Port Gamble Cemetery
V#1:
"They have fjorded from earth to the stars from on high"
V#2:
"Remember, friend, as you pass by. As you are now, so once was I.
As I am now, you soon will be. Prepare for death and follow me."
V#3:
"Mother thou are gone to rest. Thy toils and cares are oer.
Jesus called thee to his breast. To joys forevermore."
V#4:
"Weep not that her toils are over. Weep not that her race is run.
God grant we may rest as calmly. When our work like hers is done."
V#5:
"Here lies dear little Ella with Jesus. She is well, she knows no
pain or sorrow. Her days were ended well."
V#6:
"He died as peaceful as a lamb. He died as blossoms die.
And now his spirit floats above, a seraph in the sky."
V#7:
"God in his wisdom has recalled. The boon his love has given.
And tho the body slumbers here, The soul is safe in heaven."
V#8:
"Dear Daughter, you sailed to that far distant land.
And there you are waiting for Gods great command.
But now I do trust in His word and His power.
He has landed you safe in heavens bright shore."
V#9:
"Home without our darling is not the same."
V#10:
"A precious one from us is gone. A voice we loved is still.
A place is vacant in our home. Which never can be filled."
V#11:
"Lives work well done. Lives race run well. Now comes the rest."
V#12:
"I must away, the day breaketh.
Alas, she has left us. Her spirit has fled.
Her body now slumbers, Along with the dead.
Her Saviour hath called her, To Him she has gone.
Be ye also ready to follow her soon."
V#13:
"Gone but not forgotten."
V#14:
"Sweet by the peace, Thy suffering is Ore."
V#15:
"To live in hearst we leave behind is not to die."
V#16:
"Her suffering ended with the day. Yet lives she at its close.
And breathes the long, night away. In statue like repose.
But when the sun in all his state illumed the eastern skies.
She passed thru glories morning gate, and dwells in paradise."
V#17:
"A precious one from us is gone. A voice we loved is still.
A place is vacant in our home, Which never can be filled.
God in His wisdom has recalled, The boon His love has given.
And tho the body molders here, The soul is safe in heaven."
V#18:
"Father let Thy grave be given. That we may meet in Heaven."