One might say, for example, that a patient has a kind of St Vitus's dance; a kind of dropsy; a kind of nerve fever; a kind of ague. One would never say, however (to end once and for all the confusion of these names) "He has St. Vitus's dance," "He has nerve fever," "He has dropsy," "He has ague," since there simply are not any fixed, unchanging diseases to be known by such names.
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In death a hero, as in life a friend!.
In death a hero, as in life a friend!.
Nothing that is really good and God-like dies.
Nothing that is really good and God-like dies.
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must read more
Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, "Preach about read more
When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, "Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus." I said, "That's where I got my information about hell.".
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.
I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.
Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.
Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.
If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano.
If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano.
