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ON DEATH When we have once resigned our sinful breath for we can die but once then after Death the immortal Soul immediately goes to endless joys or everlasting Woes. Wise thens the Man who labours to secure His passage safe and his Reception sure.

Full Text
ON DEATH When we have once resigned our sinful breath for we can die but once then after Death the immortal Soul immediately goes to endless joys or everlasting Woes. Wise thens the Man who labours to secure His passage safe and his Reception sure.
Listed on Page Number
289
Sampler Worked By
Jane Leggett
Date of Sampler
1807
Place Sampler Made
West Farms, NY
Sampler Listed on Page
187
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Dilworth, Thomas. A New Guide to the English Tongue: In Five Parts, London: Henry Kent, 13th ed.,1751, pg. 132
Notes
This verse is a stanza from the section, Sentences in Verse. https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_a-new-guide-to-the-engli_dilworth-thomas_1751/page/132/mode/1up?q=death Thomas Dilworth’s school text was first published in 1740. This 13th edition from 1751 is the earliest edition online.