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62 ::::Thine was a blessed flight,
 * Ere sorrow clouded, or ere sin could slay;
 * No weary course was thine, no arduous fight;
 * But an hour on earth of labour light,
 * And hire for all the day!
 * Can aught be more than this?
 * Yes, Christian, yes!
 * It is much more to live,
 * And a long life to the 'good fight' to give;

'To keep the faith,' the appointed race to run; And then to win the praise,—'Servant of God, well done!'"

The original spelling and punctuation has been observed, as nearly as possible, throughout the Epitaphs.