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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

The wind from the sea was blowing fresh and free over the village, and beyond it to the little churchyard, the God's acre of Northbourne.

From The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys by Manwell, M. B.

So in God’s acre here they meet    As they have met above, Tasting beneath their Saviour’s feet    The treasures of His love.

From Old Times at Otterbourne by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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

The Sun-land behind the hillocks of the God's acre, behind the pest-cloud of Death, is covered by a complete, an impenetrable darkness of twelve inches, or of as many holy nights.

From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul




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