Memorial Verses
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501. A bud the Gardener gave us.
A pure and lovely child.
He gave it to our keeping
To cherish undefiled;
And just as it was opening
To the glory of the day,
Down came the heavenly Father
And took our bud away.
502. A heart of gold stopped beating.
Hard working hands at rest,
God broke our hearts to prove to us,
He only takes the best.
The leaves and flowers may wither.
The golden sun may set.
But the hearts that loved so dearly
Are the ones who won't forget.
503. As we loved you, so we miss you;
In our memory you are near.
Loved, remembered, longed for always.
Bringing many a silent tear.
504. A little lamb too sweet and pure,
Upon this earth to roam;
An angel came
And took our dear child home.
And while she lies in peaceful sleep
Her memory we shall always keep.
505. A wonderful mother, woman and aid.
One who was better God never made.
A wonderful worker, loyal and true.
One in a million, that, mother was you.
Just in your judgement, always right.
Honest and liberal, ever upright:
Loved by your friends and all you knew:
A wonderful mother, that, mother, was you.
506. Before the throne of God
Thousands of children stand;
Children whose sins are forgiven.
A holy, happy band.
Up there among the throng
Our little (name) stands.
Waiting for us to join him (her)
In that holy, happy land.
507. Borne away from sin and sorrow
To a better home above.
But some sweet day we'll meet again.
Beyond the toll and strife.
And clasp each other's hand once more.
In heaven, that happy life.
508. But, O, for the touch of a vanished hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still!
509. Calm and peaceful he is sleeping.
Sweetest rest that follows pain;
We who loved him sadly miss him.
But trust in God to meet again.
510. Christ shall clasp the broken chain,
Closer when we meet again.
511. Day by day I miss him more
As I go through life alone:
He was my soul's companion.
A life linked with my own.
512. Days of sadness still come o'er us.
Tears in silence often flow.
Memory keeps you ever near us
Though you died one year ago.
513. Death cannot sever the ties that bind
Our souls through mortal years
- they last forever.
514. Deep in the heart lies a picture
Of a loved one laid to rest;
In memory's frame we shall keep it.
Because she was one of the best.
515. Father, in Thy gracious keeping,
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.
516. Fond memories linger every day,
Remembrance keeps him near.
517. For her, life more abundant;
For us, a guiding star.
518. From our happy home and circle
God has taken one we loved;
Borne away from sin and sorrow
To a better land above.
519. God bless thee wheresoe'er thou art
In His Great universe today.
520. God knows how much I miss her.
Never shall her memory fade.
Loving thoughts shall ever wander
To the spot where she is laid.
521. God saw the road was getting rough
And the hills were hard to climb
So He closed your weary eyelids
And whispered, "Peace be thine."
522. God took him home - it was His will
Within our hearts he liveth still.
523. Gone, but not forgotten.
524. Gone from us, but leaving memories
Death can never take away,
Memories that will always linger
While upon this earth we stay.
525. Gone, dear father, gone to rest
Away from sorrow, care and pain;
May you rest in peace, dear father.
Until we meet again.
526. Gone, dear father, gone forever.
How we miss your smiling face
But you left us to remember
None on earth can take your place.
A happy home we once enjoyed
How sweet the memory still -
But death has left a loneliness
The world can never fill.
527. Heavy are our hearts today,
Memory brings you back once more
To the time when you were with us
To the happy days of yore.
528. He was a flower too sweet for earth,
Sent here but for a while;
God marked him when He gave him birth
And took him with a smile.
529. Her loving face I hope to see again,
Though the days have passed away;
Sleep on, dear wife, and take your rest.
They miss you most who loved you best.
530. His charming ways and smiling face
Are a pleasure to recall.
He had a kindly word for each
And died beloved by all.
531. His dear bright eyes and cheerful face
Are pleasant to recall:
He has a loving word for each
And died beloved by all.
532. His memory is as dear today
As in the hour he passed away.
533. His weary hours and days of pain
His troubled nights are past;
And in our aching hearts we know
He has found sweet rest at last.
534. However long our lives may last.
Whatever lands we view.
Whatever joy or grief be ours.
We will always think of you.
535. I have lost my soul's companion.
A life linked with my own;
And day by day I miss her more
As I walk through life alone.
536. I have only your memory, dear husband,
To remember my whole life through.
But the sweetness will linger forever
As I treasure the image of you.
537. I often think I see his smiling face
As he bade his last goodbye,
And he left his home forever
In a distant land to die.
538. I sigh sometimes to see thy face,
But since this cannot be.
I'll leave thee in care of Him
Who watcheth thee and me.
539. I think of him in silence,
His name I oft recall.
There is nothing left to answer
But his picture on the wall.
540. If love could save
Thou hadst not died.
541. If we could have one lifetime wish.
One dream that would come true.
We'd pray to God with all our hearts
For yesterday and you.
542. In life loved and honored,
In death remembered.
543. In my heart your memory lingers
Always tender, fond and true;
There's not a day, dear mother,
I do not think of you.
544. In our hearts your memory lingers,
Sweetly tender, fond and true;
There is not a day, dear mother,
That we do not think of you.
545. In our home she is fondly remembered,
Sweet memories cling to her name,
Those who loved her in life sincerely,
Still love her in death just the same.
546. Just a thought of sweet remembrance,
Just a memory fond and true,
Just the love and and sweet devotion
Of one who thinks of you.
547. Just when your life was brightest,
Just when your years were best,
You were called from this world of sorrow
To a home of eternal rest.
548. Looking back with memories
Upon the path we've trod,
We bless the years we had with you
And leave the rest to God.
549. Love's greatest gift - remembrance.
550. Loving and kind in all his ways,
Upright and just to the end of his days,
Sincere and kind in heart and mind
What a beautiful memory he left behind.
551. May her soul rest in peace;
Perpetual light shine on her.
552. May you rest in peace, dear father,
Until we meet again.
553. Memory drifts to scenes long past,
Time rolls on, but memories last;
Sunshine passes, shadows fall,
Love's remembrance outlasts all.
554. Memory keeps you ever near us
Though you died one year ago.
555. More and more each day we miss her,
Friends may think the wound is healed,
But they little know the sorrow
Lies within our hearts concealed.
556. My lips cannot tell how I miss her,
My heart cannot tell what so say;
God alone knows how I miss her
In a home that is lonesome today.
557. Never will the one I loved
From memory pass away.
558. None knew her but to love her;
None named her but in praise.
559. No pen can write, no tongue can tell
My sad and bitter loss.
But God alone has helped so well
To bear my heavy cross.
560. Not dead but passed beyond
The mist that binds us here.
into the newer, larger life
Of that unclouded sphere.
561. Not dead to us who loved him,
Not lost, but gone before;
He lives with us in memory,
And will forevermore.
562. Not now, but in the coming years,
It may be in the better land,
We'll read the meaning of our tears
And there some time we'll understand.
563. Nothing can ever take away
The love a heart holds dear.
Fond memories linger every day
Remembrance keeps him near.
564. O blessed little sunbeam
O child of love and prayer,
We give thee to the keeping
Of the tender Shepherd's care.
565. O happy hours we once enjoyed,
How sweet their memory still
But death has left a loneliness
The world can never fill.
566. Oft and oft our thoughts do wander
To the grave not far away,
Where we laid our dear mother
Just (nine) years ago today.
567. One year has passed since that sad day
When one we loved was called away,
God took him home - it was His will;
Within our hearts he liveth still.
568. Only a memory of bygone days,
And a sigh for a face unseen;
But a constant feeling that God alone
Knows just what should have been.
569. Past her suffering, past her pain,
Cease to weep for tears are vain;
She who suffered is at rest,
Gone to heaven with the blest.
570. Peaceful be thy rest, dear mother.
It is sweet to breathe thy name;
In life we loved you dearly,
In death we do the same.
571. Peacefully sleeping, resting at last,
The world's weary troubles and trials are past;
In silence she suffered, in patience she bore.
Till God called her home to suffer no more.
572. Remembrance is a golden chain
Death tries to break, but all in vain;
To have, to love, and then to part,
Is the greatest sorrow of one's heart.
The years may wipe out many things.
But this they wipe out never
The memory of those happy days
When we were all together.
573. Sad and sudden was the call.
So dearly loved by one and all;
His memory is as dear today,
As in the hour he passed away.
574. Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His loving breast.
575. She was only a little white rosebud.
A sweet little flower from birth;
God took her home to heaven
Before she was soiled on earth.
576. Some day we hope to meet again.
Some day we know not when,
To clasp his hand in the better land.
Never to part again.
577. A Sweet little flower of heavenly birth,
She was too fair to bloom on earth.
578. Sweet to remember him who once was here,
And who, though absent, is just as dear.
579. Sweet memories will linger forever.
Time cannot change them, It's true;
Years that may come cannot sever
My loving remembrance of you.
580. Suffer little children to come unto Me.
581. Sunshine fades and shadows fall
But sweet remembrance outlasts all.
582. Take her in Thine arms, dear Lord.
And ever let her be
A messenger of love
Between our hearts and Thee.
583. That unselfish life -
It has not died.
584. The dearest mother, the kindest friend,
One of the best whom God could lend.
Loving, thoughtful, gentle and true.
Always willing a kind act to do.
585. The depths of sorrow we cannot tell
Of the loss of one we loved so well;
And while she sleeps a peaceful sleep
Her memory we shall always keep.
586. The loneliness without you.
The ache deep in our hearts;
We've nothing left but memories.
With them we'll never part.
587. The memory of his dear wee ways
Will linger with us all our days.
Sweetest flower, too sweet to stay.
God took him home to show us the way.
588. The rolling stream of life rolls on,
But still the vacant chair
Recalls the love, the voice, the smile
Of the one who once sat there.
589. The world may change from year to year
And friends from day to day,
But never will the one I loved
From memory pass away.
590. There is a link death cannot sever.
Love and remembrance last forever.
591. There is a mother who misses you sadly
And finds the time long since you went.
And I think of you daily and hourly
But try to be brave and content.
But the tears that I shed are in silence
And I breathe a sigh of regret,
For you were mine, and I remember,
Though all the world forget.
592. There's sad but sweet remembrance.
There's a memory fond and true;
There's a token of my love, dear
And a heartache still for you.
593. Those whom we love go out of sight,
But never out of mind;
They are cherished in the hearts
Of those they leave behind.
594. Three little words, "Forget me not."
Don't seem much, but mean a lot.
Just a memory fond and true,
To show, dear mother, we think of you.
595. "Thy will be done" seems hard to say
When one we loved has passed away,
Some day, perhaps, we'll understand.
When we meet again in that better land.
596. Today recalls sad memories
Of a dear mother gone to rest,
And the one who thinks of her today
Is the one who loved her best.
597. To have, to hold, and then to part.
Is the greatest sorrow of our hearts.
598. To memory ever dear;
If love could save, thou hadst not died.
599. Two little hands are resting.
A loving heart is still.
A little son we loved is waiting
For us just over the hill.
600. We cannot clasp your hand father dear,
Your face we cannot see.
But let this little token tell
That we still remember thee.
601. We cannot think of them as dead
Who walk with us no more
Along the path of life we tread;
They have but gone before.
602. We cannot, Lord, Thy purpose see,
But all is well that's done by Thee.
603. We have only a memory, dear mother,
We cherish our whole life through;
But the sweetness will live forever
As we treasure the memory of you.
604. We know that she is happy
In our Saviour's home above.
Growing fairer as she lingers
In the sunshine of His love.
605. We mourne for her in silence.
No eyes can see us weep.
But many a silent tear is shed
While others are asleep.
606. We think of him in silence,
No eyes can see us weep.
But still within our aching hearts
His memory we keep.
607. We who loved you sadly miss you,
As it dawns another year;
In our lonely hours of thinking
Thoughts of you are ever near.
608. What would I give to clasp his hand.
His happy face to see.
To hear his voice and see his smile
That meant so much to me.
609. What would we give her hand to clasp,
Her patient face to see.
To hear her voice, to see her smile,
As in the days that used to be.
But some sweet day we''ll meet again
Beyond the toll and strife,
And clasp each other's hand once more.
In heaven, that happy life.
610. When the dewy night was fading,
And the sky in beauty smiled,
The angels came into our garden
And picked our sweetest flower.
611. When days are dark and friends are few,
Dear mother, how we think of you.
Friends are friends if they are true
We lost our best friend when we lost you.
612. When we are sad and lonely
And everything goes wrong,
We seem to hear you whisper,
"Cheer up and carry on."
Each time we see your photo
You seem to smile and say,
"Don't cry I'm only sleeping
We'll meet again someday."
613. While you, dear parent, rest and sleep,
Your loving memory we'll always keep.
614. Wonderful memories woven in gold.
These are the memories we tenderly hold.
Deep in our hearts his memory is kept.
To love, to cherish and never forget.
615. You could not say goodbye to us
You could not clasp our hand;
But God has taken one we loved
To His realms so grand.
616. You left sweet memories to blossom.
Bearing fruit for the years to come.
In the lives of those who loved you.
Precious memories of days that are gone.
617. You oftimes said I'd miss you.
Those words have proved too true.
I lost my best, my dearest friend.
Dear (John), when I lost you.
618. Your heart was the dearest in all the wide world.
Your love the best to recall.
For no one on earth could take your place.
You are still the dearest of all.
619. You are not forgotten, sister.
Nor will you ever be.
As long as life and memory last
We will remember thee.
620. Upright and just in all his ways.
Faithful and true to the end of his days.
In silence he suffered, in patience he bore.
Till God called him home to suffer no more.
 

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