Chapter 21 of 21 · 2910 words · ~15 min read

Part 21

It is safest to trust to Jesus, 29

It is small, very small indeed, 38

It is the last of earth! I am content! 2

It was not enough to deprive me of the crown, 225

It is well, 296

It is well; I thank you; God bless you, 271

It matters little to me; for if I am but once dead, 47

It matters not where I am going, whether the weather, 90

It will be but a momentary pang, 11

It will soon be time for mass. They must raise me, 271

It would be hard indeed if we two dear friends should part, 215

James, take good care of the horse, 253

Jefferson survives, 2

Jesu! 228

Jesus! Jesus! 153

Jesus, Mary, Joseph, 254

Jesus! precious Saviour! 73

Jesus, Son of the eternal God, have mercy on me! 254

Joy, 200

"Justum et tenacem propositi virum," 82

King should die standing, A, 177

Kiss me, Hardy, 207

Know Him? He is my Saviour, 286

Knowledge of the love of God--the blessing of God Almighty, The, 188

La montagne est passée, nous irons mieux, 105

Laissez la verdure, 245

Let all brave Prussians follow me, 251

Let down the curtain, the farce is over, 233

Let me die with the Philistines, 245

Let my epitaph be, "Here lies Joseph, who was unsuccessful," 153

Let this word of mine be kept by you, 13

Let us go over the river, and sit under the refreshing shadow, 149

Let us submit to the laws of nature, 238

Liebe, gute, 249

Life or death is welcome to me, 301

Life spent in the service of God, A, 131

Live in Christ, live in Christ, 159

Live mindful of our wedlock, Livia, 19

Lord, 69

Lord, forgive my sins; especially my sins of omissions, 287

Lord has suffered as much for me, The, 246

Lord, have mercy upon me. Wilt thou break a bruised reed? 12

Lord help my soul! 228

Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit, 62

Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit, 118

Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit, 274

Lord, Lord, Lord, receive my spirit! 142

Lord, receive my soul, 161

Lord Jesus, receive my spirit, 136

Lord Jesus, receive my soul! 306

Lord! Jesus! Yet more trouble, 65

Lord, lay not this sin to their charge, 267

Lord, make haste! 122

"Lord, now let thy servant depart in peace," 43

Lord, open the eyes of the King of England, 285

Lord, receive my soul, 161

Lord, receive my spirit, 243

Lord take my spirit, 89

Lotte, 190

Luis de Moscoso, 80

Madame, 50

Mais quel diable de mal veux-te que cela me fosse? 83

Many things are growing plain and clear to my understanding, 248

Master Kingston, farewell! My time draweth on fast, 310

May God never forsake me! 222

May God's will be done, 30

Mir ist sehr schlecht, 295

Molly, I shall die! 116

Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu! 113

Mon Dieu! La Nation Française, Tête d'armée, 205

Monks! Monks! Monks! 130

More light! More light! 114

Murder of the Queen had been represented to me, The, 19

Must I leave it unfinished? 207

My anchor is well cast, and my ship, 136

My beautiful flowers, my lovely flowers! 240

My beloved! they are not mine. No! they are not mine! 33

My children, these fearful forests and these barren rocks, 114

My Christ, 45

My dear, be a good man, 252

My dear one, with whom I lived in love so long, 255

My dear wife, my dear children, do not weep, 57

My desire is to make what haste I may to be gone, 71

My friend, I shall die to-day. When one is in this situation, 193

My friend, it is only from cold, 21

My God! 232

"My God, my Father, and my Friend," 84

My heart is fixed, O God! my heart is fixed, 246

My heart is resting sweetly with Jesus, 72

My life is taken from me, though I have done nothing, 284

My Lord, why do you not go on? I am not afraid to die, 187

My soul I resign to God, my body to the earth, 48

My trust is in God, 275

My work is done, 133

My work is done; I have nothing to do but to go to my Father, 144

Napoleon! Elba! Marie Louise, 153

Nature, how lovely thou art! 316

Nectare clausa suo, 253

Never heed; the Lord's power is over all weakness, 101

Never mind, I shall soon drink of the river of Eternal Life, 283

No, 14

No; it was one Tom Campbell, 54

No, it is not, 115

No, No! 44

No mortal man can live after the glories which God, 285

No resentment, 227

No, whatever is, is best, 163

No, your Majesty, to-morrow you will not see me here, 57

Nobody, nobody but Jesus Christ, 49

None but Christ! 160

Not----, 95

Not till the general resurrection, 258

Nothing else but heaven, 191

Now all is over--let the piper play "Ha til mi tulidh," 242

Now am I about to make my last voyage--a great leap in the dark, 133

Now comes the mystery, 28

Now God be praised, only one hour! 112

Now God be with you, my dear children, 45

Now I am going, 99

Now I can hold on no longer. Lay me in a different posture, 249

Now I die, 301

Now I know that I must be very ill, since you have been sent for, 171

Now it is come, 159

Now lack I but two stiles; and I am even at my Father's house, 275

Now, Lord, I go, 62

Now, my dear son, I am going to the Saviour, 317

Now, O God, thou dost let thy servant depart in peace, 112

Nurse, nurse, what murder! what blood! Oh! I have done wrong, 61

O Allah, be it so! Henceforth among the glorious host of paradise, 199

O Allah, pardon my sins. Yes, I come, among my fellow laborers, 196

O, better, 146

O, cardinal! thou wilt make us all to be damned, 215

O come in glory! I have long waited for thy coming, 91

"O death where is thy----," 131

"O Father of thy beloved and blessed Son, Jesus Christ!" 229

O Florence, what hast thou done to-day? 246

O God come to mine aid; O Lord make haste to help me, 172

O God have mercy upon me, and upon this poor nation, 215

O God--if there be a God--I desire Thee to have mercy on me, 284

O! he's a dear, good fellow, 303

O Hobbima, Hobbima, how I do love thee! 72

O, I hear such beautiful voices, 249

O Lord Almighty, as thou wilt! 48

O Lord, forgive the errata! 43

O Lord, into Thy hands I commit my spirit, 184

O Lord, save my country! O Lord, be merciful, 122

Oh, Lord, shall I die at all? 19

O my country, how I leave thee, 227

O my God! 224

O, my mother! how deep will be thy sorrow at the news, 68

O, my poor soul, what is to become of thee? 189

O, my poor soul, whither art thou going? 3

O Paradise! O Paradise! At last comes to me the grand consolation, 223

O, that beautiful boy! 93

O, that glorious sun! 231

O the depths of the riches of the goodness and knowledge of God! 170

O, to die for liberty is a pleasure and not a pain, 42

O, what triumphant truth, 88

O wretched virtue! thou art a bare name! 47

Observe how they are swelled, 13

Oh, the insufferable pangs of hell and damnation, 209

Oh death, why art thou so long in coming? 75

Oh, don't let the awkward squad fire over me! 50

Oh Gabrielle, how much better would it have been, 98

Oh God, what then is man, 122

Oh Puss, chloroform--ether--or I am a dead man, 50

Oh, that peace may come, 291

Oh, would to God I had never reigned! 227

On the ground, 83

One hundred and forty-four, 78

One word, one word--Jesus Christ! 210

Only objection against the Bible is a bad life, The, 307

Open the gates! Open the gates! 301

Open to me, O God! 160

Over my spirit flash and float in divine radiancy, 279

Pains, the groans, the dying strife, The, 209

Peace! 42

Peace! 300

People my trust, The, 108

Poor little boys! 48

Pourquoi est-ce que vous me quittez, 113

Pray, pray! 122

Precious salvation, 132

Precious salvation! 269

Promise me you will never again marry an old man, 315

Put me there, 122

Qualis artifex pereo! 207

Refresh me with a great thought, 132

Rejoice! We rejoice! 98

Relief has come, 216

Remember, 59

Remember that I die as becomes a British officer, 12

Remember the Lord Jesus Christ, 224

Repeat those words Monsieur the almoner, 172

Righteous wait expectant till I receive my recompense, The, 102

"Rock of Ages cleft for me," 8

Sarah, 316

See in what peace a Christian can die, 2

Set your mind at rest, Dieu me pardonnera, 128

Shall I sue for mercy?--Come, come, no weakness, 51

Sinner, thou must die, 176

Sister! sister! sister! 79

Sit down, 270

Six feet of earth for my body, and the infinite heavens for my soul, 41

Sixty-four years ago it pleased the Almighty to call, 200

So far as I have understood what the duties of my office were, 266

So much the better! I shall not then live to see the surrender, 197

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies, 233

Soldiers--fire! 176

Soldiers, fire, 213

Soul of Christ, sanctify me; Body of Christ, save me, 254

South! The South! God knows what will become of her! The, 53

Stand up for Jesus, 286

Stay, friend, till I put aside my beard, 200

Stop, go out of the room; I am about to die, 101

Stopped, 116

Strike here! Level your rage against the womb, 7

Strike, if it be for the Roman's good, 107

Strange sight, sir, an old man unwilling to die, 93

Stupid country, where they do not even know, 224

Suffer no pomp at my funeral, nor monumental inscription, 138

Sun, thou hast betrayed me, 155

Support me, let not my brave soldiers see me drop, 310

Tay hip! 145

Take care of poor mistress, 154

Take care of Maria, 294

"Taught, half by reason, half by mere decay," 203

Tell Collingwood to bring the fleet to anchor, 207

Tell Emerson that I love and revere him, 270

Tell Hill he must come up, 162

Tell them to go forward and do a good work, 73

Texas! Texas! Margaret, 137

Thank God, I have done my duty, 207

Thank God! Thank Heaven! 197

Thank God, to-morrow I shall join the glorious company above, 87

Thank you, my child, 31

Thanks be to God, 73

That is enough to last till I get to heaven, 295

That's right, Brother Taylor; parry them off as well as you can, 258

That which I said then I said, but that which I say now is true, 315

Then I am safe, 71

There are six guineas for you, and do not hack me, 251

"There is another and a better world," 219

There is but one book; bring me the Bible, 252

There is no other life but the eternal, 44

There is no time to be lost, 77

There's nothing to beat that, Hugh, 87

There is nothing solid but religious ideas, 243

These passages may be found on the following pages, 221

They will come off better after, 216

Think more of death than of me, 14

This block will be my pillow, 265

This day let me see the Lord Jesus, 153

This is a beautiful world, 101

This is a sharp medicine, but a sure remedy, 233

This is a struggle which all men must go through, 313

This is death, 316

This is not my home, 16

This is the toilette of death, 68

This soul in flames I offer, Christ, to thee, 153

This unworthy right hand, 70

Those are the spirits of my little girls, 109

Thou dog, 203

Thou hast conquered, O Galilean! thou hast conquered! 155

Thou hast said truly, consummatum est, 27

Thou knowest, O Lord, the secrets of our hearts, 158

Thou, Lord, bruisest me; but I am abundantly satisfied, 53

Throw a quilt over it, 105

Throw up the window that I may see once more, 244

Thy creatures, O Lord, have been my books, 19

"Thy kingdom come, thy will be done," 65

Tired--very tired--a long journey--to take, 124

To be like Christ is to be a Christian, 223

To judge by what I now endure, the hand of death, 243

To sleep--to die, 305

Toffro il tuo proprio Figlio, 192

Trotter will tell you, 101

Trust in God and you need not fear, 89

Under the feet of my friars, 85

Ungrateful traitors! 187

Useless! Useless! 39

Very little meat for the mustard, 134

Vex me not with this thing, but give me a simple cross, 55

Vos plaudite, 19

Wally, what is this? It is death, my boy, 112

Water, 116

Water, 283

We are all going to heaven, and Vandyke is of the company, 106

We are ready--soldiers, fire! 78

We part to meet again, I hope, in endless joy, 137

We return no more, 242

We shall not lose our lives in this fire, 214

We shall then desire nothing, 42

We will endeavor to crawl to this line, 136

We will go to Jerusalem, 171

Weep not for me, 6

Weep not for me, but for yourselves, 48

Welcome the Cross of Christ, welcome everlasting life, 246

Well! God's will be done. He knows best, 289

Well, ladies, if I were one hour in heaven, 186

Well, my friend, what news from the Great Mogul? 201

Well, my God, I consent with all my heart, 171

Were the Church of Christ what she should be, 53

Were you at Sedan? 206

What an idle piece of ceremony, 43

What! art thou, too, one of them! Thou, my son! 52

What can it signify? 70

What I cannot utter with my mouth, 232

What is that? 268

When I am dead, my children, 74

When I think of the existence which shall commence, 55

When nature has abandoned an unhappy victim, 192

While there is life, there is will, 44

Who is near me? 64

Why, certainly, certainly! 274

Why dost thou not strike? Strike! 233

Why weep ye? Did you think that I could live forever? 271

Will no one have pity on me? Here, fire here! 288

Will you tell the archdeacon? 9

With all my heart: I would fain be reconciled to my stomach, 98

Whose house is this? What street are we in? 47

Wonderful, wonderful, this death, 98

Worst is I cannot see, The, 273

Write the word "Remorse"; show it to me, 234

Yes! 102

Yes! 176

Yes, it would be rash to say that they have no reasons, 56

Yes, yes, sing that for me, 288

Yes, comme un damné, 273

Yet I was once your emperor, 293

You are fighting for an earthly crown, 107

You are good fellows, but you can do nothing for me, 23

You make me drink. Pray leave me quiet, 62

You may go home, the show is over, 79

You need not be anxious concerning to-night, 58

You see what is man's life, 110

You will show my head to the people, 77

Young man, keep your record--, 115

Young man, you have heard no doubt, how great are the terrors, 22

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:

The following changes have been made to the original text:

Page 21: Added footnote marker missing in text.

Page 78: "DELAGADO" changed to "DELGADO".

Page 90: "Good-by" changed to "Good-bye" (Good-bye, General; I'm done).

Page 102: "philososopher" changed to "philosopher" (Benjamin, moralist, statesman, and philosopher).

Page 107: "Scotish" changed to "Scottish" (James, a Scottish officer).

Page 159: "LABÉDOYÉRE" changed to "LABÉDOYÈRE".

Page 247 & 323: "enfans" changed to "enfants". ("_Ah! mes enfants,)

Page 304: "distinguishd" changed to "distinguished" (John Greenleaf, distinguished American poet).

Page 323: Missing page reference added (after "Begone, thou wretched beast,").

Page 327: "they" changed to "thy" (I give thee thanks, O God, for all thy benefits).

Page 328: "inquity" changed to "iniquity" (I have loved justice and hated iniquity).

Page 331: "Tète" changed to "Tête" (La Nation Française, Tête d'armée).

In addition to this, minor punctuation errors have been corrected without comment. A few instances of missing opening or closing parenthesis or quotation marks have also been corrected without note.

All other variations in spelling or inconsistent hyphenation have been retained as they appear in the original book.

Also worth mentioning is that throughout this book there are a number of factual errors and misspellings of names. These have also been retained as they appear in the original, text except for in the cases mentioned above where they have been altered for consistency (for example: General Robert Edmund Lee born 1806 is in fact General Robert Edward Lee born 1807 and Jacob Böhmen's name is in fact Jakob Böhme).