Thomas à Kempis

Imitation of Christ 

Thomas à Kempis

(c. 1380-1471)

"If you have ever seen a man die, remember that you, too, must go the same way. In the morning consider that you may not live till evening, and when evening comes do not dare to promise yourself the dawn. Be always ready, therefore, and so live that death will never take you unprepared. Many die suddenly and unexpectedly, for in the unexpected hour the Son of God will come. When that last moment arrives you will begin to have a quite different opinion of the life that is now entirely past and you will regret very much that you were so careless and remiss".

They embalmed him





Genesis 50:26

 

26 So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Anne Raylie died 1627

Ann Raylie
Saint Nicholas Chapel - King's Lynn

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Buried in the Promised Land



Joshua 24:29-30



 



²⁹ After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten. ³⁰ And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah^[a] in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

H.M.T.B. ORWELL

 


Plaque
Upper Barraka Gardens - Valetta  [Link]

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IN

MEMORY OF

Mr. EDWARD SMITH GUNNER R.N.
FREDERICK WHITE P.O. 1 CL.
WILLIAM JONES P.O. 1 CL.
JOSEPH NORTH P.O. 2 CL.
ARTHUR EDWARDS A.B.
RICHARD FIDDICK A.B.
WILLIAM McCLURE A.B.
WILLIAM RYAN A.B.
JOHN FROOD A.B.
WILLIAM BROOKS A.B.
WILLIAM BOYCE A.B.
WILLIAM MAYOR A.B.
WILLIAM McCORMACK LDG. SIG.
WALTER ORRIN QUAL. SIG.
WILLIAM PERRY LDG. STO. 1 CL.

OF H.M.T.B. DESTROYER "ORWELL" WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE COLLISION BETWEEN THAT SHIP AND H.M. SHIP "PIONEER" OFF CAPE VARLAM ON THE  30TH JANUARY 1903.

ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS MEN OF THE FLEET.