 Farewell, sun, moon, and stars ; farewell, world and time ; farewell, weak and frail body : welcome, eternity ; welcome, angels and saints ; welcome, Saviour of the world ; and welcome, God, the judge of all...  Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: With the Suppressed Passages of the ... - Page 412by Gilbert Burnet - 1823Full view - About this book
 | John Timbs - Death - 1861 - 314 pages
...conscience." Maccail, the expiring Scottish probationer, exclaimed, with foretaste of the bliss of Paradise, "Farewell, sun, moon, and stars; farewell kindred...of the world, and welcome God, the Judge of all." " I do not mean to be killed to-day," were the words of " the great" Turenue, a few minutes before... | |
 | 1862 - 492 pages
...departing from his writhing frame, with his last breath he exclaimed, " Farewell, sun, moon, and stars. Farewell, world and time. Farewell, weak and frail...of the world; and welcome, God the Judge of all." The same historian tells us, in a matter-of-fact style, that in one place, " ten were hanged on one... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Death - 1864 - 476 pages
...he felt, replied, "Calmer and calmer." Maccail, an eminent and pious Scottish gentleman, exclaimed, "Farewell sun, moon, and stars! farewell kindred and...Welcome eternity! welcome angels and saints! welcome Savior of the world! and welcome God, the Judge of all!" The poet Keats, when asked, a little before... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Death - 1864 - 482 pages
...he felt, replied, "Calmer and calmer." Maccail, an eminent and pioua Scottish gentleman, exclaimed, "Farewell sun, moon, and stars! farewell kindred and...weak and frail body! Welcome eternity! welcome angels aifd saints! welcome Savior of the world! and welcome God, the Judge of all!" The poet Keats, when... | |
 | David Hume - 1864 - 652 pages
...and time ; farewell, weak 1 28th November, 1666. " Burnet, p. 237. w Wodrow'e History, vol. ip 255. and frail body : welcome, eternity ; welcome, angels...of the world : and welcome, God, the judge of all ! " Such were his last words ; and these animated speeches he uttered with an accent and manner which... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Death - 1866 - 468 pages
...felt, re-, plied, "Calmer and calmer." Maccail, an eminent and pious Scottish gentleman, exclaimed, "Farewell sun, moon, and stars! farewell kindred and...Welcome eternity! welcome angels and saints! welcome Savior of the world! and welcome God, the Judge of all!" The poet Keats, when asked, a little before... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - Psychology - 1869 - 712 pages
...of the case, a mind in glory and a body in ruins, they are as much so as any words in all history. "Farewell, sun, moon, and stars. Farewell, kindred...Welcome, eternity. Welcome, angels ,and saints. Welcome, the Saviour of the world. And welcome, God, the judge of all."* § 180. Subject illustrated from two... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1874 - 504 pages
...great constancy ; and either he could say nothing, or he had the firmness not to discover those who trusted him. Every man of them could have saved his...a voice and manner that struck all that heard it." * On the 31st of December, 1666, the official person who had the most intimate knowledge of the affairs... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1876 - 1148 pages
...been executed, after undergoing with undaunted resolution the horrid torture of the boot. Maccail's last words were, "Farewell, sun, moon, and stars;...welcome, eternity ; welcome, angels and saints; welcome, Savior of the world ; and welcome, God, the judge of all." Dalziel arid Drummorid, two brutal soldiers... | |
 | 1886 - 580 pages
...Pharsalia. Maccail, the expiring Scottish probationer, exclaimed, with foreteste of the bliss of Paradise, " Farewell, sun, moon, and stars ; farewell, kindred...of the world, and welcome, God, the Judge of all." ( 145 ) him, " Jesus loves you." He answered slowly, pausing between each word — " Jesus Christ —... | |
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