Annual Report of the Secretary, Volumes 12-25

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Page 26 - As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me.
Page 23 - Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; Turn from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
Page 27 - HARK! from the tombs a doleful sound! My ears attend the cry; " Ye living men, come view the ground, Where you must shortly lie. 2 " Princes, this clay must be your bed, In spite of all your towers; The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.
Page 12 - ... spoke one word of their own in the theatre. Poor Cave is so mortified, that he quibbles and tells you, he pretends only to act a part fit for a man who has one foot in the grave, viz. a grave-digger. All admirers of true comedy, it is hoped, will have the gratitude to be present on the last day of his acting, who, if he does not happen to please them, will have it even then to say, that it is his first offence.
Page 23 - If a man die, shall he live again ? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Page 32 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
Page 27 - Yet again we hope to meet thee, When the day of life is fled, Then in heaven with joy to greet thee, Where no farewell tear is shed.
Page 25 - None knew him but to love him, None named him but to praise.
Page 13 - I may be obliged to hint at the faults of others, I never mean such observations should extend to those who are now in possession of the stage ; for as I design not my memoirs shall come down to their time, I would not lie under the imputation of speaking in their...
Page 17 - For the Lord hath chosen Zion ; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever ; here will I dwell ; for I have desired it.

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