"God's acre" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... bowled over. But then," she ran on plaintively, "it ain't just us—Peter, Mary-Clare, and me—it's them folks down on the Point," the old face quivered touchingly. "The old doctor used to say it was God's acre for the living; the old doctor would have his joke. The Point always was a mean piece of land for any regular use, but it reaches out a bit into the lake and the fishing's good round it, and you can fasten boats to it and it's a real ...
— At the Crossroads • Harriet T. Comstock
... her old heart in a wonderful way, for her husband and only son had long years ago been laid at rest in the village "God's acre," and it seemed so nice to her ...
— Uncle Terry - A Story of the Maine Coast • Charles Clark Munn
... of sunset streamed from the hills beyond him, but his soul could see no Golden City to-night. He went up the road that led to another hillside, where, in the long, dreamy shadows, the dwellers in God's acre lay at peace. Barbara guessed where he was going and her heart ached for him—kneeling in prayer and vigil beside a sunken grave, to ask of earth a question to which the answer was lost, in ...
— Flower of the Dusk • Myrtle Reed |
