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Words of Comfort -- All

  • His friendship was an inspiration, his love a blessing.
  • Always loving: always loved.
  • O, Lord I put him in thy hands.
  • At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember him.
  • God took him home, it was his will, but in our hearts he liveth still.
  • His joy was in serving others.
  • His greatest joy was in making others happy.
  • Resting with those he loved.
  • A loving father, tender and kind, what a beautiful memory you left behind.
  • He loved people and laughter.
  • He was beloved in life.
  • His friends were his world.
  • No man is indispensable but some are irreplaceable.
  • She passed through glory's morning gate and walked in paradise.
  • When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
  • Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love.
  • A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive.
  • Her children arise up and call her blessed.
  • She gave so much and demanded so little.
  • He that endureth to the end shall be saved. (Matthew 10: 22)
  • He loved his fellowman.
  • His life was gentle, and the elements so mix'd in him, that nature might stand up and say to all the world, "This was a man!"
  • Hush, my dear, be still and slumber; Jolly angels guard your bed. (Watts)
  • Whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3: 15)
  • The righteous shall go into life eternal. (Matthew 25:46)
  • He shall receive in the world to come eternal life. (Mark 10:30)
  • Believe on Him to life everlasting. (1 Timothy 1: 16)
  • Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. (23rd Psalm)
  • A man greatly beloved.
  • To know him was to love him.
  • His mission on earth fulfilled.
  • On him and on his high endeavor the light of praise shall shine forever.
  • God called her from among us to a home of eternal rest.
  • To live with him and sing in endless morn of light!
  • A man greatly beloved.
  • The world's loss was heaven's gain when God took you home.
  • Fond memories linger every day, remembrance keeps him near.
  • My pal on earth, God's angel in heaven.
  • He had a kindly word for each and died beloved by all.
  • To those who knew and loved him, his memory will never grow old.
  • He lives with us in memory and will for evermore.
  • We loved him a lot but God loved him more.
  • The child is the father of the man. (Wordsworth)
  • To know her was to love her.
  • Our littlest angel who went back to Heaven.
  • His was a man's courage.
  • For such is the Kingdom of Heaven.
  • Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven. (anonymous)
  • Lord, we give you our littlest angel. (anonymous)
  • So small, so sweet, so soon. (anonymous)
  • Remembering a tiny angel. (anonymous)
  • Let thy child rest in hope and rise in glory.
  • Little Boy Blue has gone away. (Field)
  • Awaiting the touch of a little hand, and the smile of a little face. (E. Field)
  • Children are an heritage of the Lord. (Psalms 127: 3)
  • Sleep, my little one, sleep. (Harrington)
  • No jewel is as perfect as the innocence of childhood. (anonymous)
  • Sleep undisturbed within the peaceful shrine till angels wake thee with a note like thine. (Samuel Johnson)
  • Oh, for boyhood's time of June, crowding years into one brief moon. (Whittier)
  • What would the world be to us if the children were no more? (Longfellow)
  • Children bring their own love with them when they come. (Jean Ingelow)
  • The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtue. (Cicero)
  • God's garden has need of little flowers. (anonymous)
  • God took her home, it was his will, but in our hearts she liveth still.
  • She would rather give than receive.
  • She loved people and laughter.
  • Her friends were her world.
  • She walked in beauty.
  • She served and kept the faith.
  • Resting with those she loved.
  • Her friendship was an inspiration, her love a blessing.
  • Her memory is enshrined in our hearts.
  • Called by one who loves him dearly.
  • God bless thee wheresoe'er thou art in his great universe today.
  • The Lord hath given him rest from all his enemies. (II Samuel 7: 1)
  • She concealed her tears but shared her smiles.
  • May God grant you eternal rest, dear Mother.
  • She lives with us in memory and will for evermore.
  • She had a kindly word for each and she died beloved by all.
  • O, Lord I put her in thy hands.
  • God's greatest gift returned to God--my mother.
  • An angel visited the green earth, and took a flower away. (Longfellow)
  • Children are the keys of paradise. (R.H. Stoddard)
  • She is resting peacefully with Jesus in that beautiful home above.
  • Till the Master of all good workmen shall set us to work anew. (Rudyard Kipling)
  • Sorrows are like tall angels with star-crowns in their hair. (Margery Eldredge Howell)
  • ...There hath pass'd away a glory from the earth. (Wordsworth)
  • Yet in this heart's most sacred place, thou, thou, alone, shall dwell forever. (Moore)
  • To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another. (Leibnitz)
  • Humble love, and not proud science, keeps the door of Heaven. (Young)
  • The greatest attribute of Heaven is mercy. (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule. (Cowper)
  • Nature's loving proxy, the watchful mother. (Bulwer)
  • The cross leads generations on. (Shelley)
  • The kiss of the sun for pardon, the song of the birds for mirth, One's nearer God's heart in a garden, than anywhere else on earth. (Dorothy Francis Gurney)
  • ...The heart of man is restles until it finds its rest in Thee. (St. Augustine)
  • The end and the reward of toil is rest. (James Beattie)
  • In His will is our peace. (Dante)
  • Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past. (Lowell)
  • Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory... (Shelley)
  • Each lonely scene shall thee restore. (William Collins)
  • Things past belong to memory alone, things future are the property of hope. (John Home)
  • Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. (Milton)
  • Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. (Matthew 5: 8)
  • Dust thou art, to dust returnest, was not spoken of the soul. (Longfellow)
  • God gives us love. Something to love He lends us. (Tennyson)
  • Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest. (Goethe)
  • Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. (Moore)
  • Now twilight lets her curtain down and pins it with a star. (L.M. Child)
  • Where there is sorrow there is holy ground. (Wilde)
  • "Tis not the whole of life to live, nor all of death to die. (J. Montgomery)
  • Until the day break, and the shadows flee away.
  • Faith builds a bridge across the gulf of death. (Young)
  • There never was night that had no morn. (D.M.N. Craik)
  • Joy, joy forever! My task is done--the gates are pass'd, and heaven is won. (Moore)
  • Whither though goest, I will go. (Ruth 1: 16)
  • The acts of this life are the destiny of the next. (Eastern proverb)
  • Where He leads me I can safely go. (Millay)
  • Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break... (Shakespeare)
  • Beyond is the infinite morning of a day without a tomorrow. (W.S. Abbott)
  • He hath awakened from the dream of life. (Shelley)
  • Life's a voyage that's homeward bound. (H. Melville)
  • Onward to thy glory! 'Tis always morning somewhere in the world. (R.H. Horne)
  • Death's but a path to be trod if man would ever pass to God. (T. Parnell)
  • God is and all is well. (Whittier)
  • But in the night of death hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. (Ingersoll)
  • This is the promise...the life everlasting. (John 2: 25)
  • The heart of him who truly loves is a paradise on earth. (Lamennais)
  • I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. (John 11:25)
  • Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. (John 14: 1)
  • All things work together for good to them that love God. (Romans 8: 28)
  • Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. (Revelation 2: 10)
  • Not my will, but thine be done. (Luke 22: 42)
  • The Lord watch between me and thee, while we are absent, one from the other. (Genesis 31: 49)
  • For with Thee is the fountain of life: in the light shall we see light. (Psalm 36: 9)
  • Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5: 4)
  • Greater love than this no one has, that one lay down his life for his friends. (John 15: 13)
  • Sleep on now, and take your rest. (Matthew 26: 45)
  • For of such is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 19: 14)
  • I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. (II Timothy 1: 7)
  • This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (Matthew 3: 17)
  • The Lord is my sheperd, I shall not want. (23rd Psalm)
  • I rejoice in thy salvation. (1 Samuel 2: 1)
  • He that believeth in the Son hath everlasting life. (John 3: 16)
  • I thank my God upon every remembrance of you. (Philippians 1: 3)
  • Thy remembrance shall endure unto all generations. (102nd Psalm)
  • God is love: and He that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. (1 John 4: 16)
  • Death is the golden key that opens the palace of Eternity. (Milton)
  • Every man's life is a plan of God. (Horace Bushnell)
  • Death is not a foe, but an inevitable adventure. (Sir Oliver Lodge)
  • Heaven, the treasury of everlasting joy. (Shakespeare)
  • Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. (Moore)
  • There is a sweet joy that comes to us through sorrow. (Spurgeon)
  • Death is the golden key that opens the palace of Eternity. (Milton)
  • What seem to us but dim funereal tapers may be Heaven's distant lamps. (Longfellow)
  • Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts, not amid joy. (Hemans)
  • Well done, thou good and faithful servant. (Matthew 25: 21)
  • The soul that suffers is stronger than the soul that rejoices. (E. Shepard)
  • His daily prayer, far better understood in acts than words, was simply doing good. (Whittier)
  • Death is the golden key that opens the palace of Eternity. (Milton)
  • What seem to us but dim funereal tapers may be Heaven's distant lamps. (Longfellow)
  • Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts, not amid joy. (Hemans)
  • Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into Heaven. (H.W. Beecher)
  • The soul that suffers is stronger than the soul that rejoices. (E. Shepard)
  • This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (Matthew 3: 17)
  • Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust. (Psalm 40: 4)
  • Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden. (Matthew 11:28)
  • Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into Heaven. (H.W. Beecher)
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