 
 Titus i. 2. 
 
 Siattij. 
 
 The Lord killeth, and maketli alive : he bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up. 1 Samuel n. 6. 
 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer. 2 Samuel xxii. 2. 
 
 The God of my rock ; in him will I trust : he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high 
 tower, and my refuge, my saviour. 2 Samuel xxir. 3. 
 
 Thou art my lamp, O Lord : and the Lord will lighten my darkness. 2 Samuel xxii. 29. 
 
 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Job xiii. 15. 
 
 I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. 
 
 Job xix. 25. 
 
 In my flesh shall I see God : whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold. Job xix. 26, 27. 
 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : but now mine eye seeth thee. Job xlii. 5. 
 
 Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there 
 are pleasures for evermore. Psalm xvi. 11. 
 
 The Lord is my strength, in whom I will trust. Psalm xvm. 2. 
 
 The Lord is my shepherd ; I shall not want. Psalm xxm. 1. 
 
 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust. Psalm xxxi. 1. 
 
 I trust in the Lord. Psalm xxxi. 6. 
 
 Thou art my hiding place ; thou shalt preserve me from trouble ; thou shalt compass me about with 
 
 songs of deliverance. Psalm xxxii. 7. 
 
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 Thou shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. 
 
 Psalm lxxi. 20. 
 
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 Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. 
 
 He is my refuge and my fortress : my God ; in him will I trust. 
 
 Under his wings shalt thou trust ; his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 
 Thou art my hiding place and my shield : I hope in thy word. 
 
 With the Lord there is mercy : and with him is plenteous redemption. 
 
 Psalm lxxxxi. 26. 
 Psalm xci. 2. 
 Psalm xci. 4. 
 Psalm cxix. 114. 
 Psalm cxxx. 7. 
 
 In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence ; and his children shall have a place of refuge. 
 
 Proverbs xiv. 26. 
 
 I know whom I have believed. 2 Timothy i. 12. 
 
 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 
 
 Ecclesiastes xn. 7. 
 
 He will swallow up death in victory ; and the Lord will wipe away tears from off all faces. 
 
 Isaiah xxv. 8. 
 
 It shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God ; we have waited for him, and he will save us ; this 
 is the Lord ; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. 
 
 Isaiah xxv. 9. 
 
 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Isaiah xxvi. 19. 
 
 Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust : for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast 
 out the dead. Isaiah xxvi. 19. 
 
 The ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their 
 heads : they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 
 
 Isaiah xxxv. 10. 
 
 They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength ; they shall mount up with wings as eagles. 
 
 Isaiah xl. 31. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones ; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye 
 shall live. Ezekiel xxxvii. 5. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that 
 they may live. Ezekiel xxxvii. 9. 
 
 Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come out of your graves, and bring 
 you into the land of Israel. Ezekiel xxxvii. 12. 
 
 He will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Hosea vi. 2. 
 
 The just shall live by liis faith. Habakkuk ii. 4. 
 
 He shall send his angels with a great shout of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect 
 from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other. Matthew xxiv. 31. 
 
 Mine eyes have seen thy salvation. Luke n. 30. 
 
 Why seek ye the living among the dead? Luke xxiv. 5. 
 
 God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should 
 not perish, but have everlasting life. John nr. 16. 
 
 I am the resurrection and the life ; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. 
 
 John xi. 25. 
 
 Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. John xi. 26. 
 
 Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abidetli alone : but if it die, it bringeth forth 
 much fruit. John xn. 24. 
 
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 We believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved. Acts xv. 11. 
 
 Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans v. 1. 
 
 The wages of sin is death ; but the gift of God is eternal life through J esus Christ our Lord. 
 
 • Romans vi. 23. 
 
 Who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 Romans vii. 24, 25. 
 
 He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that 
 dwelleth in you. Romans vm. 11. 
 
 I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which 
 shall be revealed in us. Romans vm. 18. 
 
 If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and slialt believe in thine heart that God hath 
 raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Romans x. 9. 
 
 Now we see through a glass, darkly ; but then face to face : now I know in part ; but then shall I 
 know even as I am known. 1 Corinthians xiii. 12. 
 
 Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. 
 
 1 Corinthians xv. 20. 
 
 Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 1 Corinthians xv. 21. 
 
 As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians xv. 22. 
 
 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 1 Corinthians xv. 26. 
 
 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. 1 Corinthians xv. 51, 52. 
 
 This corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 
 
 1 Corinthians xv. 53. 
 
 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory ? 1 Corinthians xv. 55. 
 
 We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. Galatians v. 5. 
 
 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to 
 the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. Philippians hi. 21. 
 
 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the 
 
 saints in light. 
 
 Colossians i. 12. 
 
 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his 
 dear Son ; in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins. 
 
 Colossians i. 13, 14. 
 
 If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring 
 with him. 1 Thessalonians iv. 14. 
 
 The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with 
 the trump of God : and the dead in Christ shall rise first. 1 Thessalonians iv. 1 6. 
 
 Our Lord Jesus Christ died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 
 
 1 Thessalonians v. 9, 10. 
 
 I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have 
 committed unto him against that day. 2 Timothy i. 12. 
 
 If we be dead with him, we shall also live with him. 2 Timothy ii. 11. 
 
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 Christ was once offered to hear the sins of many ; and unto them that look for him shall he appear 
 the second time, without sin unto salvation. Hebrews ix. 28. 
 
 Here we have no continuing city, hut we seek one to come. Hebrews xm. 14. 
 
 Receiving the end of your faith even the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter i. 9. 
 
 We according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 
 
 2 Peter hi. 13. 
 
 The world passeth away, and the lust thereof : but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 
 
 1 John ii. 17. 
 
 We have passed from life unto death. 
 
 1 John in. 14. 
 
 ^cstrjnatton. 
 
 1 Samuel in. 18. 
 
 It is the Lord : let him do what seemeth him good. 
 
 We must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. 
 
 2 Samuel xiv. 14. 
 
 As for God, his way is perfect : the word of the Lord is tried ; he is a buckler to all them that trust 
 in him. 2 ' Samuel xxn. 31. 
 
 Job i. 21. 
 Job ix. 12. 
 
 The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. 
 
 He taketh away. 
 
 They that know thy name will put their trust in thee ; for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that 
 seek thee. Psalm ix. 10. 
 
 I was dumb ; I opened not my mouth ; because Thou didst it. . Psalm xxxix. 9. 
 
 Thou which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up 
 again from the depths of the earth. Psalm lxxi. 20. 
 
 Mine eyes are unto Thee, O God the Lord : in Thee is my trust ; leave not my soul destitute. 
 
 All go unto one plaee ; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 
 
 Psalm cxli. 8. 
 Ecclesiastes in. 20. 
 
 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble ; and he knoweth them that trust in him. 
 
 Nahum i. 7. 
 
 With Christ, which is far better. 
 
 Into Thy hands I commend my spirit. 
 
 The will of the Lord be done. 
 
 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing. 
 
 Having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ. 
 
 Philippians i. 23. 
 Luke xxiii. 46. 
 Acts xxi. 14. 
 2 Corinthians vi. 10. 
 Philippians I. 23. 
 
 I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow 
 not, even as others which have no hope. 1 Thessalonians iv. 13. 
 
 Surely I come quickly : Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Pevelations xxn. 20. 
 
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 Thy right hand hath holden me up. Psalm xviii. 35. 
 
 The Lord is my lights and my salvation. Psalm xxvn. 1. 
 
 My soul shall be joyful in the Lord : it shall rejoice in his salvation. Psalm xxxv. 9. 
 
 In God have I put my trust. Psalm lvi. 1 ] . 
 
 Thou hast delivered my soul from death. Psalm lvi. 13. 
 
 My flesh and my heart faileth : but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. 
 
 Psalm lxxiii. 26. 
 
 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : he shall preserve thy soul. Psalm cxxi. 7. 
 
 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Psalm oxxiv. 8. 
 
 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid. Isaiah xii. 2. 
 
 He will swallow up death in victory ; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces. 
 
 Isaiah xxv. 8. 
 
 We have waited for him, and he will save us. Isaiah xxv. 9. 
 
 The Lord is our judge — he will save us. Isaiah xxxin. 22. 
 
 Come, ye blessed of my Bather, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the 
 
 world. 
 
 For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 
 
 Matthew xxv. 34. 
 Philippians i. 21. 
 
 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 
 
 Colossians in. 4. 
 
 When the chief shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 
 
 1 Peter v. 4. 
 
 They shall see his face, and his name shall be in their foreheads. 
 
 The Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign for ever and ever. 
 
 Revelations xxii. 4. 
 Revelations xxii. 5. 
 
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 I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servants. 
 
 Hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servant. * 
 
 Think upon me, my God, for good. 
 
 O Lord deliver my soul : O save me for thy mercies’ sake. 
 
 Have mercy upon me, 0 Lord. 
 
 Be not thou far from me, O Lord : O my strength, haste thee to help me. 
 Kedeem me, and be merciful unto me. 
 
 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. 
 
 Forsake me not, O Lord, O my God, be not far from me. 
 
 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness, according unto 
 tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 
 
 2 Samuel xxiv. 10. 
 1 Kings vm. 3G. 
 Neliemiah v. 19. 
 Psalm vi. 4. 
 Psalm ix. 13. 
 Psalm xxii. 19. 
 Psalm xxvi. 11. 
 Psalm xxxm. 22. 
 Psalm xxxviii. 21. 
 
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 Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalm li. 7. 
 
 Make me to hear joy and gladness ; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Psalm lx. 8. 
 
 Save me, O God, by thy name. Psalm liv. 1. 
 
 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me : for my soul trusteth in thee : yea, in the shadow 
 of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. 
 
 God be merciful unto us and bless us ; and cause his face to shine upon us. 
 
 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it. 
 
 Make haste, O God, to deliver me ; make haste to help me, O Lord. 
 
 Thou ai't my help and my deliverer ; O Lord make no tarrying. 
 
 O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in Thee. 
 
 0 Lord, I beseech Thee deliver my soul. 
 
 1 am thine, save me, for I have sought thy precepts. 
 
 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy. 
 
 Let my supplication come before tlice : deliver me according to thy word. 
 
 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee. 
 
 Enter not into judgment with thy servant : for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 
 
 Psalm cxliii. 2. 
 
 O Lord be gracious unto us ; we have waited for thee. 
 
 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed ; save me, and I shall be saved. 
 
 O Lord, hear ; O Lord forgive. 
 
 Thy kingdom come. 
 
 Thy will be done. 
 
 Lord, save me. 
 
 Lord, help me. 
 
 Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David. 
 
 Lord, remember me. 
 
 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence 
 of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, 
 dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Jade, 24, 25. 
 
 Psalm lvii. 1. 
 Psalm lxvii. 1. 
 Psalm lxix. 18. 
 Psalm lxx. 1. 
 Psalm lxx. 5. 
 Psalm lxxxvi. 2. 
 Psalm cxvi. 4. 
 Psalm cxix. 94. 
 Psalm cxix. 124. 
 Psalm cxix. 170. 
 Psalm cxix. 175. 
 
 Isaiah xxxin. 2. 
 Jeremiah xvii. 14. 
 Daniel ix. 19. 
 Matthew vi. 10. 
 Matthew vi. 10. 
 Matthew xiv. 30. 
 Matthew xv. 25. 
 Matthew xv. 22. 
 Luke xxiii. 42. 
 
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 Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been. Genesis xlvii. 9. 
 
 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalm li. 7. 
 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Psalm li. 9. 
 
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 I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 
 
 I will give thee rest. 
 
 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath arc the everlasting anus. 
 
 The Lord your God hath given you rest. 
 
 Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel. 
 
 Thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace. 
 
 He is gone in peace. 
 
 I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, 
 and shall be moved no more. 
 
 There the wicked cease from troubling ; and there the weary be at rest. 
 
 There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again. 
 
 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble ? 
 
 I laid me down and slept ; I awaked ; for the Lord sustained me. 
 
 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord : thy blessing is upon thy people. 
 
 He hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, neither hath he hid his face from 
 him ; but when he cried unto him, he heard. Psalm xxii. 24. 
 
 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants ; and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. 
 
 Psalm xxxiv. 22. 
 
 The Lord knoweth the days of the upright; and their inheritance shall be for ever. Psalm xxxvn. 18. 
 
 Though he fall lie shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 
 
 Psalm xxxvn. 24. 
 
 Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 
 
 Psalm cxvi. 8. 
 
 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Psalm exxvi. 5. 
 
 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, 
 bringing his sheaves with him. Psalm exxvi. 0. 
 
 He giveth his beloved sleep. 
 
 Genesis xv. 1 . 
 Exodus xxxiii. 14. 
 Deuteronomy xxxiii. 27. 
 
 Joshua i. 13. 
 
 1 Kings vm. 56. 
 2 Kings xxii. 20. 
 
 2 Samuel in. 23. 
 
 1 Chronicles xvn. 9. 
 Job hi. 17. 
 Job xrv. 7. 
 Job xxxiv. 29. 
 Psalm in. 5. 
 Psalm in. 8. 
 
 There is forgiveness with thee. 
 
 Psalm c xxvii. 2. 
 Psalm exxx. 4. 
 
 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him, he also will hear their cry, and will save them. 
 
 Psalm cxlv. 19. 
 
 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God. 
 
 Psalm cxlvi. 5. 
 
 The Lord raiseth them that are bowed dow r n. Psalm cxlvi. 8. 
 
 The righteous hath hope in his death. Proverbs xiv. 32. 
 
 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee. Isaiah xxvi. 3. 
 
 He will come and save you. Isaiah xxxv. 4. 
 
 I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith the Lord. Jeremiah xv. 20. 
 
 Their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not sorrow any more at all. Jeremiah xxxi. 12. 
 
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 I will ransom them from the power of the grave, I will redeem them from death. Hosea xm. 14. 
 
 The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and he knoweth them that trust in him. 
 
 Nahum, i. 7. 
 
 My covenant was with him for life and peace ; and I gave them to him, for the fear wherewith he 
 
 Malaclii n. 5. 
 Matthew v. 3. 
 Matthew v. 4. 
 Matthew xi. 29. 
 Matthew xi. 28. 
 Matthew xm. 30. 
 Mattheiv xvni. 11. 
 Luke iv. 10. 
 Luke viii. 52. 
 
 feared me, and was afraid before my name. 
 
 Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted. 
 
 Ye shall find rest unto your souls. 
 
 Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 
 
 Gather the wheat into my barn. 
 
 The Son of man is come to save that which was lost. 
 
 He shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee. 
 
 She is not dead, hut sleepeth. 
 
 I give unto them eternal life ; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of 
 my hand. John x. 28. 
 
 Where I am, there shall also my servant he. John xn. 26. 
 
 God commendetli his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 
 
 Romans v. 8. 
 
 Being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Romans v. 9. 
 
 If we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his 
 resurrection. Romans vi. 5. 
 
 If we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. Romans vi. 8. 
 
 Bor I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory 
 which shall be revealed in us. Romans viii. ] 8. 
 
 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also 
 freely give us all things ? Romans viii. 32. 
 
 Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans x. 13. 
 
 To this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and 
 living. Romans xiv. 9. 
 
 Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God 
 hath prepared for them that love him. 1 Corinthians ii. 9. 
 
 It is sown in corruption ; it is raised in incorruption. 1 Corinthians xv. 42. 
 
 It is sown in dishonour ; it is raised in glory. 1 Corinthians xv. 43. 
 
 It is sown in weakness ; it is raised in power. 1 Corinthians xv. 43. 
 
 It is sown a natural body ; it is raised a spiritual body. 1 Corinthians xv. 44. 
 
 As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 
 
 1 Corinthians xv. 49. 
 
 The dead shall be raised incorruptible. 
 Death is swallowed up in victory. 
 
 1 Corinthians xv. 52. 
 1 Corinthians xv. 54. 
 
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 Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians xv. 57. 
 
 I would not have you to he ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow 
 not, even as others which have no hope. 1 Thessalonians iv. 13. 
 
 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to 
 save sinners. 1 Timothy i. 15. 
 
 The Lord knoweth them that are his. 2 Timothy n. 19. 
 
 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. Hebrews iv. 9. 
 
 There remaineth a rest for the people of God. Hebreivs iv. 9. 
 
 God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his 
 name. Hebrews vi. 1 0. 
 
 He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever livetli to 
 make intercession for them. Hebrews vii. 25. 
 
 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy 
 hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 
 to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadetli not away. 1 Peter i. 3, 4. 
 
 We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous : and he is the propitiation for our 
 sins. 1 John ii. 1, 2. 
 
 The darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. 1 John n. 8 . 
 
 It doth not yet appear what we shall be : but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like 
 him ; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John in. 2. 
 
 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into 
 the world, that we might live through him. 1 John iv. 9. 
 
 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am 
 set down with my Father in his throne. Bevelation in. 21. 
 
 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more ; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any 
 heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them 
 unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. 
 
 Bevelation vii. 16, 17. 
 
 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth : yea, saith the Spirit, that they may 
 rest from their labours ; and their works do follow them. Bevelation xiv. 13. 
 
 God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor 
 crying, neither shall there be any more pain : for the former things are passed away. 
 
 Bevelation xxi. 4. 
 
 Behold, I come quickly ; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his Work shall he. 
 
 Bevelation xxn. 12. 
 
 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may 
 enter in through the gates into the city. Bevelation xxii. 14. 
 
 
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 The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under 
 
 whose wings thou art come to trust. 
 
 Ruth ii. 12. 
 
 The Lord was with him. 
 
 1 Samuel m. 19. 
 
 The memory of the just is blessed. 
 
 Proverbs x. 7. 
 
 Because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. 
 
 Puke xix. 17. 
 
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 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. 
 
 Job xxi. 23. 
 
 Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 
 
 Proverbs xxvii. 1. 
 
 Be ye also ready : for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 
 
 Matthew xxiv. 44. 
 
 Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 
 
 
 Matthew xxv. 13. 
 
 Take ye heed, watch and pray : for ye know not when the time is. 
 
 Mark xiii. 33. 
 
 Ye know not what shall be on the morrow. 
 
 James iv. 14. 
 
 What is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 
 
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 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. 
 
 Psalm xvm: 16. 
 
 Save me, 0 God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 
 
 Psalm lxix. 1. 
 
 The floods have lifted up, 0 Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves. 
 
 The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the 
 
 mighty waves of 
 
 the sea. 
 
 Psalm xciii. 3, 4. 
 
 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they 
 
 be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. Psalm cvn. 29, 30. 
 
 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, 0 Lord. 
 
 Psalm cxxx. 1. 
 
 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee. 
 
 Isaiah xliii. 2. 
 
 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul : the depth closed me round about — yet hast thou 
 
 brought up my life from corruption, 0 Lord my God. 
 
 Jonah ii, 5, 6. 
 
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 Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace ; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 
 
 Genesis xv. 15. 
 
 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his 
 
 season. Job v. 26. 
 
 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. 
 
 Proverbs xvi. 31. 
 
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 In that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of 
 
 obscurity, and out of darkness. 
 
 Isaiali xxix. 18. 
 
 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be 
 
 unstopped. Isaiah xxxv. 5. 
 
 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing. 
 
 Isaiah xxxv. 6. 
 
 I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not ; I will lead them in 
 
 paths that they have not 
 
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 Isaiah xlii. 16. 
 
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 The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. Genesis xxxi. 49. 
 
 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. 
 
 Ruth i. 1 7. 
 
 Save us, 0 God of our salvation, and gather us together. 
 
 1 Chronicles xvi. 35. 
 
 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke. Ezekiel xxiv. 16. 
 
 
 
 I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. 
 
 2 Samuel xn. 23. 
 
 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow, 
 
 and continueth not. 
 
 
 Job xiv. 2. 
 
 I the Lord do keep it — lest any hurt it. 
 
 Isaiah xxvii. 3. 
 
 The flower fadeth : hut the word of our God shall stand for ever. 
 
 Isaiah xl. 8. 
 
 He shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom. 
 
 Isaiah xl. 11. 
 
 Her sun is gone down while it was yet day. 
 
 Jeremiah xv. 9. 
 
 They shall he mine saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels. Malachi hi. 17. 
 
 Jesus called a little child unto him. 
 
 Matthew xvm. 2. 
 
 It is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little 
 
 ones should perish. 
 
 
 Matthew xvm. 1 4. 
 
 Of such is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 Matthew xix. 14. 
 
 And he laid his hands on them. 
 
 Matthew xix. 15. 
 
 Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. 
 
 
 Mark x. 14. 
 
 He took them up in his arms. 
 
 Mark x. 16. 
 
 An heir of God through Christ. 
 
 Galatians iv. 7. 
 
 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved. 
 
 Philemon 1 6. 
 
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 Thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Job iv. 3. 
 
 They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament ; and they that turn many to righ- 
 teousness as the stars for ever and ever. Daniel xii. 3. 
 
 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips : he walked with me in 
 peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. Malachi n. G. 
 
 Well done, thou good and faithful servant ; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make 
 thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Matthew xxv. 21. 
 
 How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good 
 things. Romans x. 15. 
 
 He went out, not knowing whither he went. [For a Missionary.] Hebrews xi. 8. 
 
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 Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Genesis xvur. 25. 
 
 Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. ] Chronicles xxix. 15. 
 
 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. Job xiv. 1. 
 
 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. Psalm xc. 5, 6. 
 
 As for man his days are as grass ; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. Psalm cm. 15. 
 
 Man is like to vanity : his days are as a shadow that passeth away. Psalm cxliv. 4. 
 
 All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the 
 flower thereof falleth away. 
 
 We must, through much tribulation, enter into the kingdom of God. 
 
 Behold, I die : but God shall be with you. 
 
 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death ? 
 
 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 
 
 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near. 
 
 The end of all things is at hand : be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 
 
 Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 
 
 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. 
 
 Get wisdom, get understanding : forget it not ; neither decline from the words of my mouth. [For 
 a Schoolmaster.] Proverbs iv. 5. 
 
 1 Peter i. 24. 
 Acts xiv. 22. 
 Genesis xlviii. 21. 
 Psalm lxxxix. 48. 
 Psalm xc. 12. 
 Isaiah lv. 6. 
 1 Peter iv. 7. 
 Genesis in. 19. 
 Proverbs i. 7. 
 
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 make up myjewels." 
 
 I. 
 
 We lay our infant here to rest, 
 
 We know ’tis well — nay, more — ’tis best ; 
 
 When we our pilgrim path have trod, 
 
 Oh ! may we find him with our God. f 
 
 II. 
 
 From this sad world removed ere care began, 
 Washed from the stains that cling to fallen man. 
 
 III. 
 
 Short pain, short grief, dear Babe, were thine ; 
 We grieve — but bless the love Divine. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Lord, teach me to confide with thee 
 
 The treasure thou didst trust with me. f 
 
 V. 
 
 Let unbelief despond or frown, 
 
 To see so fair a flower cut down ; 
 
 Faith still will raise the trustful eye, 
 
 ’Mid sorrow’s tears, to yonder sky, 
 
 And on this firm assurance dwell, 
 
 “ The Saviour lives !” all, all is well. f 
 
 VI. 
 
 Lord, if thou break earth’s fetters off 
 To set our spirits free, 
 
 Thou in thyself art bliss enough, 
 
 If we but live to Thee. f 
 
 VII. 
 
 Yes, thou art fled, and saints a welcome sing ; 
 
 Thine infant spirit soars on angels’ wing : 
 
 Our blind affection might have wished thy stay, 
 God’s wiser love has called his child away. 
 
 Toutff. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 By grace, which God to all who ask will give, 
 
 He learned to die ere thousands learn to live ; 
 Reader ! reflect, repent, believe, amend ! 
 
 Time has no length, eternity no end. f 
 
 IX. 
 
 “ In Bamah is a voice heard." 
 
 Not the ripe ears alone, 
 
 But gentle flowers new blown, 
 
 Fall with the Reaper’s stroke ; 
 
 This blossom of thy love, 
 
 The Reaper, Death, has broke : 
 
 Yet, Mother ! look above, 
 
 And soothe thy bosom’s pain, 
 
 For there in Paradise thy flower thou shalt regain. 
 
 Tender in age, but strong in faith, 
 
 She looked above, and feared not death. 
 
 Whate’er thy Providence denies, 
 
 Lord help us to resign ; 
 
 For Thou art faithful, just, and wise ; 
 Oh ! bend our will to thine. 
 
 XII. 
 
 A child of Adam — “ dust to dust,” 
 
 His body here was given : 
 
 A child of Jesus — with the just, 
 
 His spirit waits for heaven. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Blest be that kind, chastising rod, 
 Which brought a sinner home to God ; 
 To weep upon a Saviour’s breast, 
 
 And in HIS love, find peace, and rest. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Bereaved of both,* I silent fall, 
 
 Beneath Thy hand, Thou, Lord of all — 
 Resigned, I yield myself to Thee 
 Through Him, who lived and died for me. 
 
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 XV. 
 
 XXVI. 
 
 
 For those that live in faith and love, 
 
 Strong was her faith in Him, 
 
 
 There is a glorious rest above ; 
 
 Who died to save ; 
 
 
 To that may every soul aspire, 
 
 And bright her hopes of joy, 
 
 
 With ardent hope and strong desire. 
 
 Beyond the grave. 
 
 
 XVI. 
 
 XXVII. 
 
 
 Jesus slept within the tomb ! 
 
 Submission to the will of God, 
 
 
 “ Light of light,” to cheer its gloom, 
 
 Let each sad bosom feel, 
 
 
 The living God, content to die, 
 
 The stroke is from a Father’s rod, 
 
 
 That man might live with God on high. 
 
 Who only wounds to heal. 
 
 
 XVII. 
 
 XXVIII. 
 
 
 Jesus alone from sin can save, 
 
 Shew us, 0 Lord, that “ living way,” 
 
 
 And give us Victory o’er the Grave. 
 
 Which leads to realms of endless day. 
 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 XXIX. 
 
 
 Jesus ! what joy to find Thee near, 
 
 The path of “ godly sorrow” — that alone, 
 
 
 When earthly comforts flee : 
 
 Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown. 
 
 
 What bliss supreme in life’s last hour, 
 To find our all in Thee. 
 
 XXX. 
 
 
 XIX. 
 
 This humble stone, shall bear one humble line, 
 “ Here lies a sinner saved by grace divine.” 
 
 
 Let him who seeks his rest beyond the sky, 
 Keep to his purpose with a steadfast eye, 
 
 XXXI. 
 
 
 Believe, obey, nor ever turn aside, 
 
 The world will fade and pass away, 
 
 
 But true, and faithful, to the end abide. 
 
 And all its glories die, 
 
 
 XX. 
 
 But they who make the Lord their stay, 
 Shall reign with Christ on high. 
 
 
 Men seek substantial good in vain, 
 Intent on things below ; 
 
 XXXII. 
 
 
 For what’s the sum of all their gain. 
 
 “ To-morrow I will seek the Lord,” 
 
 
 But vanity and woe ? 
 
 The foolish heart will say. 
 
 
 XXT. 
 
 To-morrow may no time afford, 
 Oh ! seek the Lord to-day. 
 
 
 0 let me die the death of those, 
 Whom Jesus washes in His blood, 
 
 XXXIII. 
 
 
 Who on His faithfulness repose, 
 
 Thy sovereign ways are all unknown, 
 
 
 And know that He indeed is God : 
 
 Aud far above our sight ; 
 
 
 Around His throne we then shall meet, 
 
 Yet would our souls adoring own, 
 
 
 And cast our crowns beneath His feet. 
 
 That all Thy ways are right. 
 
 
 XXII. 
 
 XXXIV. 
 
 
 Now set thine heart on things above, 
 
 When “ dust to dust” returns, 
 
 
 Now seek to know that “ God is Love.” 
 
 And life’s short path is trod, 
 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 The souls whom Jesus hath redeemed, 
 Best safely in their God. 
 
 
 Oh ! the sweet joy that Scripture giveth, 
 “ I know that my Kedeemer liveth.” 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 Why thus lament ? why thus complain ? 
 “ To live is Christ — to die is gain.” 
 
 
 Patient and meek, beneath affliction’s rod, 
 
 Sense views and mourns the mould’ring clay, 
 
 
 And why ? her faith and hope were fix’d on God. 
 
 Faith looks above, and hails eternal day. 
 
 
 XXV. 
 
 XXXVI. 
 
 
 Sinners ! salvation seek without delay, 
 
 What is Mercy ? — ’tis in death, 
 
 
 Search ye the Scriptures, which reveal the way ; 
 
 Our confidence and stay ; 
 
 
 They point to Jesus, who alone can save, 
 
 And may we find it in that day, 
 
 
 And make you more than conquerors o’er the grave. 
 
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 As fall the leaves ’neath autumn’s withering blast, 
 So die mankind, their spring and summer past ; 
 Yes, thou, ere long, must lie beneath the sod, 
 Then, young or old, “ Prepare to meet thy God.” 
 
 Beside still waters and in pastures green, 
 
 Led by her God, she passed to age serene ; 
 Tranquil life’s current, painless its release, 
 Guileless her spirit, and her end was peace, 
 
 XXXIX. 
 
 He came to fourscore years, and truly found 
 
 ’Twas labour all, and sorrow ! With sharp pains 
 His aged limbs were bended to the ground, 
 
 And chill’d was the warm current of his veins : 
 
 Yet his trust falter’d not, for he was one 
 
 Who sought God’s house until his strength did cease, 
 And pray’d for blessing. — Hope that, in His Son, 
 
 God hath vouchsafed him to depart in peace ! 
 
 XL. 
 
 “ Blessed are the poor in spirit.” 
 
 The poor are God’s peculiar care ; — 
 
 Poorest of all, 0 aged Saint, wert thou ! 
 
 Yet not for poverty we deem thee now 
 Safe in God’s keeping to the latter day ; 
 
 But that thy lot with meekness thou didst bear, 
 
 And sought for Heaven in Heaven’s appointed way. 
 
 XLI. 
 
 An aged saint lies here in peace, 
 
 For here the storms of life all cease ; 
 
 Through life he did not smoothly glide ; 
 
 His faith and patience long were tried : 
 
 Wave after wave secure he passed, 
 
 And rose in triumph o’er the last. 
 
 XLII. 
 
 Here rests beneath the hallowed sod, 
 
 An aged, earnest man of God ; 
 
 Who, faithful from his earliest youth, 
 
 Found comfort in the way of truth. 
 
 XLIII. 
 
 Here doth an aged Pilgrim rest, 
 
 Who with his Saviour now is blest, 
 
 Christ’s service did his time employ, 
 
 Till call’d to enter his Redeemer’s joy. 
 
 ®fcaritaU 
 
 XLIV. 
 
 So lately wedded, and so early taken ! 
 
 Yet, mourner, there is comfort for thy loss ; 
 Neither in life or death are they forsaken, 
 Who look to Him that died upon the cross. 
 
 XLV. 
 
 Lord ! teach me to confide to Thee 
 The treasure Thou didst trust with me. 
 
 XL VI. 
 
 “ I will take away the desire of thine eyes.” 
 
 Submissive to thy will, my God, 
 
 To Thee my partner I resign ; 
 
 And humbly bow before Thy rod, 
 
 I mourn, but dare not to repine. f 
 
 XLVII. 
 
 “ Thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace." 
 
 What meaning deep our Church supplies 
 In things deemed slight by common eyes ; 
 
 A page but intervenes, and we have read 
 Of “Marriage,” of the “Visitation of the Sick,” 
 And then “The Burial of the Dead 
 How linked the Dead, the Dying, and the Quick — 
 How twined the bridal and funereal wreath — 
 
 She knew who lies beneath. 
 
 XL VIII. 
 
 “ Thou 6halt die there.” 
 
 When all affection’s holiest ties had bound, 
 
 And earth’s attractions were the strongest found, 
 
 Her life when sweetest, dearest — God denied ; 
 
 She heard the summons, bowed and smiled, and died. 
 Her youth to God was given, and her reward 
 Is youth and life immortal with her Lord. 
 
 parents. 
 
 XLIX. 
 
 Beloved and honoured for thy Christian worth ; 
 
 Dear parent ! spared to us through length of days ; 
 
 In faith thy body we commit to earth ; 
 
 And to thy memory this memorial raise ; 
 
 We weep thy loss, but not with hopeless tears ; 
 
 For well we know that, in that glorious hour, 
 
 When Christ in triumph with His saints appears, 
 
 The sown in weakness will be raised in power. 
 
 j. h. I 
 
 5H.nuncnt ®tjrtsttans. 
 
 L. 
 
 We trustful, grave above his lowly sod, 
 
 The sure and blessed hope his Saviour giveth, 
 That in his flesh he shall behold his God, 
 
 For this we know, that his Redeemer liveth. 
 
 LI. 
 
 The faithful dead, like stars by day, 
 
 Are hid from mortal eye, 
 
 But not extinct, they hold their way 
 
 In glory through the sky. f 
 
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 LII. 
 
 Asleep in Jesus ! time nor space 
 Debars this precious “ hiding place”; 
 
 On Indian plains, or Lapland snows, 
 
 The Christian finds the same repose : 
 
 What though thy kindred’s graves may be 
 Far from the mound that covers thee, 
 
 Yet thine is still that blessed sleep 
 
 From which none ever wakes to weep. f 
 
 LYI. 
 
 Ah ! no : it matters not, that far away 
 From Albion’s peaceful shore his bones decay. 
 
 Him it might please by whose sustaining hand 
 He bore the Gospel to that heathen land, 
 
 Succeeding tribes should come, and o’er the place, 
 Where sleeps the Chiistian Friend of their wild race, 
 Instruct their children what a debt they owe 
 To him whose relics lie entombed below, 
 
 Then bid them to their native woods depart, 
 
 With heaven-born prospects kindled in their heart, f 
 
 LIII. 
 
 Afar he sleeps ! the ocean’s roar 
 Disturbs his calm repose no more. 
 
 What though the rich banana-tree 
 Waves where the elm or yew should be ; 
 
 What though the hymn above him sung 
 Breathes wildly in a foreign tongue ; 
 
 What though no voice of home was near 
 To soothe with love his dying ear ; 
 
 Not friendless did the Pastor die, 
 
 Though far from scenes of infancy ; 
 
 For He who did with Mary weep. 
 
 Watched by his couch and soothed to sleep. 
 We murmur not — the day draws on 
 When all the hidden shall be known. 
 
 Oh ! lonely though his earthly lot, 
 
 His trusting spirit fainted not. 
 
 Lord, he is thine — thrice happy one — 
 
 The fight well fought, the victory won ! 
 
 Yes, he is thine : his exile o’er, 
 
 He’ll leave his Father’s house no more. f 
 
 LIV. 
 
 He loved his friends and fatherland, 
 
 Yet left them for a foreign strand, 
 
 Beady to suffer, toil, and die, 
 
 That his might be the calling high 
 To plant among the heathen race 
 A Christian Church, a seed of grace. 
 
 No English face, well-known and dear. 
 
 Was there, the Pastor’s home to cheer ; 
 
 No English voice was near to share 
 With kindred tones his dying prayer ; 
 
 But heathen speech. The Negro came 
 His blessing and his prayer to claim. 
 
 His work was done. — The seed was sown, 
 From which a goodly tree has grown, 
 
 Now oft the Negro loves to lave 
 
 With grateful tears his honoured grave. f 
 
 LV. 
 
 Blest messenger of peace ! he faithful bore 
 Salvation’s tidings to the darkened shore, 
 
 ’Mid toil and danger o’er the distant wave ; 
 
 Fought the good fight, immortal souls to save, 
 
 Far from his home and those he held most dear, 
 
 In Christian warfare closed his brief career. 
 
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 LVII. 
 
 “ Fight the good fight." 
 
 Soldier of Christ ! well proved and tried ; 
 
 In every conflict brave as strong ; 
 
 Though death and grave the spoil divide 
 Awhile, they shall not hold thee long — 
 
 Thy sleep is but the warrior’s rest ! 
 
 Thee, wreath, and palm, and crown await, 
 
 And gratulating saints attest 
 
 Thy welcome at the immortal gate. 
 
 LYIII. 
 
 A Soldier’s duty bids him shed his blood, 
 
 And brave all danger for his country’s good; 
 Christian ! remember thou hast vowed to be 
 Faithful to Him who shed his blood for thee, f 
 
 Altered by j. e. 
 
 LIX. 
 
 Soldier, rest — thy warfare ended ! 
 
 If thou hadst a Christian’s trust, 
 
 Fear not; HE, whose love commended 
 The centurion’s faith, is just. 
 
 Past are now thy risks of falling ; 
 
 Death from these hath brought release ; 
 
 For thy work, and not thy calling, 
 
 Christ will judge thee. Best in peace. 
 
 LX. 
 
 “The weapons of our warfare are spiritual.” 
 
 Though he a Soldier’s glorious death could boast 
 Whilst shouts of victory were in his ear, 
 
 His higher warfare in a nobler host 
 
 Shall gain in better worlds rewards more dear. 
 
 ^abal. 
 
 LXI. 
 
 Faith was his compass, truth his polar star, 
 
 As o’er life’s main he boldly sailed afar ; 
 
 We trust that he may gain that happy shore, 
 f Where tempests rage, and billows beat no more. 
 
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 He that here slumbers in the grave's last sleep, 
 
 Was one who saw Thy wonders in the deep ; 
 
 In mercy waft him, Lord, from life’s rough sea 
 Unto the haven where we all would he ! 
 
 LXIII. 
 
 Prepare to meet him on that blissful shore, 
 
 Where storms shall beat and billows swell no more. 
 
 Heaven calls, hope leads, and faith triumphant saves, 
 Through Him who hushed the storm and walked the waves. 
 
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 For others oft he dug the grave, 
 
 For others toll’d the bell ; 
 
 Each act a solemn warning gave, 
 
 Of his own passing knell : 
 
 But common warnings we are prone 
 To pass unheeded by — 
 
 Reader, ’tis Christ, and Christ alone, 
 
 Gives grace to live and die. h. l. f 
 
 LXY. 
 
 He loved the sacred house of prayer, 
 
 And tended it with reverent care ; 
 
 In worship took his humble part 
 With mien devout and serious heart ; 
 
 He toll’d the bell and dug the grave, 
 
 With thoughts of Him who died to save : 
 
 ’Twill be, we trust, his blest employ 
 
 To praise the Lamb with endless joy. k. f 
 
 jSfrrbattts, Set. 
 
 LXVI. 
 
 Reader, the grave o’er which thou standest, hides 
 A Christian servant : in that simple phrase 
 How much of noblest human worth resides, 
 
 They best can tell who know life’s crooked ways. 
 Grant, Lord, he may hereafter taste a joy 
 Wherein to faithful hearts is no alloy ! 
 
 LXYII. 
 
 Rest, valued servant, rest in hope ! we knew 
 Thy solid worth, thy imperfections too, 
 
 But not thy trials. — Well does it befall 
 That HE who shall requite thee knoweth all. 
 
 LXYIII. 
 
 “A serviceable, faithful, honest friend, 
 
 With gifts and faculties of sense” above 
 His worldly level, here has found an end 
 In hope fast anchored on redeeming love. 
 
 Ti XTX . 
 
 Faithful to her earthly master, 
 
 Honest, diligent, and true ; 
 
 “All things unto Christ,” her motto, 
 
 “ This he gave to me to do.” j. a. f. 
 
 LXX. 
 
 One who chose the better part — 
 
 Humble, answering not again, 
 
 Doing service from the heart, 
 
 As to Christ and not to men. 
 
 LXXI. 
 
 This humble stone records no titled fame, 
 
 But better far — a Christian servant’s name. 
 
 Xi>raf, X&Unti, X>umfr, Set. 
 
 LXXII. 
 
 Christian, pause ! here sleeps below, 
 
 One whom Heaven’s severest blow 
 Had deprived of moral sense — 
 
 Of his reason’s strong defence. 
 
 Yet for him the pitying tear 
 Is not needed. Rather fear 
 For the lot that may be theirs 
 Who are mad with worldly cares ; 
 
 Or who quench the light within 
 By the drunkard’s fearful sin ; 
 
 Into darkness turning day : — 
 
 Sad, but wiser, go thy way ! 
 
 LXXIII. 
 
 Humbly he sought the house of praise and prayer, 
 Though deeply quenched in him all hearing sense ; 
 Hope that the patient mind which led him there 
 Bespoke a faith his Lord may recompense. 
 
 LXXIY. 
 
 No voice, no sound on earth was mine, 
 
 Yet sadder far their hapless lot 
 Who hear in vain the voice divine, 
 
 Whose tongue can speak, yet praises not ; 
 
 For I had learned that holiest lore 
 Which tells of mercy freely won, 
 
 And my freed lips above shall pour 
 
 The praise in silence here begun. f 
 
 LXXV. 
 
 No earthly object met her view, 
 
 All charms of vision were withheld, 
 
 Yet God’s blest word of peace she knew, 
 
 And heavenly joys by faith beheld. 
 
 They who but earthly sights can see 
 
 Are more unblest, more blind than she. k. f 
 
 
 
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 Christian, one of low degree 
 
 Bests here from a life of labour ; 
 
 One that feared his God was he — 
 
 Kind and faithful to his neighbour. 
 
 Keenly tried ; with resignation, 
 
 Silently he kissed the rod ; 
 
 Deem not that his lowly station 
 Made him poor in sight of God. 
 
 LXXYII. 
 
 Happy the sorrow, healthful the disease, 
 
 That brings repentant sinners to their knees, 
 
 And the last hour on earth true Christians know, 
 
 Gives final victory o’er every foe. 
 
 LXXYIII. 
 
 Severe affliction, kindly sent in love, 
 
 Led him to Christ, and trained him for above ; 
 
 The end now seen, how short, how light appear 
 The longest sufferings he experienced here ! k. f 
 
 LXXIX. 
 
 Short was his life, yet God’s all-wise decrees, 
 
 Which made that shortened life one long disease, 
 Chastened in love, and kindly gave him scope 
 And grace to practise patience, faith, and hope. 
 
 LXXX. 
 
 “ If ye suffer with Him ye shall also reign with Him.” 
 
 Though long on earth with suffering tried, 
 
 Yet was his mind serene ; 
 
 Christ was his Shepherd and his Guide, 
 
 He fed in pastures green : 
 
 May he, his work of patience done, 
 
 With Jesus reign above 
 In Heaven, where all the saints are one, 
 
 In happiness and love. ■ e. s. 
 
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 LXXXI. 
 
 Hasten mercy to implore, 
 
 Wait not for to-morrow’s sun, 
 Lest thy day of grace be o’er 
 Ere to morrow is begun. 
 
 LXXXII. 
 
 Hasten, sinner, to be wise, 
 
 Wait not for to-morrow’s sun, 
 That to thee may never rise, 
 
 Morn may see thy soul undone. 
 
 LXXXIII. 
 
 “ To-morrow I will sure repent !” 
 Poor mortal, dost thou say ? 
 To-night thy summons may be sent- 
 Bepent ! believe ! to-day. 
 
 LXXXIY. 
 
 Christian, read in holy fear ! — 
 
 He who sleeps in silence here, 
 Late was hale and strong as thou: 
 He is passed to judgment now ! 
 Life has no abiding stay ; 
 
 Bead thy lesson — watch and pray. 
 
 Jdiost at jS"ea. 
 
 LXXXY. 
 
 Ask not the region of the watery grave, 
 
 Where rests his body in its last long sleep ? 
 
 He sank engulphed in ocean’s yawning wave, 
 
 And lowly lies far hidden in the deep ; 
 
 Yet he had anchored safe “ within the veil,” 
 
 Through faith in Him whose promise cannot fail. k. j- 
 
 LXXXYI. 
 
 ‘ The depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head." 
 
 Far, far, he lies, from holy ground, 
 
 Deep in his coral bed, 
 
 The seaweeds wrap his corse around, 
 
 The waves roll o’er his head ; 
 
 Yet, at the trumpet’s awful sound, 
 
 When seas give up their dead, 
 
 The glorious bodies of the just 
 Shall leave corruption and the dust. 
 
 Altered from “ Lyra Memorialis." 
 
 LXXXYII. 
 
 No mortal eye hath seen his bed, 
 
 Nor yet conceived where rests his head ; 
 
 But one there is who sees his tomb, 
 
 Low hidden in the ocean’s womb. 
 
 There shall he lie in peaceful rest, 
 
 Till, called from thence at God's behest, 
 
 He shall from ocean’s depths arise 
 To meet the Saviour in the skies ; 
 
 For faith was his, and hope, and love, 
 
 That linked him to the realms above. f 
 
 LNXXVIII. 
 
 Boll on, thou boisterous ocean, heave and roar, 
 
 He calmly sleeps within thy depths profound ; 
 
 Yet brief the triumph ! him thou must restore, 
 
 But thou shalt vanish and no more be found ; 
 
 A mighty voice shall speak thy fountains dry, 
 
 And bid him rise to immortality. k. f 
 
 r.atti). 
 
 LXXXIX. 
 
 “ In remembrance of me." 
 
 Place o’er my grave the Cross — 
 Symbol of Hope and Faith ; 
 
 In life my only glory, 
 
 My only trust in death. 
 
 If ever crown of life be mine, 
 ’Twas won beneath that holy sign. 
 
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 Call him not good — there is none good but ONE ; 
 
 Yet was his course in humble patieuce run, 
 
 And he upon the Cross alone relied ; 
 
 Whence, as he lived in faith, in hope he died. 
 
 XCI. 
 
 €( Go forward.” 
 
 His Hand upon the Plough, he looked not back, 
 
 Deep though the furrows, and severe the toil, 
 Wisdom, her seed sowed broadcast in the track, 
 
 Her “ Golden Harvest triumphed in the soil.”* 
 
 XCII. 
 
 Jesus our Saviour came to save 
 The Child that slumbers in this grave ; 
 
 For though too young on Him to call — 
 
 We know Christ’s blood was shed for all. j. h. 
 
 XCIII. 
 
 God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 
 
 In the cross of Christ I glory, 
 
 Towering o’er the wrecks of time; 
 
 All the light of sacred story, 
 
 Gathers round its head sublime. 
 
 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, 
 
 By the cross are sanctified ; 
 
 Peace is there that knows no measure, 
 
 Joys that through all time abide. 
 
 XCIY. 
 
 He fled for refuge to his Saviour’s cross, 
 
 And lived in duty’s ways, and died in peace ; 
 
 Think not that death to him can be a loss, 
 
 Who from a world of care hath found release. 
 
 XCY. 
 
 “ Take up thy cross and follow me.” 
 
 Take up thy cross and follow Him, 
 
 Nor think till death to lay it down; 
 
 For only he who bears the cross 
 
 May hope to wear the glorious crown. 
 
 Take up thy cross, then, in His strength, 
 
 And calmly every danger brave ; 
 
 ’Twill guide thee to a better home, 
 
 And lead to victory o’er the grave. 
 
 XCYI. 
 
 The dead, though buried out of sight, 
 
 Are still to memory dear ; 
 
 For Christ His saints shall re-unite, 
 
 However parted here : 
 
 With Him, ev’n now in hope they wait, 
 
 With all salvation’s heirs — 
 
 The bliss of that eternal state, 
 
 Made by His purchase theirs. s. h. 
 
 XCVII. 
 
 “What must I do to be saved ?” 
 
 This was from youth to age his earnest cry, — 
 
 The answer taught him how to live and die. 
 
 * Young. 
 
 XCVIII. 
 
 Thy words are true, Thy promises are just, 
 
 And Thou wilt know thy ransomed flock in dust, f 
 
 XCIX. 
 
 “ This corruption shall put on incorruption.” 
 
 Whence this corruption and the Grave ? 
 
 Faith instantly replied — 
 
 We die because once Adam sinned — 
 
 Live, because Jesus died ! e. s. 
 
 C. 
 
 “ Help, Lord, or I perish." 
 
 Once did I think 
 Life’s waves to tread 
 In mine own strength ; 
 
 But soon, in dread, 
 
 I cried for help as I began to sink ; 
 
 At length, 
 
 The Master took me by the hand, 
 
 And, thus sustained, I reached the welcome land. 
 
 Cl. 
 
 We cannot, Lord, thy purpose see, 
 
 But all is well that’s done by Thee. 
 
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 CII. 
 
 “ If in this life only we have hope.” 
 
 Hopes of the faithful are accomplished where 
 The hopes and schemes of earth all perished lie ; 
 On death the worldling gazes in despair — 
 
 It is the Christian’s privilege to die. 
 
 CIII. 
 
 “ I am thy salvation.” 
 
 Loosed is the silver cord, 
 
 Broken the golden bowl ; 
 
 0 thou — my “ great reward,” — 
 
 My hope — my Heaven — my whole — 
 
 My Saviour, Judge, and Lord, 
 
 Receive my parting soul ! 
 
 CIY. 
 
 “ This mortal shall put on immortality.” 
 
 Hopefully, earth to earth, and dust to dust, 
 
 We did commit his body to the ground : 
 
 Heaven grant that with the spirits of the just, 
 
 His soul may safe in Paradise be found ! 
 
 CV. 
 
 “ I know whom I have believed.” 
 
 Hope that can look beyond the grave 
 With faith’s sustaining power — 
 
 Hope, which the “Rock of Ages” gave, 
 Brightened her latest hour. 
 
 CVI. 
 
 “ Looking unto Jesus.” 
 
 We laid her in the hallowed grave, 
 
 With hope in Him who died to save. k. \ 
 
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 “ Weep not for me, but for yourselves.” 
 
 Much as we loved thee — to our bitter cost, 
 
 Alas, how much, we knew not, till we lost ! 
 
 Oh, say not lost ! the dead in Jesus sleep , 
 
 And not for them, but for ourselves we weep. 
 
 CVIII. 
 
 “ It is sown in corruption ; it is raised in incorruption.” 
 
 One who loved his Saviour well, 
 
 Here in hope of pardon lies ; 
 
 That dread hour the rest shall tell, 
 
 When the dead to judgment rise. 
 
 CIX. 
 
 “ But if it die it bringeth forth much fruit.” 
 
 The precious seed here sown in death, 
 
 Shall spring in life again to bloom ; 
 
 So Revelation teaches Faith — 
 
 For Christ hath risen from the Tomb. j. h. 
 
 CX. 
 
 “ And the Lord 9hall descend from Heaven with a great shout.” 
 
 In hope and in trust our friend we commit 
 To Thy keeping until the great day, 
 
 When the saints shall arise to meet Christ in the skies, 
 With their palms and their spotless array. e. s. 
 
 CXI. 
 
 “ Kepent, that your sins may be blotted out.” 
 
 With hope assured, and quiet mind. 
 
 Life’s ills, and Death’s last pangs he bore ; 
 
 Fie knew his sins were left behind, 
 
 Whose penitence had gone before. 
 
 CXII. 
 
 “ If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him." 
 
 Now rests her body on earth’s quiet breast ; 
 
 Her trials ended and temptations o’er : 
 
 In Christ she trusted, and His love confest, 
 
 Her hope, to reign with Him for evermore, t. s. 
 
 CXIII. 
 
 *• Let me never be confounded.” — T e Deum. 
 
 Jesu, in thee my every hope was bound, 
 
 Let not eternity those hopes confound. 
 
 X^rabcr. 
 
 , CXIV. 
 
 Lord help us to obey thy call, 
 
 That, from our sins set free, 
 When, like the grass, our bodies fall. 
 Our souls may rise to Thee. 
 
 cxv. 
 
 “With thee there is plenteous redemption.” 
 
 Mercy, Lord, is all I crave, 
 
 Only Thou canst sinners save. 
 
 CXVI. 
 
 Judge of all we humbly trust, 
 
 Thou wilt place her with the just. 
 
 CXVII. 
 
 “ At the day of judgment, good Lord ! deliver us.” 
 
 By thy sacred body riven, 
 
 And thy blood for sinners shed, 
 
 By thy glorious throne in Heaven, 
 
 By thy rising from the dead : 
 
 Thou — the dying hour who cheerest 
 With bright thoughts of bliss to be ; 
 
 When in glory thou appearest, 
 
 Jesu, Judge, remember me ! 
 
 CXVIII. 
 
 Grant me, 0 Lord, thy pardoning grace, 
 
 Aud take me to thy rest, 
 
 Among the saints who see thy face, 
 
 To be for ever blest. T - s. 
 
 CXIX. 
 
 0 Lord, let all my sins 
 Be blotted out by Thee ; 
 
 And for thy wondrous goodness sake, 
 
 In mercy pardon me. t. s. 
 
 penitence. 
 
 CXX. 
 
 “ Lord, grant unto me mercy in that day." 
 
 Lord, grant that he who slumbers here, 
 
 Thy pardon may obtain : 
 
 Though failing oft in grief and fear, 
 
 Firm did his faith remain : 
 
 Thou who repentance deep did give, 
 
 In mercy, Lord, his sins forgive. t. s. 
 
 CXXI. 
 
 “ There is joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth.” 
 
 Reader, this humble stone of him may tell, 
 
 Whose countless sins were drowned in endless love ; 
 On earth his deep offences were his hell, 
 
 But deep repentance music made above. 
 
 CXXII. 
 
 Long did I in error roam, 
 
 Till Thou, blest Lord, didst call me home. 
 
 Grant, Lord, that risen, I may be 
 
 Called home to heaven, home to Thee. g. J. c. 
 
 CXXIII. 
 
 “ Tbe path of the just is as the shining light.” 
 
 Religious, honest, striving to be just, 
 
 Yet leaning not on any worldly trust, 
 
 This was his great prevailing thought within — 
 Lord, be Thou merciful to all my sin. 
 
 CXXIV. 
 
 Grievous sinner though I be, 
 
 Saviour still I hope in Thee ; 
 
 Mercy, Lord, is all I crave, 
 
 Thou of all alone cast save. g. j. c. 
 
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 “ Though he slay me yet will I trust in him.' 
 
 Ah, little think the gay and giddy crowd, 
 
 What hearts are breaking on this dreary earth, 
 
 What widows’ tears and orphans’ sobbings loud, 
 
 Burst forth while they are busy with their mirth ! 
 Lord, Thou hast stricken sorely ! But we praise 
 Thy name, that He, whom Thou hast called, was one 
 Who strove to rule his household in Thy ways, 
 
 And loved thy holy house. THY will be done ! 
 
 CXXYI. 
 
 “ Tlry will be done." 
 
 At thy command I meekly yield 
 My body to the dust — 
 
 Saviour, I trust in Thee alone, 
 
 And know in whom I trust. 
 
 CXXYII. 
 
 “ Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.” 
 
 Mine eyes have Thy salvation seen, 
 
 My heart, 0 Lord, its call obeyed ; 
 
 And thine own arm my stay hath been, 
 
 Through the dark valley’s lingering shade ; 
 
 My soul into Thy hands resigned, 
 
 My flesh reposing in the tomb, 
 
 Their full redemption hope to find 
 
 When Thou shalt in Thy kingdom come. L.f 
 
 CXXVIII. 
 
 We lay thee here in hope, the Lamb once slain 
 Will raise, and we shall see thee yet again. j- 
 
 CXXIX. 
 
 “ Blessed be the name of the Lord." 
 
 He who hath taken is the God who gave ! 
 
 E’en at this hour, by Sorrow’s weight bow’d down, 
 We strive to look upon our Infant’s grave. 
 
 Only to think of his immortal crown. 
 
 cxxx. 
 
 “ Faith is the substance of things hoped for.’* 
 
 By faith we view the promised land, 
 
 And see our brethren there ; 
 
 By faith we joined the heavenly band, 
 
 And hope their joys to share. j- 
 
 CXXXI. 
 
 “ My grace is sufficient for thee.” 
 
 Humbly we hope that death to him was gain, 
 
 To whom God’s mercy, through His blessed SON 
 Gave gracious strength, through long-continued pain, 
 Meekly to trust, and say, “ Thy will be done /” 
 
 CXXXII. 
 
 “It is the Lord : let him do what seemeth him good." 
 
 The Lord in mercy gave, but gave in trust — 
 
 The Lord resumed, resuming still is just 
 Giving, resuming, He is still the Lord, 
 
 Still be His mercy, still His name adored. f 
 
 CXXXIII. 
 
 “ I go to prepare a place for you.” 
 
 Far better thus to sleep awhile 
 Within the Church’s shade, 
 
 Nor wake until new heaven, new earth, 
 Meet for their new immortal birth, 
 For their abiding-place be made, 
 
 Than wander back to life, and lean 
 On our frail love once more. 
 
 ’Tis sweet as year by year we lose 
 Friends out of sight, in faith to muse 
 How grows in Paradise our store. 
 
 CXXXIY. 
 
 God gave, and He hath ta’en away, 
 
 His righteous will be done ! 
 
 Be ours his precepts to obey, 
 
 In faith our race to run. 
 
 CXXXY. 
 
 “ I am the resurrection and the life.” • 
 
 Lord, we believe ! help Thou our unbelief, 
 When sorrow tempts to tears of faithless grief. 
 Thou, who our griefs hast borne, uphold, forgive 
 We know that this our brother yet shall live. 
 Accomplish, Lord, the number of thy saints, 
 And haste Thy kingdom — for our spirit faints ! 
 
 CXXXVI. 
 
 “ The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away.” 
 
 Though thou hast called me to resign 
 What most I prized — it was not mine ; 
 
 I only yield Thee what was Thine ; 
 
 Thy will be done. 
 
 CXXXYII. 
 
 “Blessed be the name of the Lord." 
 
 Lord, what thou gavest thou canst take, 
 
 And when thou wilt new gifts canst make, 
 
 All flows from Thee alone ; 
 
 When Thou didst give, it still was Thine. 
 When Thou retookest, ’twas not mine, 
 
 Thy will in all be done ! 
 
 CXXXYIII. 
 
 “ In God is my trust.." 
 
 Teach me with meek submissive awe 
 To own Thy sovereign will ; 
 
 E’en comfort from Thy rod to draw, 
 
 And, weeping, thank Thee still. 
 
 CXXXIX. 
 
 We leave the sleeper with his God to rest ; 
 All is not here of our beloved and blest. 
 
 CXL. 
 
 “There shtdl be no more sorrow.” 
 
 We trust his soul has found a home 
 Among the faithful blest, 
 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling, 
 And the weary are at rest. 
 
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 “ Sleep on now and take your rest.” 
 
 Asleep in Jesus ! Oh ! how sweet 
 To be for such a slumber meet, 
 
 With holy confidence to sing 
 
 That death has lost his venom’d sting ! 
 
 CXLII. 
 
 Calm on the bosom of thy God, 
 
 Fair spirit rest thee now, 
 
 E’en while with ours thy footsteps trod, 
 
 His seal was on thy brow. 
 
 CXLIII. 
 
 Oh, Saviour of the faithful dead, 
 
 With whom their spirits dwell, 
 
 Though cold and damp the turf is spread 
 . Above their narrow cell, 
 
 No more we cling to mortal clay, 
 
 We doubt and fear no more, 
 
 Nor shrink to tread the darksome way 
 Which thou hast trod before. 
 
 CXLIV. 
 
 “ But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.'’ 
 
 A sinner once in Adam dead, 
 
 Alive in Christ through grace, 
 
 His spirit now from earth hath fled 
 To see him face to face, 
 
 Where sin can never more assail, 
 
 Where love and joy can never fail. l. f 
 
 CXLY. 
 
 “ He will be our guide even unto death." 
 
 Haste thee on from grace to glory, 
 
 Arm’d by faith, and wing’d by prayer; 
 Heaven’s eternal days before thee, 
 
 God’s own hand shall guide thee there. 
 
 CXLVI. 
 
 “ Shah thy love he shewn in the grave 1" 
 
 “I know that my Redeemer lives,” and though 
 Worm and corruption may awhile depress, 
 Not in the grave will he his love forego, 
 
 Nor in destruction lose his faithfulness. 
 
 CXLVII. 
 
 “ I will fear no evil, for thou art with me." 
 
 Our hope, our comfort, staff and rod, 
 
 Are but thy presence, glorious God ! 
 
 In that confiding, safe we go, 
 
 Nor dread the storm, nor fear the foe. 
 
 CXLIX. 
 
 “ Thanks he to God which giveth us the victory.” 
 
 Redeeming Lord ! to those who die in thee 
 Death hath no sting, the grave no victory ! 
 
 CL. 
 
 “ I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness.” 
 
 My flesh shall slumber in the ground. 
 
 Till the last trumpet’s joyful sound ; 
 
 Then burst the chains, with sweet surprise, 
 
 And in my Saviour’s image rise. 
 
 CLI. 
 
 ‘‘We have confidence in the Lord touching you.’* 
 
 Thou art gone to the grave — but ’twere wrong to deplore thee, 
 Since God was thy ransom, thy guardian, thy guide ; 
 
 He gave thee, He took thee, He soon will restore thee, 
 
 Where death has no sting, since the Saviour has died. 
 
 CLII. 
 
 “ Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive ; 
 and let thy widows trust in me” 
 
 His spirit to thy hands, 0 God — his children to thy care; 
 
 His widow to her Maker’s love, commended his last prayer ; 
 Hear, Father of the fatherless, thou widow’s husband hear, 
 Remember thine own promise, Lord, and dry each mourn- ; 
 er’s tear. 
 
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 CLIII. 
 
 te Joy cometh in the morning." 
 
 To mourning hearts and weeping eyes 
 Springs comfort from the sod ; 
 
 Gathered to all she loved, she lies, 
 
 And gathered to her God. 
 
 CLIY. 
 
 “ Comfort one another with these words.” 
 
 With heartfelt sorrow, yet with thoughtful grief, 
 
 In Earth’s dark chamber was his body laid, 
 
 But Time shall bring to Mourners calm relief, 
 
 While Christian hopes shall never fail nor fade. 
 
 CLY. 
 
 “I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of 
 Christ Jesus my Lord." 
 
 Thou Saviour, who the path of death hast trod 
 To open life to me. Beside thy cross 
 Taught to esteem a fleeting world but loss, 
 
 In thee I glory, and to thee entrust 
 My ransom’d spirit and my sleeping dust. 
 
 CXLYIII. 
 
 “ They may forget, yet will I not.” 
 
 Friends nearest, dearest, will forget the dead, 
 Gravestones will moulder, monuments decay; 
 But God, our fast unfailing friend and stay, 
 In Life, in Death, in Dust — for he hath said, 
 Will all committed keep until the latter day. 
 
 CLYI. 
 
 And, oh ! if yet one arrow 7 more, 
 
 The sharpest of the Almighty’s store, 
 
 Tremble upon the string — a sinner’s death — 
 
 Art thou not by to soothe and save, 
 
 To lay us gently in the grave, 
 
 To close the weary eye and hush the parting breath. 
 
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 “Joy shall he in heaven over one sinner that repenteth.” 
 Father, I know that thy forgiving love 
 
 Hails with delight a contrite sinner’s tear — 
 And thou wilt welcome to thy home above 
 A child to whom the Saviour’s name is dear. 
 
 CLYIII. 
 
 “ Father into thy hands I commend my spirit.” 
 
 Lord, I commit my soul to Thee, 
 Accept the sacred trust ; 
 
 Receive this nobler part of me, 
 
 And watch my sleeping dust. 
 
 CLIX. 
 
 In every state and- stage of life, 
 
 To man’s last solemn dying moment, 
 Nothing can true peace impart 
 
 But sure trust in Christ our Saviour, 
 With a contrite faithful heart. 
 
 CLX. 
 
 “ Perfect love casteth out fear.” 
 
 Joy they have that never dies, 
 
 Love that knows not fear have they ; 
 And for ever from their eyes 
 God shall wipe all tears away. 
 
 CLXI. 
 
 Death of its sting disarmed, she knew no fear, 
 But trusted heaven e’en while she lingered here. 
 Oh, happy saint, may we like thee be blest — 
 
 In life be faithful, and in death find rest. 
 
 CLXII. 
 
 From the burden of the flesh, 
 
 And from care and sin releas’d ; 
 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling, 
 
 And the weary are at rest. 
 
 CLXIII. 
 
 “ She is not dead but sleepeth,” — 
 
 A sleep how calm, how blest ! 
 
 When Christ the Spirit keepeth, 
 
 The wearied frame hath rest. 
 
 CLXIV. 
 
 “ The days of thy mourning shall be ended." 
 
 The weary week of life is done ! 
 
 Past are all “mourning days !” 
 
 Joy to the uncreated Sun ! 
 
 The eternal Sabbath has begun 
 In triumph, light, and praise, 
 
 CLXY. 
 
 Sweet corn of wheat committed to the ground, 
 To die, and live, and bear more precious ear ; 
 While in the heart of earth thy Saviour found 
 His place of rest, for thee we will not fear. 
 
 CLXVI. 
 
 “ Arise, for this is not thy rest." 
 
 Safe in the haven where each saint would be 
 How wilt thou smile upon life’s stormy sea, 
 
 And bless thy God for perils that attest 
 
 This world was not thy home — thy place of rest ! 
 
 CLXYII. 
 
 “ Love never fails." 
 
 Rest, for the shadow of the Church is sleeping 
 Upon thy quiet grave ! 
 
 In life she had thee in her holy keeping, 
 
 In death her comfort gave ! 
 
 She led thee to the living waters, signing 
 Her mark upon thy brow ; 
 
 Guided thee safely to thy day’s declining, 
 
 And guards thine ashes now. 
 
 CLXYIII. 
 
 Thy spirit, brother, soars away 
 Among the faithful blest, 
 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling 
 And the weary are at rest. 
 
 CLXIX. 
 
 There is a calm for those who weep, 
 
 A rest for weary pilgrims found ; 
 
 And while the mould’ring ashes sleep 
 Low in the ground. 
 
 The soul, of origin divine, 
 
 God’s glorious image freed from clay, 
 
 In heaven’s eternal sphere shall shine, 
 
 A star of day. 
 
 CLXX. 
 
 The path of sorrow, and that path alone, 
 
 Leads to the world where sorrow is unknown. 
 
 CLXXI. 
 
 The wicked cease from troubling there, 
 
 The weary are at rest ; 
 
 Sorrow and sin, and pain and care, 
 
 No more approach the blest. 
 
 CLXXII. 
 
 This much and only this we know, 
 
 They are supremely blest ; 
 
 Have done with sin, and care and woe, 
 
 And with their Saviour rest. ' 
 
 CLXXIII. 
 
 The Christian, when life’s trials close, 
 
 Sleeps in refreshing calm repose. 
 
 JSictoarti, 
 
 CLXXIY. 
 
 “ Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” 
 
 E’en from her birth there seemed a voice to say, 
 Enter a weary world, nor strive, nor cry; 
 Meekly the Christian whispered, I obey, 
 
 And, “ Enter into joy,” is now her Lord’s reply. 
 
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 Ever the richest tenderest glow 
 Sets round the autumnal sun. 
 
 But there sight fails : no heart may know 
 The bliss when life is done. 
 
 CLXXYI. 
 
 “ Now, face to face.’* 
 
 She had no riches, but an humble heart, 
 
 In meek submission with her lot to bow ; 
 Even on earth she saw her God “ in part,” 
 
 And “ face to face” she sees his glory now. 
 
 CLXXYII. 
 
 “We bless thy holy name, for all thy servants departed this life in 
 thy faith and fear.” 
 
 The meanest roof on earth had he 
 Wherein to lay a weary head ; 
 
 Now has he joined the company 
 Of God’s most holy blessed dead. 
 
 Sternal 
 
 CLXXVIII. 
 
 The grave with its dark mystery parts 
 The living and the dead : 
 
 But one in Faith, Hope, Love, their hearts, 
 
 As one in Christ their Head : 
 
 The Dead shall rise : the Living die : 
 
 All once again shall meet ; 
 
 And Saints pass to their bliss on high, 
 
 From the Great Judgment seat. j. h. 
 
 CLXXIX. • 
 
 Life is real — life is earnest, 
 
 And the grave is not its goal ; 
 
 “ Dust thou art, to dust returnest,” 
 
 Was not spoken of the soul. 
 
 CLXXX. 
 
 The bitterness from death is gone, 
 
 Though still our tears may flow; 
 
 He who the mighty victory won, 
 
 Wept for this very woe. 
 
 CLXXXI. 
 
 Thou art gone to the grave ! but we will not deplore thee, 
 Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb. 
 
 The Saviour has pass’d through its portals before thee, 
 
 And the lamp of His love is thy light through the gloom. 
 
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 “ Be diligent, that ye may be found of liim in peace.” 
 
 If, at death’s sleep, thy mind on God be stayed. 
 
 Of peaceful waking be not thou afraid ; 
 
 Sleep not in sin when comes that awful night, 
 
 Or thou shalt wake to judgment in affright. 
 
 BISHOP HALL. 
 
 CLXXXIII. 
 
 Life is short ! Time fast is flying ! 
 
 Haste, improve the passing day ; 
 
 Young and old are round us dying ; 
 
 All await the house of clay. 
 
 But, dear Reader ! Christ is waiting 
 Full salvation to bestow ; 
 
 Hasten, and accept the blessing, 
 
 Life’s best treasure here below. e. s. 
 
 CLXXXIY. 
 
 All die in Adam ; so in Christ shall all 
 
 Be made alive. Live so that thou mayst hear 
 A welcome summons in the trumpet call, 
 
 That shall proclaim thy J udge and sentence near. 
 
 CLXXXV. 
 
 Reader ! the human dust beneath thy feet 
 Shall one day rise again, — so shall thine own, 
 
 And thou and he shall glad or trembling meet 
 
 Before the great white throne. j. a. f. f 
 
 CLXXX VI. 
 
 “ Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, 0 Lord.” 
 
 Oh, trifle not with a long-suffering God, 
 
 Better the stripe than the suspended rod ! 
 
 Though Heaven forbearance shows, 
 
 And hides awhile its frown; 
 
 Suns that in mercy rose, 
 
 In judgment have gone down. 
 
 CLXXXYII. 
 
 “ Where 6in abounded, grace did much more abound.” 
 
 Here rests in hope through Jesu’s blood 
 A fellow mortal of your race ; 
 
 Who sought and found the source of good 
 
 In Christ, the sinner’s friend, through grace, e.s. 
 
 CLXXXVIII. 
 
 “ Lord teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts 
 unto wisdom.” 
 
 These monitory lines proclaim 
 
 How brief the span of human life ! 
 
 Of friends removed, we trace the name 
 Of children, parent, husband, wife. 
 
 CLXXXIX. 
 
 Teach us, 0 Lord ! our days to number ; 
 
 So let us Christ’s true wisdom share, 
 
 That we, life passed, and death’s brief slumber, 
 
 May with his saints in heaven appear. e. s. 
 
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 Ask not concerning him who sleeps below, 
 
 What were his frailties. What is that to thee ? 
 Christ is the Judge — enough for thee to know, 
 
 As he is now, so thou shalt shortly be. 
 
 CXCI. 
 
 All ends not here — there is a life in store, 
 
 Which none shall miss wlio seek with all the heart; 
 The way is holiness, and Christ the door : 
 
 Learn thou to choose in time the better part ! 
 
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 Here sleeps in silence, dust return’d to dust, 
 
 One wlio, in life beloved, lamented died : 
 
 And in men’s favour we too often trust, 
 
 Feeding with perilous hopes our human pride : 
 
 But not in him was wanting holier love, 
 
 And he had faith with penitence and prayer : 
 
 Have thou the same, lest seeming virtues prove, 
 
 For lack of heavenly root, the spirit’s snare ! 
 
 CXCIII. 
 
 He lives, who lives to God alone, 
 
 And all are dead beside ; 
 
 For other source than God is none, 
 
 Whence life can be supplied. f 
 
 CXCIV. 
 
 “ For he cometh to judge the world." 
 
 If at this hour should burst the solemn cry, 
 
 “ The bridegroom cometh,” with his holy train, 
 
 Is thy lamp trimmed, or hast thou oil to buy? 
 
 Or light, or darkness, hangs on thy reply — 
 
 The inner feasting, or the outward pain. 
 
 cxcv. 
 
 “My flesh shall rest in hope." 
 
 It were a small thing o’er thy grave to say, 
 
 That thou in life wert loved, and mourned when dead ; 
 Such memories decay ! 
 
 Oh, rather be it said, 
 
 Thy walk below, sustained by faith and love, 
 
 Thy flesh here “ rests in hope,” to see God’s face above. 
 
 CXCVI. 
 
 If thou would ’st reap in love 
 First sow in holy fear, 
 
 So life a winter’s mom may prove 
 To a bright endless year. 
 
 CXCVII. 
 
 Let no proud stone with sculptur’d virtues rise 
 To mark the spot wherein a sinner lies ; 
 
 Or if some boast must deck the sinner’s grave, 
 Boast of His love who died lost man to save. 
 
 CXCVIII. 
 
 Lord ! fix our hearts on things above, 
 
 Since all below to ruin tends ; 
 
 If here we trust, believe, and love, 
 
 There shall we meet our Christian friends, f 
 
 CXCIX. 
 
 Look up to Heaven and unto Him, 
 
 Whose life-blood flowed for thee, 
 
 And read, in that all-cleansing stream, 
 
 His summons, “Come to me.” f 
 
 CC. 
 
 0 seize the swift, the passing hour, 
 
 Improve each moment as it flies ; 
 
 Life’s a short summer, man a flower, 
 
 So soon he fades away and dies. f 
 
 CCI. 
 
 “ Remember how short my time is.” 
 
 My night is come, and thine, perchance, is near, 
 For who his hours can sum. 
 
 Oh ! let a Spirit whisper in thine ear, 
 
 “ Flee from the wrath to come !” 
 
 CCII. 
 
 May God awake thy fears : teach 
 Thee thy days to number, and to apply 
 Thy trembling heart to wisdom. 
 
 CCIII. 
 
 Seek not to judge the living or the dead, 
 
 Thine own heart vile, thy brother’s all unknown ; 
 One is our Judge, to whom each thought hath fled. 
 
 Each heart is open ; and before whose throne — 
 A just, unerring bar — we all must stand : 
 
 Seek to secure thy lot at His right hand. l. f 
 
 CCIY. 
 
 a Let us do well while we have time.” 
 
 Time is a talent, and he knew its cost, 
 
 Its fragments gleaned, that nothing might be lost ; 
 Who waste it now shall most that loss deplore, 
 
 In the great day when Time shall be no more. 
 
 CCV. 
 
 “ The place whereon thou standest ia holy." 
 
 Think, as ye tread with holy fear, 
 
 Think, as ye read with lowly tone, 
 
 This is the “ Field of God,”* and here 
 His Resurrection seeds are sown. 
 
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 CCVI. 
 
 “ We shall know as we are known." 
 
 The time is coming, even now is near, 
 
 When thou like me must share 
 The heritage of sin, the common lot : 
 
 Then know thy God betimes in fear ; 
 
 To meet him now prepare — 
 
 Lest this, his stern denial, thou shouldst hear, 
 
 “ Depart ! I know thee not.” 
 
 CCVII. 
 
 ’Tis well to stand where others sleep, 
 
 In death’s still, dreamless slumber, 
 
 And ’mid the silence, lone and deep, 
 
 Thine own fleet moments number. 
 
 CCYIII. 
 
 Would’st thou meet death without dismay, 
 Seek Christ to take its sting away. f 
 
 CCIX. 
 
 “ This day shalt thou be with me in paradise." 
 
 Wait not the eleventh hour, nor madly dare 
 To stay repentance and to tempt thy doom ; 
 One thief was saved lest sinners should despair, 
 And only one, lest sinners should presume. 
 
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 A simple man, who walk’d through life 
 Unknowing and unknown, 
 
 As seeking peace and shunning strife, 
 
 Rests here beneath this stone. 
 
 The world saw little to approve, 
 
 And pass’d him rudely by ; 
 
 Yet was he one whom Christ might love 
 For his humility. 
 
 Heaven grant that when the trump shall sound, 
 And they that sleep awake, 
 
 The peace he sought for may be found 
 For his Redeemer’s sake ! 
 
 CCXI. 
 
 A man of enterprise and active mind, 
 
 One who had seen the ways of many lands, 
 
 Here rests awhile upon his way to find 
 
 A home that shall endure, not made with hands. 
 
 His comfort was, that One who knows the heart, 
 Shall be his Judge : for he in many a snare, 
 Sought earnestly to choose the better part, 
 
 And in all perils cast on God his care. 
 
 CCX1I. 
 
 By sore reverses in his worldly lot, 
 
 Led to exalt his care from things below 
 To treasures which the moth corrupteth not, 
 
 He found in resignation balm for woe. 
 
 Give us, Good Lord, the grace we need to see 
 That our true comfort is in trusting Thee ! 
 
 CCXIII. 
 
 “ Not walking in craftiness." 
 
 Calmly along the narrow road. 
 
 With holy Mother Church his guide; 
 
 Fed by the living streams that flowed 
 Beside his path, in hope he died. 
 
 Simple — yet for his Master bold — 
 
 He sowed, and “ reaped an hundred-fold.” 
 
 CCXIY. 
 
 “ Let him who is without sin among you cast the first stone." 
 
 Cast not a careless stone 
 At him who lies below ; 
 
 Judge no man’s soul, for God alone 
 The secret heart can know. 
 
 Let conscience speak thine oft misdeed, 
 And charity for his will plead. 
 
 ccxv. 
 
 Strong foundations he had laid 
 With the stones that turn to dust, 
 
 Unto others lending aid : 
 
 Hope that by a faithful trust, 
 
 He had wisely laid his own 
 On the living Corner-stone. 
 
 CCXVI. 
 
 A man of Christian mind, whose calling lay 
 Within the garden’s monitory bound : 
 Hope that his portion, till the final day, 
 May in far goodlier paradise be found ! 
 
 M^t0cellaneous, 
 
 CCXVII. 
 
 “ The last shall be first." 
 
 A life embittered, yet enjoyed ; 
 
 A single talent well employed ; 
 
 In little, faithful — strong in love, 
 
 High is thy destiny above. 
 
 CCXVIII. 
 
 Amid the buried dead of ages past 
 
 We laid thee, loved one, to thy peaceful rest ; 
 And when these graves shall hear the trumpet blast, 
 May mourned and mourners meet amid the blest. 
 
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 CCXIX. 
 
 Dead ! the Christian does not die ; 
 
 Steadfast is the faithful word : 
 
 He shall live eternally, 
 
 If indeed he loved the Lord. 
 
 ccxx. 
 
 How blest, when grace has made us meet, 
 
 The Saviour’s face to see ; 
 
 For if his love on earth be sweet, 
 
 What must his presence be ! f 
 
 CCXXI. 
 
 It must be so ; for Adam’s guilty fall 
 Brought death and sin and sorrow on us all ; 
 All die in him, and helpless should we be, 
 Adored Redeemer ! were it not for Thee. -f- 
 
 CCXXII. 
 
 So when the Archangel’s word is spoken, 
 
 And death’s deep trance for ever broken, 
 
 In mercy may’st thou feel the heavenly hand, 
 
 And in thy lot unharm’d before thy Saviour stand. 
 
 CCXXII1. 
 
 When Christians in their Saviour sleep, 
 
 Their crown is won their warfare o’er, 
 
 Why should we then in anguish weep ? 
 
 They are not lost, but gone before. 
 
 CCXXIV. 
 
 When sorrowing o’er the stone we bend, 
 
 Which covers our departed friend, 
 
 Thou, Saviour, mark’st the tears we shed, 
 
 For thou didst weep o’er Lazarus dead ! 
 
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 Those marked f are extracted, by permission, from the “ Churchyard Manual.” 
 
 
 42 
 
Description of tljc Pates, 
 
 Wiiti) Hematfcs on tfje JHasonrg anti (Eonstructton of 
 
 ©Ijrtstian fHexxtortals, 
 
 N issuing the present series of Original Designs for Christian Memorials, the Author 
 takes the opportunity of stating that he has been actuated by a desire to carry out 
 certain leading principles, viz. : simplicity of design and construction, appropriateness 
 to their purpose, and durability. The designs are more or less ornamental ; but in each case the 
 desire has been that no labour should be bestowed in their execution that should not afford 
 an equivalent in appearance, and that no ornamentation should be employed for the mere sake 
 of ornament, but only such as the general form of the memorial seemed to require to furnish it, 
 and to render its appearance acceptable. Only such Emblems and Devices are introduced 
 as speak of pardon and eternal life, care being taken to exclude every symbol of heathenism, 
 signifying Death and final extinction, which are so frequently found in our modern Cemeteries. 
 As durability is important, the accompanying designs have been arranged with that view. 
 No stones in any of the designs are large, and each design ought necessarily to be executed 
 in solid stone, and not in small pieces or slabs, as is frequently the case, to the certain destruction 
 of the work after a few years. It is important that care should be exercised in the selection of 
 stone for such purposes, and that all stones should be rejected that have not a well attested 
 character for durability. Should no local stone exist, fulfilling this condition, it ought to be 
 procured from a distant source, as painting to secure durability should in all cases be avoided. 
 
 Whatever the character of the memorial, it is desirable that it be well executed, and as in 
 country districts masons often lack knowledge and experience, designs suited to their ability 
 should be selected, as it is much more satisfactory to see a plain design, well executed, than 
 a more elaborate one, which only bears witness of the workman’s incompetency. 
 
 Plates X anti 2. — Wood Crosses. These ought properly to be made of Oak for 
 durability ; the inscription should be either incised or painted on the transverse bar ; a 
 text may be introduced on the circles of Nos. 2, 3, and 8, or on the oblique bars of Nos. 
 4, 5, and 6. They should invariably be placed at the west end of the grave. Nos. 7 and 
 8 are intended to be fixed in Stone Bases. 
 
 Plate 3 , — Plain Headstones. These are intended as a simple substitute for the large 
 and unseemly Headstones too frequently erected ; they are moderate in size, slightly mediae- 
 val in character, and each of them capable of containing a number of inscriptions. Their 
 thickness should not be less than four inches. 
 
 Plates 5, 6, anti 7. — Headstones of more elaborate design, containing devices in 
 relief, significant of the Christian’s hope ; the whole of which are worked out of the surface 
 of the stone. No. 25 is intended to be pierced through. The thickness should not be 
 less than four inches for Nos. 15 to 20, or five inches for Nos. 13, 14, 21 to 28. 
 
 Plates 8 anti 9 , — Headstones of the same class as the preceding, but well adapted for the 
 addition of body-stones, as is shewn in Nos. 31, 32, 35, and 36. Thickness, five inches. 
 
 Plates XO anti XX v — Headstones of a lighter character; also, well suited for the addition of 
 coped body-stones. Thickness, from five to six inches. 
 
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 depends on excellence of execution. Nos. 42 , 43 , 44 , and 45 ought never to be attempted 
 except by an experienced carver, in order that the true character of the ornamentation may 
 be secured. Thickness, from five to nine inches. 
 
 Plate 16 . — Suggestive design for the purpose of shewing how Encaustic Tiles and Colour may 
 be introduced. Thickness, from five to six inches. 
 
 Plates 17 an* 18 ♦ — Foot Stones, in which monograms and emblematic devices are in- 
 troduced, and which may be varied at pleasure. Thickness, four to five inches. 
 
 Plates 19, 20, an* 21, — Incised and Carved Slabs. The inscription should com- 
 mence on the bevil on the left of the cross. The foot of the cross to be laid towards the east. 
 
 Plates 22 an* 23 , — Coped Slabs. An encaustic tile or other device might be used 
 instead of the sacred monogram in the circle in No. 68 . 
 
 Plates 24, 25, an* 26 ♦ — Coped Tombs. Nos. 73 and 74 have dwarf headstones. The 
 inscriptions on these and on Tombs of a similar class to commence according to the rule 
 given above. The Texts &c., on the sides of No. 72 to be in raised letters. 
 
 Plate 27 , — Elevations to scale of the six preceding Coped Tombs. Entire length, from six 
 feet six inches to seven feet. 
 
 Plates 28, 29, 30, an* 31 , — Coped Tombs with Headstones combined. In Nos. 7 5 , 
 77 , and 78 other devices can be used in the Panels than those shewn. 
 
 Plate 32, — Elevations to scale of the four preceding Coped Tombs. Entire length, from six 
 
 feet six inches to seven feet. 
 
 Plate 33. — Coped Tombs, shewing the application of Encaustic Tiles and Coloured decora- 
 tion. The cross on No. 79 may be in bronze or zinc. 
 
 Plate 34 , — Elevation &c., to scale of the two preceding tombs. 
 
 Plate 35. — Coped Tomb elaborately carved. The subjects in the quartrefoils may be varied 
 by substituting for the initials the emblems of the Four Evangelists, the Sacred Monogram, 
 the Agnus Dei or other suitable devices. The ornament between is easily produced, the 
 ground only being sunk about three-eighths of an inch. 
 
 Plate 36 . — Elevation and Plan of the preceding to scale. 
 
 Plates 37, 38, 39, an* 48. — Grave Crosses, of both simple and elaborate designs. 
 The character of these memorials is recommended in preference to those which partake 
 more of the appearance of the ordinary headstone. They should never be less than six 
 inches thick. The thickness of Nos. 88 and 89 may taper upwards. The base of No. 94 
 should be about twelve inches thick, its height from five to six feet. 
 
 plates 41, 42, an* 43 . — Pillar and Churchyard Crosses to scale. The emblems 
 of the Four Evangelists could be introduced in the bases of Nos. 99 and 100 . 
 
 Plates 44, 45, an* 46, — Stones of Memorial. The peculiar characteristic of these 
 designs is their simplicity and massiveness. The stones should be from twelve to eighteen 
 inches thick, dependent on the size they are executed. 
 
 Plates 47 an* 48, — Upright Tombs presenting four surfaces for inscriptions, to be ex- 
 ecuted of solid blocks of stone, of such size as to present the least number of transverse joints. 
 
 Plates 49 an* 50, — Iron Railing of a character to harmonize with the above designs. 
 
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 H CCOMPANYING this Volume, is given a Photograph of a Memorial Relievo, designed 
 and modelled by the author, as a memento of the late Prince Consort, and suggestive of 
 ___ the way in which Sculpture may be applied to Memorials in the interior of Churches, 
 by arranging such a subject within a moulded arch or other convenient recess, and placing an 
 inscribed brass in the wall beneath. 
 
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 ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD, 
 
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 |HE design of this Volume is intended to embody an amount of accurate historical 
 information, and to present such a series of faithful views of the objects and scenery 
 described, as may render it suitable for the select library, the drawing-room table, or as 
 __ _ _ a Christmas or New Year’s Gift Book; a souvenir of one of the most famous manufactur- 
 
 ing towns in the kingdom, the neighbourhood of which is celebrated for its beauty, variety, and 
 interest. As an illustrated work it is adapted to remind the local resident, and to represent to 
 intelligent readers generally, how many attractions — additional to those of productive and mer- 
 cantile importance — pertain to the ancient district of “Hallamshire,” of which Sheffield is the 
 modern capital. 
 
 Photographic Illustrations. 
 
 Hallamshire Forgemen — High-street — Interior of Room in Carbrook Hall — 'The old “Hawle at the Poands ” — 
 Interior of the Shrewsbury Chancel, St. Peter’s Church — General View of the Steel Manufactories, from Cricket 
 Inn road — Ruins of Manor Lodge — Beauchief Abbey — Beauchief Hall — Chimney-piece in Beauchief Hall, with 
 carved effigy of Sir Nicholas Strelley — -“ Ribbledene ” — “Wolf Wheel,” on the Rivelin — Stanedge Pole — Stanedge 
 Rocks — Old Timbered House at Norton Lees, &c. 
 
 Vignettes. 
 
 Sheffield from Park-side, in 1745 — The First Brick House in Sheffield — Old House near Townhead-steet — Interior of 
 the Shrewsbury Vault, with Earl Gilbert’s coffin- — “ Oueen Mary’s Room ” at the Manor Lodge — The Altar-piece 
 of Beauchief Abbey — A Saw-Grinder at Work — Chantrey’s Birth-place, &c., &c. 
 
 Contents of the Letter-Press. 
 
 SHEFFIELD. — Introductory — Early Charters and Local Manufactures — The town burnt in 1264 — The early 
 Lords of Hallamshire — The Parliamentarians take possession of the town and castle — Sheffield in 1730 — 
 Broomhall attacked by a mob — Ecclesiastical revenues — Incorporation of the Cutlers' Company — Local News- 
 papers — Appearance of the town in 1819 — Opening of the Canal — The First Election — Characteristics of 
 the Men of Hallamshire. 
 
 WITHIN the Town . — Former appearance of High-street — The Old Town Hall , Grammar School , and 
 Cutlers' Hall — Old Vicarage and Vicar Dossie — Iris Office — Crooked Billet Yard — Three Crosses standing 
 in 1700 — Old Houses in Townhead-street — The “ hawle at the poands" — True-Love's Gutter — Names of 
 Streets indicative of their once rural sites — Hick's Stile Field — The Wicker in times past. 
 
 OUR OLD Churchyard . — The first recorded interment — Supposed site of a Roman camp — Few early 
 Memorials — The Executioner of Charles I. — Modern devastations — The Shrewsbury vault — “ Pulling 
 down the Cross" — Curious inscriptions — The “ Alabaster Tomb." 
 
 
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 MILLS AND Machinery. — Ancient metal workers of Hallamshire — Increased importance of the Sheffield 
 trades — Steel making : its processes — Bessemer's process — The Nasmyth steam hammer — The manufacture 
 of armour plates — Crinoline steel : its manufacture. 
 
 An Hour with the Literary and Philosophical Society. — The Society: its formation 
 and object — Classic Sheffield— Jonathan Salt — Charles Sylvester— foseph Hunter — Francis Chantrey Celebri- 
 
 ties cojinected with the Society — Montgo?nery on “ Dante." 
 
 THE MANOR Lodge. — Situation — Former Splendour — Cardinal Wolsey visits the Manor Lodge — Francis 
 fifth Earl of Shrewsbury — Mary Queen of Scots a prisoner here — Remarkable Trees — Present dilapidated 
 condition of the Lodge and Pai-k. 
 
 ECCLESALL AND Beauchief. — Batiner-Cross — Ecclesall — Tradition cojviected with Bent's Green — Beau- 
 chief Abbey : its founder — Dissolution in 1536 — Supposed removal of the bells — Woodseats — Wesley’s visit 
 — Sir Nicholas Strelley — Beauchief Hall. 
 
 The RlVELIN AND The Loxley.— The Ribbledene—Rivelin: its Grmding Wheels and Scenery— The 
 River Loxley — Local TraditioJis — The D ale- Dyke Reservoir — The Lmmdation and its consequejices. 
 
 The Moors, THE Dams, AND THE Rocks.— The Moors— The Dams at Redmires—Stanedge Pole 
 and Rocks — Features of geological interest — Opening day on the Moors. 
 
 NORTON AND Chantrey. — Old timbered mansion at Norton Lees — The family of Blythe — Norton Hall 
 — Norton House and “ Squire Newton" — The ‘•'■Oaks" — Mag-o'-th'-Hay — Sir Francis Chantrey: his Father 
 — Chantrey' s early education — Amusing incident — The school — Chantrey’ s will: his grave — The Tablet and 
 Memorial Obelisk. 
 
 Notes on Local Portraits in Public Places. — The Dragon of Wantley. 
 
 Elegantly printed on toned paper , small 4 to, and handsomely bound , in cloth extra , price 1 $s. 
 Prtncatrti fog permission to Wty Piflljt Ptonouratile AALfjatncliffe, 
 
 W HARNCLIFFE, 
 
 WORTLEY, AND THE VALLEY OF THE DON, 
 
 Photographically Illujlrated by Theophilus Smith. 
 
 “Where Don’s dark waters bathe the rugged feet 
 Of billowy mountains, silent, motionless, 
 
 As if the Almighty’s hand had still’d and fix’d 
 The waves of chaos in their wildest swell !” 
 
 HIS Work is the first systermatic attempt to set forth the pictorical beauties of Wharn- 
 clifife, and is published with the hope and in expectation not merely that its contents 
 will be found interesting as descriptive of WharnclifTe, its romantic scenery, and associa- 
 tions, but that it will induce many persons to visit, and at the same time assist them to 
 explore and enjoy, that far-famed locality. 
 
 Photographic Illustrations. 
 
 More Hall, Yewden Brook, and the Valley of the Don, from WharnclifTe Crags- — WharnclifTe Lodge — Table Rock — Lover’s Rocks — 
 Crags near the Old Kennels — Old Oak, near the Lodge— Dragon’s Den — Path from the Dragon’s Den to the Dragon’s Cellar — Dragon’s 
 Well — Lover’s Leap — Cascade Rock, near the “ Hussy’s Hole Home ” — Bison in WharnclifTe Chase — St. Leonard’s Church, Wortley — 
 Monument in Wortley Church, by Flaxman — Wortley Hall. 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 Introductory — The Valley of the Don — Wharnclijfe Chase : its geological features — Montgomery, “ The little 
 Cloud" — Wharnclijfe: its scenery and seasonal changes — Mrs. Sterndale’s Description — Lingering Tradi- 
 tions — Sir Thomas Wortley — Wharnclijfe Lodge — Incised Rock: curious inscription — The residence of Lady 
 Mary Wortley-Montague — Lady Erne — Description of the Lodge — The Dragon of Wantley — The Dragon's 
 Cellar — Taylor , the Water Poet : his interesting description — Wharnclijfe Crags — The Yewden Valley — 
 Rifle Range , Wharnclijfe Chase — Grenowood — Warning fire in 1805 .• its consequences : a false alarm — 
 Deer and Bison, in Wharnclijfe Chase — Greenmoor — Wortley Church: monument by Flaxman — Christmas 
 at Wortley — Wortley Llall : ancient residetice of the Wortley s — Garrisotied in the King's cause — Sir Francis 
 Wortley — Magnificent Scenery — The Hang' d Man's Stone: a legend — Tankersley — Lady Fanshawe — Bird- 
 well — Attractions of Wharnclijfe — Concluding Reflections. 
 
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 HE object of this work is to secure a permanent Memorial of this beautiful example of 
 Ancient Architecture, which is fast hastening to decay. Though small and in a secluded 
 situation, and therefore comparatively unknown, this Church is considered one of the 
 most unique examples of Norman Architecture now in existence. The richness and variety of 
 its detail, and the fact of its having almost entirely escaped alteration in succeeding periods, 
 renders it peculiarly interesting to the Architect and the Archaeologist. 
 
 The profession will derive from this publication, the advantage of securing by Photographic 
 aid, exact fac-similes of the details, presented with a degree of faithfulness unattainable by other 
 means, giving not only the peculiar style or ornamentation, but the mechanical construction in all 
 its minutiae, and in many cases the actual toolings of the chisel. 
 
 Photographic Illustrations. 
 
 Frontispiece : South Doorway — Front view of Chancel Arch, shewing portion of Inner Arch — View of inside of Chancel Arch — Enlarged 
 view of Ornamental Columns on left side of Doorway — Exterior view of Central Window of Apse, and portion of Ornamental Stringcourse — 
 Front view of Capitals of first Chancel Arch — Back view of ditto — Front view of Capitals of Inner Arch — Back view of ditto — Enriched 
 Capitals of Pillars, supporting the groining of the Apse — Exterior view, shewing portion of the Stringcourse crossing Buttress — Portion of the 
 Corbel Table, shewing the upper termination of Buttress — The Ground Table with base of Buttress — Interior view of base of Buttress on 
 left side of Inner Chancel Arch. 
 
 Plans, Sections, &c. 
 
 Exterior view : North-west — Interior view : West — Longitudinal Section and Ground Plan — Elevation, Ground Plan, and Sections of South 
 Door — Elevation of Chancel Arch — Sections of Arch and Pier — Polychrome work on Inner Chancel Arch, Columns, and vaulted Ribs in 
 Apse, with Section, Beak Head, &c — Elevation of Inner Chancel Arch — Sections of Arch Moulding, Pier and Apse Wall, shewing Window 
 and Ground Table — Elevation and cross Section of Apse Window — Devices and Section of Corbel Table — Interior Elevation of Apse. 
 
 JIOTICES OF THE j 3 I\_E S S . 
 
 From the “ Gentleman' s Magazine 
 
 “ The work is worthy of all praife ; nothing can be more complete and fatisfa&ory than the feries of illuftrations of Steetley Church, or 
 Chapel; the plans and fettions given in Lithography fupply all that was wanting in the Photographs.” 
 
 From the '■'■Art Journal 
 
 “ The remarkable and truly admirable work was undertaken with the view to fecure a permanent memorial of one of the bed and moft 
 charafteriftic examples of Norman Ecclefiaftical Architetture that is now in exiftance in England, but which, unhappily, is fall haftening to decay. 
 
 The Photographs are in themfelves of the higheft order of excellence ; and when it is confidered that feveral of them were neceffarily 
 executed almoft in the dark, their lharpnefs and precifion are truly wonderful. 
 
 We feel the utmoft pleafure in inviting attention to the Steetley Photographs, and in reccording in ftrong terms our own high opinion of 
 them and of the volume in which they appear. For the firft time, they adtually realize all that is to be defired in the illuftration of architedlural 
 details. They give the true chara&er both of the architedlure and of the material in which the Norman builders worked, and they alfo fet 
 before the obferver the exadl prefent condition of every fculptured fragment, and of every time-worn ftone. 
 
 There is befides an air of painftaking thoughtfulnefs about the volume which at once fecures approbation.” 
 
 From the ‘■‘■Examples of Street Architecture 
 
 “ We feel a particular fatisfaftion in recording the complete fuccefs which has attended this mode of illuftration in the inftance of Steetley 
 Church. 
 
 We can cordially recommend the volume, which in every refpedt reflects the higheft credit upon the Provincial Publifher.” 
 
 From the “Sheffield and Rotherham Independent .” 
 
 “ The work before us by a young fellow-townfman, gives fome beautiful photographic views of different parts of the Chapel, together with 
 lithographed plans of the building. The photographs confidering the bad light in which moft of them had to be taken, are very good. 
 
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 In Tinted Lithography, One Volume, Demy Quarto, bound in Cloth, or in Portfolio, 
 
 & Sc- 
 antier tfjc Auspice^ of, anti Dcbicatcti to, tfjc lincoin SDioccgan Architectural ^ocietp, 
 
 A SERIES OF 
 
 (Original Uniigna for CJMan Jtoariafo, 
 
 ADAPTED FOR CHURCHYARDS AND CEMETERIES , 
 
 CONSISTING OF 
 
 SpWoncs, Woo!) iuib Stone Crosses, Cope!) Combs, ^Ifar Combs, Ineiseb Slabs, it., 
 
 TOGETHER WITH 
 
 Remarks on Burial Places and Christian Memorials, Inscriptions, Texts and % Epitaphs, Masonry , &=c. 
 
 DESIGNED BY THEOPHILUS SMITH, 
 
 Sculptor anti ©rnamentaligit SljcfKclti. 
 
 HE high efteem in which Gothic Art is now held, combined with the fadt that 
 the greater number of the defigns for Churchyard Memorials in this ftyle 
 that have hitherto been publifhed are either unsuited to the public tafte, or 
 too coftly for general adoption, has induced the Author to prepare the pre- 
 sent Series of Original Defigns, which are thoroughly practical in their 
 character and capable of being executed at a comparatively small coft, while 
 at the same time they are confident with the principles of Gothic Art during 
 its bed period, qualities that may fairly be expedted to lead to a widely extended use of a class 
 of memorials at once appropriate and confident in themselves, and also in harmony with the 
 great majority of our churches. 
 
 It is hoped that this work, which contains a larger and also a more varied series of defigns 
 than has hitherto been publifhed, will be of much service to the Clergy, more particularly in 
 rural didridts, fince it will enable them to diredl the attention of their parishoners to such 
 memorials as may be confident with good tade, and at the same time conducive to solemn and 
 profitable thought on the part of others. The ease with which these monuments may be 
 worked out will also judify their being recommended in place of the unfightly and often repul- 
 sive eredtions now so common in our churchyards and cemeteries. 
 
 The Defigns admit of an almod endless variety of modifications, and thus they will be 
 adapted to various tades. The idea of exprefiing our one common chridian faith, by means ot 
 simple suggedive symbols, once prevalent, has been revived in this colledtion of memorials; and 
 it will be found that it may mod happily be carried out in connedtion with becoming inscriptions. 
 
 The work contains more than 150 Defigns, of the following varieties, viz. : — Wood Crofles, Headftones, and 
 Footftones ; richly Carved Headftones, Carved and Incised Slabs, Coped Tombs, Half Tombs, and also Headftones and 
 Coped Tombs combined; Altar Tombs, Grave Crofles, Churchyard Crofles, Upright Tombs, and Railing. Some of 
 the above Defigns are printed in colours, Ihowing the application of Encauftic Tiles. Also, an Eflay on Chriftian 
 Memorials, a copious selection of Texts and Epitaphs, and two plates of suitable Alphabets, with Illuftrative Inscriptions, 
 printed in colours ; together with a Photograph shewing the application of Sculpture to Memorials, for the interior of 
 Churches. 
 
 The Plates are printed in Tint Lithography, on flout paper, and can be enclosed in a folio ; they are drawn to 
 scale, and when Perspective Views are given they are accompanied by the neceflary Working Drawings. 
 
 Any of the above Works may be had from Theophilus Smith , 16, Cemetery Road , Sheffield on receipt of Post 
 
 Office Order for the amount. 
 
 
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