 | Joseph Barlow Robinson - Epitaphs - 1859 - 220 pages
...His deeds were upright and his actions just. GLASGOW NECROPOLIS. 24. Remember, man, 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. 25. There is no Death : — what seems so is transition ! This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1918 - 636 pages
...the versification on the tomb-stones, a specimen of which is in these words: Behold 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. On the tomb-stone of Deborah House, a great name in this Town, was... | |
 | Henry Reed Stiles - Bloomfield (Conn.) - 1859 - 958 pages
...Windsor who departed This Life January ye 19, 1762, in ye 31st Year of his Age. Behold 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 In Memory of CHARLES ELLSWORTH Esq who Departed this Life Jan 4, 1776,... | |
 | 1859 - 894 pages
...they were not divided." Another of a father, bids all his children, " Prepare to meet their God "— "As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so you must lie." t Another baa the common Terse, wliieh country people are never tired of repeating— " Afflictions... | |
 | Sussex Archaeological Society - Archaeology - 1862 - 376 pages
...25th year of his age. He left surviving a widow and one son, Jeflry-George. Stay, traveller, stay, and cast an eye, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now, so must you be, Prepare yourself to follow me," " Sacred to the memory of Leer, wife of JAMES STO3KAM,... | |
 | Sussex Archaeological Society - Archaeology - 1862 - 374 pages
...year of his age. He left surviving a widow and one son, Jeffry-George. Stay, traveller, stay, and east an eye, As you are now, so once was I ; As I am now. so must you be, Prepare yourself to follow me." " Sacred to the memory of Lrcr, wife of JAMES STONHAM,... | |
 | Rufus Campbell Torrey - Fitchburg (Mass.) - 1865 - 140 pages
...declares that '' She Was a Vartus Wife a Kind Neighbour & a Tender Parent. Mournful! Children Hear I Lay as You are Now So Once Was I as I am Now So You Must be Prepaie Your Selves to Follow file." Charles Willard lived where Adin H. Hammond now lives. Edward... | |
 | Edmund Wheeler - Croydon (N.H.) - 1867 - 236 pages
..."Death is a debt to Nature due, Which I have paid, and so must you ;" or with a fuller statement, " As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, you goon must be ; Remember, you are born to die ; Therefore, prepare to follow me." Say not that all... | |
 | Paschal Beverly Randolph - Future life - 1868 - 272 pages
...present hour, and each one of them can truly say to each of us : — " Remember this, as you pass by, Aa you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so you shall be." It is a gala day in Aidenn ! They are holding high festival on Vernalia's emerald slope,... | |
 | Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Hopper Striker Mott, John Reynolds Totten, Harold Minot Pitman, Charles Andrew Ditmas, Louis Effingham De Forest, Conklin Mann, Arthur S. Maynard - New York (State) - 1912 - 500 pages
...sacred hope of a better, March ye 20th, 1773, in ye 6oth year of her age. "All you that pass by, pray cast an eye, As you are now so once was I, As I am now so you must be, Forever in eternity. A virtuous, wise and cheerful mother, To serve ye Lord she did endeavor." John5... | |
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As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me. 
