101 Ways, Part 41: Passed into the World of Spirits

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From Billerica, MA:

Sacred to the Memory of

Mrs. Ann Cumings Consort

of the Revd. Henry Cumings

Who quitted this Stage of Mortality

and passed into the world of Spirits

Jan 5, 1784 in ye 45th Year of her Age

supported by lively Hopes of ent'ring

into the Joys of her Lord.

My flesh shall slumber in the ground

Til the last trumpet's joyful sound,

Then burst the grave, with sweet surprize,

And in my Saviour's image rise.

Cease then my friends to mourn, Bid earth adieu,

Loosen from hence the grasp of fond desire,

Weigh anchor and some happier clime explore.