 | 1843 - 480 sidor
...Christian heroism, he passes through death triumphant home, and seraphs greet his entrance there. " The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileged beyond the common walks Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven." And if you are righteous, life is yours, and... | |
 | Jonathan Hutchinson - 1844 - 418 sidor
...sweetly on this occasion, I remembered Addison, " See in what peace a Christian can die ! " and Young, " The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileged beyond the common walk of virtuous life, Quite on the verge of heaven." I believe feelings correspondent with these animating... | |
 | Martha Smith - 1844 - 276 sidor
...her, who can testify, that in her case the words of the poet were fully realized, when he Bays : " The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileged, beyond the common walks Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven." To be with her was like being in the borders... | |
 | Margaret Prior, Sarah R. I. Bennett - 1844 - 342 sidor
...against the truth, and yet it may gain a lodgment where arguments would fail. Death-bed scene. — " The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walks Of virtuous life, quite on the verge of heaven." Another friend had requested me to visit a sick... | |
 | 1844 - 524 sidor
...speak are the words of honesty and soberness. Let us approach the spot. It has nothing repulsive. ' The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileged beyond the common walks Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven. ' God smiles on him, and he smiles on death.... | |
 | Charles Elliott - 1844 - 430 sidor
...son Thomas died, and, also, Susan Oldham, a few months before him. But we will not complain; for, ' The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileged beyond the common walks Of virtuous life, quite on the verge of heaven.' "You will learn from this intelligence, that... | |
 | Heman Humphrey - 1845 - 364 sidor
...disease, and go down into the dark valley ; and this you should esteem as among your greatest privileges. The chamber, where the good man meets his fate, Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven. If it is better to go to the house of mourning than to... | |
 | 1856 - 880 sidor
...do : it plucks the sting out of death; as the Welwyn poet has tersely said — '— Kev. i. 5, 6. " The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk of virtuous life ; E'en on the verge of heaven." The scene of the last throes and sufferings of the saint... | |
 | William Horsell - 1845 - 262 sidor
...knows his future inheritance is secured by the death of Christ — therefore we need not wonder that " The chamber, where the good man meets his fate, Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite on the verge of heaven." With him all is calm, and serene. Behind him all is sprinkled... | |
 | 1849 - 318 sidor
...happy influence of religion in the sick-room, verifying the truth of the words of Dr. Young, that — "The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileged beyond the common walks of virtuous life, Quite in the verge of heaven." But he never saw a more striking exemplification... | |
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The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven. 
