Epitaphs: Random Listings - Australian Epitaphs

Life Is Earnest

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TranscriptLife is earnest, when tis o'er,
Thou returnest never more.

Memorial NameEzra Battye

Why Should Our Tears Run Down

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TranscriptWhy Should Our Tears Run Down
And our hearts be sorely riven,
For another gem in the Saviour's crown
Another soul in Heaven?

Memorial NameSarah Ross

Ye Also Ready For In Such An Hour

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TranscriptYe also ready for in such an hour
Ye think not the Son of Man cometh

Memorial NameWalter Charles

Blessed and Holy Are They

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TranscriptBlessed and Holy are they that hath part in the first resurrection.
Rev. 20. Chap 6. Verse

Memorial NameBeatrice and Florence Pellew

It Is I Who Miss Him

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TranscriptIt is I who miss him.
I who loved him best.

Memorial NameJames Turnbull

Dearest Mother We Have Laid Thee

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TranscriptDearest Mother we have laid thee
In the peaceful grave's embrace,
But thy memory will be cherished,
Till we see thy heavenly face

Memorial NameAnnie Markham

Never Trust But Hold Fast Your Own

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TranscriptNever trust but hold fast your own
That no one can break up your home

Memorial NameFriederich Wilhelm Mugge

P Short Was Her Call She Had From Above

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TranscriptShort was her call she had from above;
No word to her loved ones did say.
Her eyes closed in heath like a babe in its sleep,
And she peacefully pas...

Memorial NameElizabeth Beauchamp

Not Dead To Us

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TranscriptNot dead to us we loved her dear
Not lost but gone before.
She lives with us in memory still
And will for evermore

Memorial NameElizabeth Rose Rowe

A Few More Years Shall Roll

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TranscriptA few more years shall roll
A few more seasons come
And we shall be with those that rest
Asleep within the tomb

Memorial NameCharles William Machell

Weep Not For Me

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TranscriptWeep not for me, wife and children dear;
Think on the dust that lieth here;
And when this you see, remember me,
Prepare for death and follow me.

Memorial NameMichael Thomas Brew

O Passing Stranger

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TranscriptO passing stranger, call this not
A place of fear and gloom,
I love to linger o'er the spot
It is my childrens tomb

Memorial NameHubert Henry Heddle

Weep Not Dear Friends

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TranscriptWeep not dear friends
But be content
For unto you I was but lent
My days on earth they were but few
And wasted like the morning dew

Memorial NameJoseph Petney

At the Heavenly Gate

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TranscriptAt the Heavenly Gate he'll meet us
With the same sweet loving smile,
For we are only parted, Blair,
Just for a little while

Memorial NameDavid Blair Howell

P Life Is The Time To Serve The Lord

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TranscriptLife is the time to serve the Lord
The time to insure a great reward
And wilst the lamp holds our to burn
The vilest sinner may return

Memorial NameSarah Ann Crouch

What Was There Here

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TranscriptWhat was here to court his stay
Or keep him back from home,
Whilst Angels beckoned him away
And Jesus bade him come.

Now He can read his titles ...

Memorial NameWilliam Symons Billin