 | Lorenzo Dow - Christian life - 1814 - 666 pages
...graves, nnd one near the •path had these words on the head-atone : " Behold, ye strangers, passing by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so must you be, prepare for death and follow me." — •'•• Also the ancient castles I saw in Ireland, which were... | |
 | Morgan Williams - Epitaphs - 1822 - 728 pages
...That on this slender moment hangs Your everlasting state ! VIII. Pray stop a foot, and cast an eye ; ^ As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you must be, Therefore prepare to follow me. IX. Time was, I stood where thou dost now, And view'd... | |
 | Joshua Toulmin - Taunton (England) - 1822 - 640 pages
...who died January the 9th, anno Domini 1723, aged 14 months. Behold and see how I doth lie, As you be now so once was I ; As I am now so must you be, Prepare for death and follow me. FRANCIS PAKISH, Who died August 1st, 1755, aged 65 years. Also his... | |
 | Scotch haggis - 1822 - 344 pages
...Christ doth call me from the dustON ELIZARETH WILSON1, [IN THE SAME CUUECH-YARD.J Remember friend, as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I j As I am now, so must you be, Prepare for death, to follow me. ON ADAM SKIRVING, AUTHOR OF THE SOXS... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1825 - 726 pages
...fragments that remain, now nearly level to the earth. It bore the following inscription : " Readers all, a> you pass by, As you are now, so once was I . As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for dtfttjl and follow me." In 1590 Queen Elizabeth gave the Rectory of Bedfont,... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - Ellora (India) - 1825 - 676 pages
...Britannia's guardians here lies low." The second is, •• Reader, reflect : — though here I lie, As you are now, so once was I : As I am now, so yon must be ; Therefore prepare to follow me." These mementos are the honest effusions of a brave and... | |
 | American wit and humor - 1830 - 514 pages
...church-yard in Hertfordshire, were written on a grave rail the following lines : — " Remember me as you pass by ; As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, BO you must be ; ^ Therefore prepare to follow me." Underneath these lines, some one wrote in blue... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1831 - 256 pages
...a church-yard in Hertfordshire, were written on a grave rail the following lines:— " Remember me as you pass by; As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so you must be; Therefore prepare to follow me." Underneath these lines, some one wrote in blue paint:—... | |
 | 1831 - 456 pages
...since, in a church yard in Herefordshire, were written on a grave rail the following lines : Remember me as you pass by, As you are now so once was I , Ae I am now so you must be, Therefore prepare to follow me. Underneath these lines some one wrote... | |
 | R. Green - Framlingham (England) - 1834 - 306 pages
...John, son of John and Susanna Thorndick, 21st August, 1827, 15 years. Stay ! gentle reader, passing by, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so you must be, Therefore prepare to follow me. * An altar tomb. Till, Gawin, 27th July, 1763, 70 years.... | |
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Here Lies the Body of Mr XEHEMIAH ROY CE Who Departed This Life Feb (?)— AD 1791 In the both Year of His Age Behold and see, as you pass by As you are now, so once was I. As I am now so you must be. Prepare for death and follow me. 
