God's acre
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This God's acre, where is traced indelibly in these rows of glorious stones the symbol of the spirit of this great country, and the record of the nation's sacrifice in the cause of freedom.
From Time Magazine Archive
God's acre, the folk of parts of Europe call the enclosure of their dead.
From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames
He lies in the Russian cemetery on shore, a wild, neglected, "God's acre," without any pretensions to the sanctity usual to such places.
From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by Smith, J. J.
Only here and there in the unfenced churchyard rose a low mound to indicate where, as it were, a chance seed had been dropped into "God's acre."
From Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories by Baker, Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker)
God knows where to find His own, whether in the quiet leafy "God's acre," or in the depths of the sea.
From The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 by Buckland, A. R. (Augustus Robert)
