Memorial Inscriptions – Example Verses

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

TREASURED MEMORIES OF

1. LIFE’S WORK WELL DONE
LIFE’S RACE WELL RUN
LIFE’S CROWN WELL WON
NOW COMES REST. (62)

2. A BITTER GRIEF, A SHOCK SEVERE,
TO PART WITH ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR,
OUR LOSS IS GREAT –
WE’LL NOT COMPLAIN
BUT HOPE IN HEAVEN TO MEET AGAIN.
(104)

3. COULD ONE OF US HAVE HELD YOUR
HAND
OR HEARD YOUR LAST FAREWELL
THE PARTING WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
SO BAD
FOR THOSE THAT LOVE YOU STILL. (106)

4. GOD SEES WHEN THE FOOTSTEPS FALTER
WHEN THE PATHWAY HAS GROWN TOO STEEP
SO HE TOUCHES THE DROOPING EYELIDS
AND GIVETH HIS LOVED ONE SLEEP (113)

5. A LIGHT FROM OUR HOUSEHOLD HAS
GONE
A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILLED
A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HOME
WHICH CAN NEVER BE FILLED. (97)

6. WE MISS HIM AND MOURN HIM,
IN SORROW AND LIVE ON
THE MEMORIES OF DAYS THAT HAVE
BEEN (72)

7. WE MISS HIS SMILE, HIS CHEERY WAY
WE MISS THE THINGS HE USED TO SAY
AND WHEN OLD TIMES WE OFT RECALL
IT’S THEN WE MISS HIM MOST OF ALL (103)

8. HIS THOUGHTS WERE FOR OTHERS TO THE LAST
WE SHALL MISS HIM SADLY TILL OUR
LIVES HAVE PASSED (74)

9. HAPPY SMILING ALWAYS CONTENT
LOVED AND RESPECTED WHEREVER SHE
WENT
ALWAYS SO THOUGHTFUL, LOVING AND
KIND,
A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY SHE LEFT
BEHIND (117)

10. THOSE CHEERFUL SMILES, THAT HEART
OF GOLD THE DEAREST VOICE THE WORLD
COULD HOLD, A BEAUTIFUL SOUL
IN A GARDEN OF REST, ITS TRUE THEY
SAY GOD CHOOSES THE BEST (126)

11. MY HEART ACHES WITH SADNESS
TEARS THEY OFTEN FLOW
WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE YOU
NO-ONE WILL EVER KNOW.
EVER FAITHFUL, KIND AND TRUE,
SELFISHNESS YOU NEVER KNEW
WHATEVER ELSE I FAIL TO DO,
I SHALL ALWAYS LOVE AND REMEMBER
YOU (175)

12. ONE OF THE BEST THAT GOD COULD
LEND,
A LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER AND
FRIEND,
WE MISS HIM AND MOURN HIM IN
SORROW UNSEEN
AND LIVE ON THE MEMORIES OF DAYS
THAT HAVE BEEN (129)

13. TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND
IS NOT TO DIE. (37)

14. GONE FROM US, BUT NOT
FORGOTTEN,
NEVER SHALL THY MEMORY FADE
SWEETEST THOUGHTS SHALL EVER
LINGER
ROUND THE SPOT WHERE THOU ART
LAID. (103)

15. GONE IS THE FACE I LOVED SO DEAR
SILENT THE VOICE I LOVED TO HEAR
‘TIS SAD BUT TRUE, I WONDER WHY
THE BEST ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST TO DIE (101)

16. GOD TAKES OUR LOVED ONES FROM OUR HOMES
BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS. (52)

17. AN ANGEL TOOK MY FLOWER AWAY,
YET I WILL NOT REPINE,
FOR JESUS IN HIS BOSOM WEARS,
THE FLOWER THAT WAS ONCE MINE. (87)

18. GOD GAVE A TREASURE FOR A WHILE,
TO FILL US WITH HIS LOVE,
AND THEN HE TOOK OUR DARLING CHILD,
TO DWELL WITH HIM ABOVE. (91)

19. GOD HAS GATHERED IN OUR DARLING,
PLACED OUR BUD AMONGST HIS FLOWERS,
TAKEN BACK THE CHILD HE LENT US
TO A BETTER HOME THAN OURS. (89)

20. THERE’S A HOME FOR LITTLE CHILDREN,
ABOVE THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY,
AND ALL WHO LOVE THE SAVIOUR,
WILL REACH IT BYE AND BYE. (92)

21. TWO LITTLE HANDS FOR EVER CLASPED,
UPON A PEACEFUL BREAST,
TWO LITTLE EYES FOR EVER CLOSED,
AND SWEETLY TAKING REST. (91)

22. HOW HARD IS IT TO PART WITH THOSE,
WE HOLD ON EARTH SO DEAR,
THE HEART NO GREATER TRIAL, KNOWS,
NO SORROW MORE SEVERE. (88)

23. FROM OUR HAPPY HOME AND CIRCLE
GOD HAS TAKEN ONE WE LOVED,
BORNE AWAY FROM SIN AND SORROW,
TO A NOBLER REST ABOVE. (92)

24. FAREWELL IN HOPE AND LOVE,
IN FAITH, IN PEACE, IN PRAYER,
TILL HE WHOSE HOME IS OURS ABOVE,
UNITE US THERE. (81)

25. HIS/HER LOVING WAYS AND SMILING FACE,
NO-ONE CAN EVER TAKE HIS/HER PLACE. (51)

26. WE SAW YOU SUFFER, HEARD YOU SIGH,
ALL WE COULD DO WAS JUST STAND BY,
WHEN THE TIME CAME, WE SUFFERED TOO,
YOU NEVER DESERVED WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH (114)

27. WHEN THE GREAT RECORDER COMES
TO WRITE HIS NAME
LET HE BE JUDGED NOT BY NAME
BUT HOW HE PLAYED THE GAME. (82)

28. GOOD WAS HIS HEART, AND IN FRIENDSHIP
SOUND, PATIENT IN PAIN, AND LOVED
BY ALL AROUND, HIS PAINS ARE O’ER, HIS
GRIEF FOREVER DONE, A LIFE OF
EVERLASTING JOY HAS NOW BEGUN (133)

29. OH, FOR THE TOUCH OF A VARNISHED HAND,
AND THE SOUND OF A VOICE THAT IS STILLED. (63)

30. SWEET LITTLE FLOWER,
HOW SHORT WAS YOUR STAY,
JUST LOOK AROUND,
THEN GOD CALLED YOU AWAY. (72)

31. MY DEAREST HUSBAND PASSED AWAY,
FROM THIS SAD WORLD OF STRIFE
LORD, HELP ME NOW TO BEAR THIS CROSS,
AND COMFORT ME THROUGH LIFE. (101)

32. DAY BY DAY WE SAW HIM FADE,
AND GENTLY WASTE AWAY,
AND OFTEN IN OUR HEARTS WE PRAYED,
THAT HE MIGHT NO LONGER STAY. (86)

33. NOT JUST TODAY, BUT EVERY DAY,
WE WILL REMEMBER. (37)

34. DEEP IN OUR HEARTS LIES A PICTURE,
OF OUR DEAR MUM NOW AT REST,
IN MEMORIES FRAME WE WILL KEEP IT,
FOR SHE WAS ONE OF THE BEST. (96)

35. WE HAD NO CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE,
BUT FOR YOU, DEAR, WE WILL NOT CRY,
BUT IN OUR HEARTS WE’LL HIDE OUR PAIN,
UNTIL SOME DAY WE MEET AGAIN. (104)

36. A CLUSTER OF LOVELY MEMORIES
SPRAYED WITH SO MANY TEARS, TO US,
WHO LOVED AND LOST YOU, YOUR MEMORY
WILL LIVE THROUGH THE YEARS. (101)

37. SWEET IS THE MEMORY THAT WILL LEVER FADE,
OF ONE WE LOVED BUT COULD NOT SAVE
HER MEMORY IS AS DEAR TODAY
AS THE HOUR SHE PASSED AWAY. (104)

38. WE CANNOT BRING THE OLD DAYS BACK,
HER HAND WE CANNOT TOUCH,
BUT WE HAVE SUCH LOVELY MEMORIES
OF ONE WE LOVED SO MUCH. (92)

39. YOUR MEMORIES ARE OUR KEEPSAKES
WITH WHICH WE WILL NEVER PART;
GOD HAS YOU IN HIS KEEPING,
WE HAVE YOU IN OUR HEARTS. (92)

40. TO KNOW WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE
WILL ALWAYS BRING REGRET
BUT THE HEARTS THAT TRULY LOVED HIM
ARE THE ONES THAT NEVER FORGET. (99)

41. GOD’S SWEETEST FLOWER BLOOMED AWHILE,
THE SEASONS OF SWEET MEMORIES BRING HER SMILE,
IN THIS WAY GOD’S FLOWER NEVER DIES (98)

42. GOD GAVE US STRENGTH TO TAKE IT,
AND COURAGE TO BEAR THE BLOW,
BUT WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE YOU,
NO-ONE BUT GOD WILL KNOW. (90)

43. LOVING AND KIND IN ALL HIS WAYS
UPRIGHT AND JUST TO THE END OF HIS DAYS,
SINCERE AND TRUE IN HEART AND MIND,
A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HE LEFT BEHIND. (112)

44. HE WAS A FATHER SO VERY RARE
CONTENT IN HOME AND ALWAYS THERE
UNSELFISH WAYS AND HEART OF GOLD,
NO FINER FATHER THIS WORLD COULD HOLD. (107)

45. IN LIFE SO DEARLY LOVED,
IN DEATH A PRECIOUS MEMORY. (41)

46. GOOD WAS HIS HEART, HIS FRIENDSHIP TRUE,
LOVED AND RESPECTED BY ALL HE KNEW,
TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END,
BUT HE DIED AS HE LIVED, EVERYONE’S FRIEND. (121)

47. SHE GAVE US LOVE IN FULLEST MEASURE,
CARE, DEVOTION, MEMORIES TO TREASURE;
IN OUR HEARTS SHE WILL ALWAYS LIVE,
THE DEAREST MOTHER GOD COULD GIVE (115)

48. A WONDERFUL MUM HAS GONE TO REST,
FOR EACH AND ALL SHE DID HER BEST,
PLEASE GOD, FORGIVE A SILENT TEAR,
A SILENT WISH THAT SHE WAS HERE (104)

49. THOUGH ABSENT YOU ARE ALWAYS HERE,
STILL LOVED, STILL MISSED, STILL VERY DEAR;
JUST AS YOU WERE YOU ALWAYS WILL BE
A LOVING THOUGHT IN OUR MEMORY. (115)

50. ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE LOST CAN TELL
THE SORROW OF PARTING WITHOUT FAREWELL (60)

51. FATHER IN HEAVEN, HEAR OUR PRAYER;
GUARD OUR DEAR FATHER WITH TENDER CARE;
BE A GOOD SHEPHERD, DON’T LEAVE HIM ALONE;
LOVE HIM, DEAR LORD, AS WE DID AT HOME. (119)

52. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL MOTHER (SISTER),
SHE PLAYED LIFE’S BATTLE FAIR,
NO MATTER WHEN WE NEEDED HER,
WE ALWAYS FOUND HER THERE (90)

53. IN MEMORY I SEE HER JUST THE SAME,
AS LONG AS I LIVE I WILL TREASURE HER NAME
DEEP IN MY HEART SHE IS LIVING YET,
I LOVED HER TOO DEARLY TO EVER FORGET. (116)

54. A SMILE FOR ALL, A HEART OF GOLD,
ONE OF THE BEST THIS WORLD COULD HOLD,
NEVER SELFISH, ALWAYS KIND,
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY TO LEAVE BEHIND. (109)

55. TRUE WAS HIS HEART, HIS ACTIONS KIND,
LIFE WAS A PATTERN TO THOSE LEFT BEHIND;
A BEAUTIFUL SOUL IN A GARDEN OF REST,
IT’S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY; GOD CHOOSES THE BEST (125)

56. YOUR WEARY HOURS AND DAYS OF PAIN,
YOUR TROUBLED NIGHTS ALL PAST,
YOUR EVER PATIENT TIRED SOUL,
HAS FOUND SWEET REST AT LAST. (99)

57. THRO’ TEARS WE SAW YOU SUFFER,
WE WATCHED YOU SLOWLY FADE
TO US YOUR LOVE WAS GIVEN
BY HIM YOU’LL BE REPAID (86)

58. WE LOVE HER – YES, NO TONGUE CAN TELL
HOW DEEP, HOW DEARLY, AND HOW WELL;
CHRIST LOVED HER TOO, AND THOUGHT IT
BEST TO TAKE HER HOME WITH HIM TO REST. (113)

GONE FROM US BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

FOREVER IN OUR THOUGHTS

TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE

RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL
JESUS CALLED A LITTLE CHILD
A TINY FLOWER LENT NOT GIVEN
TO BUD ON EARTH AND BLOOM IN HEAVEN
REUNITED

UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHARD I SHALL NOT WANT
TO WAKE AGAIN IN HEAVEN

FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING
LEAVE WE NOW OUR LOVED ONE SLEEPING
HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY
HIS ABSENCE A SILENT GRIEF

RESTING IN THE LORD

AT REST

REST IN PEACE

ONLY GOOD NIGHT BELOVED NOT FAREWELL