God's acre
Example Sentences
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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
We passed through God's acre to the old yew-tree, beneath whose ample shade a grave was just beginning to show signs of the care that had been bestowed upon it.
From In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas by Boothby, Guy Newell
The old doctor used to say it was God’s acre for the living; the old doctor would have his joke.
From At the Crossroads by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)
And indeed everything seems to centre around God's acre, and the spire of the meeting-house points in the same direction as the stories themselves.
From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon
We walked about among the friends whom we had known who were resting in God's acre.
From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon
