 | Henry Reed Stiles - 1859 - 958 σελίδες
...Ellington in 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, in ye 47th year of his age While... | |
 | Joseph Barlow Robinson - 1859 - 220 σελίδες
...honoured dust, 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... | |
 | 1859 - 894 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | 1861 - 692 σελίδες
...however I will only give a single specimen : — ' ' Stop traveller, as you pass by ; As you are now, BO once was I ; As I am now, so you must be ; Prepare for death and follow me." Time passed and a new generation with new ideas, more refined tastes and ample resources appeared.... | |
 | Sussex Archaeological Society - 1862 - 376 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | Rufus Campbell Torrey - 1865 - 140 σελίδες
...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 - 1867 - 236 σελίδες
..."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 - 1868 - 272 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | Henry Marvin Benedict - 1870 - 622 σελίδες
...£1,649 iis- jd- She d. April 26, 1834. On his tombtone is the following : " 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." Ch. RACHEL, b. Aug. 25, 1771; d. Oct. 6, 1777. LUCY, b. July 18, 1775; d. Oct- 4. '77717. SAMUEL' (Samuel,*... | |
 | 1921 - 774 σελίδες
...comes on my bones must rot Read this that I am not forjrot Behold and see as you pass by As you arc now so once was I As I am now so you must be Prepare for death and follow me The epitaph, so far as the last four lines are concerned, is a common one in New England graveyards... | |
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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. 
