This is a by-product of surveys conducted in south west Norfolk for NAOMI
Here you will find the origin of wording used on gravestones if it is known
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Some of these texts were found only once and others on many occasions

Abide with me fast falls the eventide [Hymn "Abide with me"]

Absent from the body present with the Lord

A child of light [Found in the plural form Ephesians Ch 5 v 8 and I Thessalonians Ch 5 v 5]

Afflicted by our loss we lay thee here

After a life of charity she has gone to receive her reward

After the cross the crown [From hymn "Your choice"]

After labour cometh rest ["The pauper child" by George Heath]

After much suffering may she rest in peace

A life fulfilled caring for others

All earthly comforts vanish thus so little hope of them have we that we from them of they from may in moment take death [Obviously not read correctly]

All journeys end in welcome to the weary and Heaven the hearts true home will come at last [From "Hark hark my soul" by Frederick W Faber 1854]

All journeys end in welcome weary and heaven the spirit will come at last

All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come [Job Ch 14 v 14]

Always in our thoughts

And all wept and bewailed for her, but He said weep not she is not dead but sleepeth [Luke Ch 8 v 52]

And death shall be no more neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more the first things are passed [based on Rev Ch 21 v 4]

And 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 [Rev Ch 21 v 4]

And happy too the Shepherd because his lamb he bore

And Jesus called a little child unto him [St Matthew Ch 18 v 2]

And now Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in Thee [Psalm 39.3? the verse most closely resembles verse 7]

And so after he had patiently endured he obtained the promise [Hebrews Ch 6 v 15]

And these shall be mine that day when I make up my jewels [Malachi Ch 3 v 7]

And they shall see his face and his name shall be in their forehead [Rev Ch 22 v 4]

And thou art gone in hurried haste thy brief career is run thy little pilgrimage is past farewell, farewell my son

And when I saw the star we rejoiced with exceeding great joy [St Mat Ch 2 v 10]

And with the morn those angel faces smile [John Henry Newman 1800 – 1890 "The pillar of the cloud"]

A paragon of love and devotion

As for man his days are as grass as a flower of the field so he flourisheth the wind passeth over it and it is gone [Psalm Ch 103 v 15-16]

As for me I will behold thy face in righteousness I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness. [Psalms Ch 17 v 15]

A silent thought brings many a tear for one we miss and love so dear

Asleep in Jesus [hymn "Asleep in Jesus! Blessed Sleep" by Margaret Mackay]

As they were in life so let them be in death be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life [James Ch 1 v 12]

At even ere the sun was set [Hymn title by Henry Twells 1868]

At evening time it shall be light [Poem by Jennie E Haight]

A tribute of love and gratitude

At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember him ["For the Fallen" poem by Laurence Binyon]

A voice we loved is still

Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead and Christ shall give thee light [Eph Ch 5 v 16]

Because I live ye shall live also [St John Ch 14 v 19]

Be followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises

[Hebrews Ch 6 v 12]

Behold he taketh away who can hinder him? Who will say unto him what doest thou?

Behold I come quickly [Rev Ch 3 v 11]

Be it unto me according to thy word [St Luke Ch 1 v 38]

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved [Acts Ch 16 v 31]

Beloved and unforgotten

Beloved thou hast brought me many flowers tell thy soul their roots are left in mine

Be not afraid only believe

Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life [Rev Ch 2 v 10]

Be ye also ready [St Matt Ch 24 v 44]

Be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh [St Mat Ch 24 v 44]

Be ye therefore ready also for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not [St Luke Ch 12 v 40]

Blessed are the dead who/which/that die in the Lord for they rest from their labours [Rev Ch 14 v 13]

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord: They rest from their labours and their works do follow them [Rev Ch 14 v 13]

Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy [St Mat Ch 5 v 7]

Blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called the children of God [St Mat Ch 5 v 9]

Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God [St Mat Ch 5 v 8]

Blessed are the servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching [St Luke Ch 12 v 37]

Blessed are they that trust in the Lord

Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb

Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching [St Luke Ch 12 v 37]

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven [Psalms Ch 32 v 1]

Boast not thyself of tomorrow for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth [Prov Ch 27 v 1]

Brave unselfish loving

But now abideth faith, hope, love [1 Cor Ch 13 v 13]

But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God and there shall no torment touch them [Wisdom of Solomon Ch 3 v 8]

By thy cross and passion good Lord deliver us

Called suddenly to the land beyond

Christ is all and in all [Colos Ch 3 v 11]

Christ the first fruits afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming [Verse appears to be incorrect] [I Cor Ch 15 v 23]

Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest

Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest [St Mat 11 v 28]

Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen [Deut Ch 27 v 17]

Day by day the voice saith come enter thine eternal home [From the hymn "The Lord doth all things well]

Dear Lord remember me

Death divides but memory clings

Death divides but memories cling

Death like a narrow sea divides that heavenly land from ours ["There is a land of pure delight" by Isaac Watts 1707]

Death where is thy sting O grave where is thy victory

The sting of death is [sin] and the strength of sin is the law [I Cor Ch 15 v 55-6]

Deeply lamented

Died in peace to sin no more

Do justly and love mercy and speak humbly with thy God

Dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return [Gen Ch 3 v 19]

Each Monday come [sic] with deep regret for the one we love and shall never forget

Earth hath one gentle soul the less and heaven one angel more

Ephphatha [= Be opened]. [St Mark Ch 7 v 34]

Eternal rest grant to her O Lord and let light perpetual shine upon her [Te Deum or Psalm Ch 46 v 1]

Even so Father for so it seemed good in thy sight [St Luke Ch 10 v 21]

Ever in our thoughts

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 Cor Ch 2 v 9]

Faithful unto death. [Rev Ch 2 v 10]

Farewell my friends beloved though for a while we part yet always joined in heart we’ll meet in glory

Fear not for I have redeemed thee I have called thee by thy name thou art mine [Isaiah Ch 43 v 1]

For as much as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things but with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish and without spot [1 Peter Ch 1 v 18-9]

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have ever lasting life. [St John Ch 3 v 16]

For He hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee

For he that is entered into his rest he also has ceased from his own work as God did from his, let us labour therefore to enter into that rest [Heb Ch 4 v 10-11]

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him [1 Thess Ch 4 v 14]

For 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 Ch 8 v 18]

For me to live as Christ and to die is gain

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation

For our light affliction but for a moment worketh a for morn exceeding and eternal weight of glory ????

For so He giveth his beloved sleep [Psalms Ch 127 v 2]

For the loved ones taken from us seem the ones we least can spare but God knows best and he gives peace and rest

For there is none other name under Heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. Acts Ch 4 v 12

For the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised [I Cor Ch 15 v 52]

For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality [1 Corinth Ch 15 v 53]

For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain [Phil Ch 1 v 21]

For what is your life? It is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away. [James Ch 4 v 14]

For ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God. [Col. Ch 3 v 3]

From sorrow and from sin released

From the darkness into the light

Give me Lord eternal rest

God calls our loved ones but we lose not wholly what he has given

God closed her weary eyelids and whispered "peace be thine" [Poem "In His Garden"]

God give thee rest till break of day

God is our help and strength a very present help in trouble [Psalm Ch 46 v 1]

God only lends us those we love

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 [Rev Ch 21 v 4]

God’s servants shall serve him and they shall see his face. [Rev Ch 22 v 3-4]

God take our loved ones from our home but never from our hearts

God takes our loved ones from our home but never from our hearts

God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave

Golden memories treasured forever

Gone but not forgotten

Good and faithful

Goodnight sweet prince and the flights of angels sing thee to thy rest [Hamet by Shakespeare]

Grant that through the grave and gate of death we may pass to our joyful resurrection

Grant us as we come to die light at evening time [Possibly derived from Zachariah Ch 14 v 7]

Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends [St John Ch 15 v 13]

Grieve not for me my children dear but seek the joys above

Happy are the faithful dead in the Lord who sweetly die they from all their toils are free in God’s keeping safely be

Have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith

[Based on 2 Tim Ch 4 v 7]

Having fought the good fight and kept the faith she rests in hope

[Based on 2 Tim Ch 4 v 7]

Having received the word in much affliction she became a follower of the Lord

He being dead yet speaketh [Hebrews Ch 11 v 4]

He bringeth them unto the haven where they would be

He called a little child unto him and set him in the midst of them and said verily I say unto you except ye be converted and become as little children ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven [St Mat Ch 18 v 2-3]

He is the rock his work is perfect for all his ways are judgement a God of truth and without iniquity just and right is he [Deut Ch 32 v 4]

He lived by faith in the everlasting love of God and died in confident hope

He liveth long who liveth well all other life is short and vain

He loved Christ sincerely he has gone to be with Him perpetually

He maketh sore and bindeth up: He woundeth his hands make whole [Job Ch 5 v 18]

Her children arise up and call her blessed [Prov Ch 31 v 28]

Here lies a contented farmer. How strange.

Here religious matron? buried lies whose sudden change was no surprise for when call’d was well prepared to go and to die well had learn’d by living

Here resteth a departed friend

Her last words were "All is well I am going to be with Christ which is far better than being here I am dying in peace meet me in Heaven"

Her life a beautiful memory her absence a silent grief

Her sun went down while it was yet day

He shall gather the lambs with his arms [Isaiah Ch 40 v 11]

He shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom [Isaiah Ch 40 v 11]

He sought the glory of his country he found the glory of God

He that doeth the will of God abideth for ever [I John Ch 2 v 17]

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty [Psalm Ch 91 v 1]

He that overcometh shall inherit all things [Rev Ch 21 v 7]

He took her by the hand [Acts Ch 9 v 41??]

He took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them and blessed them [St Mark Ch 10 v 16]

He was honourable and we loved him

He will keep the feet of his saints [1 Sam Ch 2 v 9]

He will swallow up death in victory and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces. [Isaiah Ch 25 v 8]

Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out [St John Ch 6 v 37]

His duty nobly done

His end was peace may he rest from all his labours and troubles with the redeemed and blessed

His folds were full of sheep

His grace is sufficient for me

His lambs shall not perish

His memory is our greatest treasure

His servants shall serve him and they shall see his face [Rev Ch 22 v 3-4]

Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes shine through the gloom and point me to the skies heaven’s morning breaks and earth’s vain shadows flee in life in death O Lord abide with me [Words from the hymn "Abide with me"]

How sweet to think of peace at last and feel that death is gain [Phil Ch 2 v 21-4???]

Humbly trusting in Christ as his Saviour to whom be everlasting praise and glory

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth [Psalms Ch 109 v 23]

I am I, and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, that we still are

I asked of thee life for her and thou gavest her life everlasting

I can go to him but he will not return to me

I come quickly [Rev Ch 22 v 20]

I feed my lambs

I flee unto Thee to hide me Thou O Christ art all I want more than all in Thee I find

If thou wilt openly confess with thy mouth that Jesus is Lord and wilt believe with thy heart that God raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved [Rom Ch 10 v 9]

If we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him

I have fought a good fight have kept the faith

I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me write. From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord [Rev Ch 14 v 13]

I heard the voice of Jesus say come unto me and rest

In hope of eternal life which God that cannot lie promised before the World began [Titus Ch 1 v 2]

I know that my Redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the Earth and though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my flesh shall I see God [Job Ch 19 v 25-26]

I know that my Redeemer liveth for all flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withered and the flower therefore falleth away but the word of the Lord endureth forever [Job Ch 19 v 25]

I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto him

In Christ shall all be made alive [1 Cor Ch 15 v 22]

In God’s keeping

In God we trust

In heaven love abiding

In her is lost a loving wife a tender mother a good neighbour and an honest woman

In His keeping

In hope of eternal life which God that cannot lie promised before the world began

In life beloved in death amen

In life, in death, Oh Lord abide with me ["Abide with me"]

In love he lived in peace he died

In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength [Isaiah Ch 30 v 15]

In sure and certain hope [Book of Common Prayer]

In the hope of eternal life [Titus Ch 1 v 2]

In their mouths was found no guile for they are without fault before the throne of God [Rev Ch 14 v 5]

In the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength [ Isaiah Ch 26 v 4]

In the midst of death hope sees a star [Robert Ingersoll

In the midst of life we are in death

In the morning it flourisheth and groweth in the evening it is cut down and withereth [Psalms Ch 90 v 6]

In the multitude of the sorrows I had in my heart thy comforts have refreshed my soul [Psalms Ch 94 v 19 not verbatim]

In the quiet hours of thinking you are always here

Into thy hands I commend my spirit thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of truth

Into thy hands commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of truth [Night prayer]

I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness [Psalms Ch 17 v 15]

I shall remember while the light lasts and in the darkness I shall not forget

It is sweet to know that we shall meet where partings are no more

Is it well with the child? And she answered it is well [2 Kings Ch 4 v 26]

I sought the Lord and he heard me and delivered me from all my fears [Psalms Ch 34 v 4]

It is not the will of your Father which is in heaven that one of these little ones shall perish [St Mat Ch 18 v 14]

It is the Lord let Him do what seemeth good [I Samuel Ch 3 v 18]

It is the Lord let Him do what seemeth Him good [1 Samuel Ch 3 v 18]

I trust in the mercy of God [Psalms Ch 52 v 8]

It shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be light [Zech Ch 14 v 7]

It will save us from a thousand snares to mind religion young

I waited patiently for the Lord and He inclined onto me and heard my cry [Psalms Ch 40 v 1]

I will both lay me down in peace and sleep for thou Lord only makest me dwell in safety [Psalms Ch 4 v 8]

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills [Psalms Ch 121 v 1]

The Lord is thy keeper [Psalm Ch 121 v 5]

I will ransom them from the power of the grave I will redeem them from death [Hosea Ch 13 v 14]

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 Thes Ch 4 v 13]

Jesus called a little child unto him [St Mat Ch 18 v 2]

Jesus said I am the resurrection and the life [St John Ch 11 v 25]

I am the resurrection and the life, he that believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live [St John Ch 11 v 25]

Jesus said unto her I am the Resurrection and the life he that believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live [St John Ch 11 v 25]

Joy cometh in the morning [Psalm Ch 30 v 5]

Just as I am without one plea [Hymn by Charlotte Elliott]

Kept by the power of God Lord grant us all a place with Thee at home in Heaven

Kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation [1 Peter Ch1 v 5]

Leaving this world with a Christians hope for a better

Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord

Let him who was in life beloved be not in death forgotten

Let light perpetual shine upon her [Te Deum]

Let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his [Num Ch 23 v 10]

Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life [Psalm Ch 23 v 6]

Let sickness blast and death devour if heaven must recompense our pain perish the grass and fade the flower if firm the word of God remains [Rev Samuel Wesley "Collection of poems on sundry occasions"]

Let the rest of the world be quiet for God alone is judge

Life how short, eternity how long

Life is brief but love is long

Like the stars of the morning his bright crown adorning they shall shine in their beauty bright gems for his crown

Lo behold the death of the righteous and let your last end be like his?

Lo I am with you always even onto the end

Looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. [Jude Ch 1 v 21]

Look upon my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins [Psalms Ch 25 v 18]

Lead us heavenly Father lead us [Hymn title by James Edmeston 1821]

Living on through her family and all her friends

Lord I have loved the habitation of thy house

Lord I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth [Psalms Ch 26 v 8]

Lord Jesus receive my spirit. I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am there ye may be also. [St John 14 v 3]

Lord now letest thou thy servant depart in peace [St Luke Ch 2 v 29]

Lord when thy kingdom come remember me

Love abideth forever

Loved and remembered always

Love is strong as death

Loves last gift remembrance

Love still lives in sweetest memories

Make her to be numbered with the saints in glory everlasting [Te Deum]

Man is like a thing of nought time passeth away like a stream [Based on Psalm Ch 144 v 3-4]

[based on Psalms Ch 144 v 4 but modified by other sources]

Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble he cometh forth like a flower and is cut down, he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not.

[Job Ch 14 v 1 & 2]

Many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivereth his out of them all [Psalm Ch 34 v 19]

Many make the household but only one the home

Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace [Psalms Ch 37 v 37]

May light perpetual shine upon him [Te Deum]

Memory is a garden that has many fragrant flowers

Memory is a golden chain that binds us till we meet again

Mine eyes have seen thy salvation [St Luke Ch 2 v 30]

Mizpah originally meant a "watch tower", then "God watch over you". Now means "may good fortune follow you wherever you are"

My beloved is gone down into his garden to gather lilies [Song of Sol Ch 6 v 2]

My flesh and my heart faileth but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever Psalms Ch 73 v 26

My God I am thine what a blessing to know that my Jesus is mine

My Grace is sufficient for thee [11 Cor Ch 12 v 9]

My heart and my flesh faileth but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever and ever Amen [Psalms Ch 73 v 26]

My Lord, my life, my way, my end

[from "How Sweet the Name of Jesus sounds" by John Newton]

My peace I give unto you [St John Ch 14 v 27]

My time is come my life is o’er my love for you was to the last now death is come I must obey prepare to meet me at the judgement

My times are in thy hand [Psalms Ch 31 v 15]

Nearer my God ["Nearer my God to Thee" by Sarah F Adams 1841]

No more parting no more sorrow no more pain

Nothing in my hand I bring simply to thy cross I cling [Augustus M Toplady line from hymn "Rock of Aged"]

Not lost but gone before

Not my will O Lord but thine be done [St Mark Ch 14 v 36]

Not my word but thine be done [St Luke Ch 22 v 42]

Now asleep in peace

Now comes rest

Now is Christ risen from the dead and become the first fruits of them that slept for as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made whole

Now the labourer’s task is o’er

Oh for a touch of a cherished hand and a sound of a voice that is still

Oh for a touch of a vanished hand and sound of a voice that is still

Oh Lord Thou art our Father we are the clay and Thou our potter

O! Lord uncertain are the days of man certain to die but yet uncertain when an instance here you had before our eyes how soon the healthiest is cut down and dies at morn’ I rose, in healthiness at noon and ever the sun was set my hour was come Dear readers be always prepared to meet your God

O love that will not let me go

Only he who bears a cross can ever hope to wear a crown

Parents that twine around our hearts experience best can tell how hard how very hard to part and bid a sad farewell

Patient in suffering happy in death

Peace be thine

Peaceful rest after much devotion

Peace perfect peace with loved ones far away

Peace perfect peace with loved ones far away in Jesus’ keeping we are safe and they

Praise him with stringed instruments and organs [Psalm Ch 150 v 4]

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints [Psalms Ch 116 v 15]

Prepare to meet thy God [Amos Ch 4 v 12]

Redeemed with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish and without spot [1 Peter Ch 1 v 19]

Rejoice in hope patient in tribulation

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth [Eccl Ch 12 v 1]

Remember now thy place in the days of thy youth [Based on Ecclesiastes Ch 12 v 1]

Rest after weariness

Resting until we meet again

Resting where no shadows fall

Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for him [Psalm Ch 37 v 7]

Rest on dear parents thy labour is o’er thy willing hands will toil no more

Rock of ages cleft for me let me hide myself in thee [Hymn Augustus M Toplady 1776]

Safe in the arms of Jesus in his gentle breast in paradise

Safe in the arms of Jesus

Saved by the Lord rejoicing in his love

Seek the Lord while he may be found [Isaiah Ch 55 v 6]

Serve Christ and follow on

She cometh forth like a flower and is cut down she fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not [Job Ch 14 v 2]

She fell asleep in hope of immortal life

She hath done what she could [St Mark Ch 14 v 8] [Aldert Smedes 1810 – 1877 "The duty and responsibility of woman"]

She is gone where the redeem’d are keeping a festival above Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith

She is not dead but gone before

She is not dead but sleepeth [St Luke Ch 8 v 52]

She is not dead but sleeps till Christ shall come

She is not dead whose memory lives in the hearts that knew her worth

She is not tasting death but taking rest [11 Esd 4 26]

She is numbered with the blest

She looked well to the ways of her household and her husband also and he praiseth her [Prov Ch 31 v 27]

She shall rise again at the last day when we shall meet to part no more

She was made willing by affliction and anxious to exchange this society of mortals for the presence of God

Silent thoughts hold memories dear

Simply to thy cross I cling

Sleep on beloved sleep and take thy rest

Sleep where no shadows fall

So dearly loved so greatly missed

Some day we will understand

Some time we’ll understand

Sorrow vanquished labour ended Jordan past [from "Art Thou Weary"]

So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom

So then it is not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth but of God that showeth mercy [Rom Ch 9 v 16]

Still dawns the sweet consciousness I am with thee

Suffer little children to come unto me for of such is the kingdom of Heaven

Suffer little children and forbid them not to come unto me for of such is the kingdom of Heaven [St Mat Ch 19 v 14]

Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life Psalms Ch 23 v 6

Sweet are the memories always remembered

Sweetest rest at last

Sweet his beloved sleep

Sweet is the fragrance of remembrance

Sweet is the memory of a beautiful life

Take heed that ye despise not [St Mat Ch 18 v 10]

Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift Jesus Christ the same yesterday today and forever [Hebrews Ch 13 v 8]

Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ [I Cor Ch 15 v 57]

That ye sorrow not even as others which have no hope for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him [1 Thes Ch 4 v 13-14]

The blessing of the Lord it maketh rich and He addeth no sorrow with it [Prov Ch 10 v 22]

The blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin [1 John Ch 1 v 7]

The days of our years are three score years and ten and if by reason of strength they be four score years yet is their strength labour and sorrow for it is soon cut off and we fly away [Psalms Ch 90 v 10]

The dust shall return to the Earth as it was and the spirit shall return ???

The finger of God touched her and she slept [Alfred Lord Tennyson]

The fittest place where man can die is where he dies for man

The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord [Rom Ch 6 v 23]

The great Jehovah full of joy an angel bright did send to take this little spotless dove to joys that never end

The hoary head is a crown of glory if it be found in the way of righteousness [Prov Ch 16 v 31]

Their cross laid down a crown of victory now Home at last our labour done our battle fought our victory won Jordan past freed from pain thus angels now do welcome us depths of mercy Oh! How sweet now to sit at Jesus feet

Their works do follow them [Rev Ch 14 v 13]

The law of kindness was in his heart

The lip of truth shall be established forever but a lying tongue is but for a moment [Prov Ch 12 v 19]

The Lord alone did lead her [Deut Ch 32 v 12]

The Lord bless thee and keep thee [Num Ch 6 v 24]

The Lord calls his loved ones home to rest in the shelter of his loving arms

The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away blessed be the name of the Lord [Job Ch 1 v 21]

The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day [2 Tim Ch 1 v 18]

The Lord hath need of him [St Luke Ch 19 v 34]

The Lord in his own due time saved her from ten thousand sins by taking her so young

The Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works

The Lord is my light and my salvation [Psalms Ch 27 v 1]

The Lord is my rock and my fortress. [Psalms Ch 18 v 2]

The Lord is thy keeper [Psalms Ch 121 v 5]

The Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he who is become my salvation [Isaiah Ch 12 v 2]

The Lord knoweth all them that are his [2 Tim Ch 2 v 19]

The Lord of hosts protect you all

Them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him [1 Thess Ch 4 v 14]

Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him [1 Thess Ch 4 v 14]

The memory of the just is blessed [Prov. Ch 10 v 7]

The morning cometh [Isaiah Ch 21 v 12]

Then are they glad because they are at rest and so he bringeth them onto the haven where they would be

The night is come

Then shall his weary and faithful disciples all be remembered by what they have done

Then shall two be in the field the one shall be taken and the other left [St Matthew Ch 24 v 40]

Then shalt thou understand

The pure of heart shall see God

The redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with singing unto Zion and ever- lasting joy shall be upon their head [Isaiah Ch 51 v 11]

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. [Hebrews Ch 4 v 9]

The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance [Psalm Ch 112 v 6]

There shall be no night there

There shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain [Rev Ch 21 v 4]

There’s a home for little children above the bright blue sky

These are they that came out of great tribulation [Rev Ch 7 v 14]

The shadow came and the blossoms fell

The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God [Wisdom of Sol Ch 3 v 1]

The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us [Romans Ch 8 v 18]

The sun shall be no more thy light by day neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light and thy God thy glory [Isaiah Ch 60 v 19]

The weary are at rest

The wind bloweth where it listeth and thou hearest the sound thereof but thou knowest not where it cometh or whither it goeth even such is he that is born of the spirit [St John Ch 3 v 8]

They are gone like the shadow when it declineth

They are not dead they do not sleep they have awakened from the dream of life

They died in Jesus & are blessed how sweet their slumbers are from suffering and from sin released and freed from every care

They pass beyond our touch beyond our sight never thank God beyond our love and prayer

They rest in peace

They shall be mine saith the Lord of hosts in that day when I make up my jewels [Malachi Ch 3 v 17]

They shall mount up with wings as angels they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint [Isaiah 40 v31]

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain for the Earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord [Isaiah Ch 11 v 9]

They shall rest from their labours and their works do follow [Rev Ch 14 v 13]

They sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the lamb

Shall not the Judge of all the Earth do right? [Gen Ch 18 v 25]

They that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars for ever and ever

They were lovely and pleasant in their lives and in their death they were not divided [2 Sam Ch 1 v 23]

Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty they shall behold the land that is very far off [Isaiah Ch 33 v 17]

This frail memorial of departed worth is raised over the dust of an affectionate wife and tender mother who closed her of usefulness by a death of tranquillity

This is my rest for forever here will I dwell for I have desired it [Psalms Ch 132 v 14]

Those who love you sadly miss you

Though He slay me ye will trust in Him

Though lost to sight to memory ever dear

Thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy Holy habitation [Ex Ch 15 v 13]

Thou lovest thine home and envied none and for thy happiness relied on joys thou lit in loved ones eyes

Thou shalt call and I will answer thee, thou wilt have a desire to the works of thine hands [Job Ch 14 v 15]

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age like as a shock of corn come in in his season [Job Ch 5 v 26]

Thou shalt guide me with thy council and afterwards receive me to your glory

Thou shalt sleep and thy sleep shall be sweet

Thou sparest all for they are thine O Lord [Wisdom Ch 11 v 26]

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee because he trusteth in Thee [Isaiah Ch 26 v 3]

Till Jesus comes

Till the day break

Thy will be done [St Mat Ch 6 v 10]

Till we meet

Till we meet in the home eternal

Till we shall meet and never part

Time can diminish our sorrow but never our memories

Time cannot dim the memory of love

Time how short eternity how long

Tis God to fix my time of rest

‘Tis not the will of your Father which is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish

‘Tis thy will we should loose the sweet treasure of our hearts humbly do this child resign [1 line]

To an inheritance uncorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away [1 Peter Ch 1 v 4]

To be with Christ which is far better [Phil Ch 1 v 23]

To her parents, a daughter most dear, to her comrades and friends, sincere

To live in the hearts of those we love is not to die

To me to live is Christ and to die is gain

To them that believe Christ is precious [1 Peter Ch 2 v 7]

To us it appeared mysterious that he should be snatched away in the midst of a life of usefulness but my thoughts are not as your thoughts saith the Lord

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths [Prov Ch 3 v 5-6]

Underneath are the everlasting arms

Until

Until the day break and the shadows flee away [Solomon Ch 2 v 17 and Ch 4 v 6]

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness [Psalms Ch 112 v 4]

Unto you therefore which believe he is precious [1 Peter Ch 2 v 7]

Verily God hath heard me He hath attended to the voice of my prayer

Verily I say unto you he that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life [St John Ch 5 v 24]

Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ [1 Cor Ch 1 v 7]

Watch therefore for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. [St Mat Ch 25 v13]

We all do fade as a leaf [Isaiah Ch 64 v 6]

We all hope to meet thee

We are but of yesterday and know nothing because our days upon earth are a shadow [Job Ch 8 v 9]

We bless thy holy name for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear!! [Book of Common Prayer]

Weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning [Psalms Ch 30 v 5]

Weep not she is not dead but sleepeth [St Luke Ch 8 v 52]

We have loved him in life let us not forget him in death

We have our task to finish he has gone home to rest

Well done thou good and faithful servant enter thou into the joy of the Lord [St Mat Ch 25 v 21 and 23]

We loved you well but Jesus loved you best

We meet in memories garden everyday

We must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ [2 Cor Ch 5 v 10]

We must all die with our Lord

We remember you while the light lasts and in the darkness we shall not forget

We shall be like him for we shall see him as he is [I John Ch 3 v 2]

We shall meet on that beautiful shore [Sanford Fillimore Bennett 1836 – 1898 from the hymn "In the sweet by & by"]

We shall part but not forever there will be a glorious dawn we shall meet to part no never on the resurrection morn [Mary A Kidder]

We shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away [1 Peter Ch 5 v 4]

We thank our God for every remembrance of you [Phil Ch 1 v 3]

We which have believed do enter into rest.

We who have believed do enter into rest [Heb Ch 4 v 3]

We will see you again and your heart shall rejoice

We would not call thee back dear our loss is gain to thee to thee an angel’s form is given and angel’s company O bliss supreme to join that choir and [ ] the everlasting [ ]

What things were gain to me those I counted loss for Christ [Phil Ch 3 v 7]

When full of joy some shining morn went forth the reaper band [The 3^rd and 4^th lines of first verse of "Fair waved the golden corn" by John H Gurney 1851]

When the power of speech was gone she wrote on a slate the following words "Happy ! Happy! Happy! No fear love to everybody. Good bye

When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death Thou didst open the kingdom of Heaven to all believers

Where I am there shall also my servant be. [St John Ch 12 v 26]

Where the weary are at rest

Where the weary be at rest

While he was yet young he began to seek after the God of his father

While she appeared in good spirits her thoughts were not known she has left her dear friends to mourn for her soul

Who died in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ

Who eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day [St John Ch 6 v 54]

Who loved me and gave himself for me [Gal Ch 2 v 20]

Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. [Hebrews Ch 12 v 6.]

Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die believest thou this [St John Ch 11 v 26]

Who was called to higher service

Why weepest thou I’m not in a grave but safe in the arms of Jesus

With Christ which is far better [Phil Ch 1 v 23]

With the cross of Jesus going on before ["Onward Christian Soldiers" by Sabine Baring-Gould 1865]

Worthy of everlasting remembrance [From the Apocrypha 2 Maccabees Ch 7 v 20]

Worthy of remembrance

Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for Thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. [Psalms Ch 23 v 4]

Through the valley of the shadow of death though I stray since thou art my Guardian no evil I fear thy rod shall defend me thy staff be my stay no harm can befall with my comforter near [Psalm Ch 23 v 4]

Ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away [1 Peter Ch 5 v 4]

Your sorrow shall be turned into joy [St John 16 v 20]