HERE LIETH THE BODY OF
MARY BENNETT
OF EASTWOOD
HAVING BY GRACE BECAME A FOLLOWER OF THEM
WHO THRO FAITH AND PATIENCE INHERIT THE PROMISES
SHE JOYFULLY FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS
ON THE 16TH DAY OF AUGUST 1830
IN THE 18TH YEAR OF HER AGE
CHRISTIAN READER
IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN EVEN
SO THEM ALSO WHO SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM
THEN
SHUDDER NOT TO PASS THE STREAM
VENTURE ALL THY CARE ON HIM
IN WHOSE DYING LOVE AND POWER
STILL'D ITS TOSSING ,HUSH'D ITS WAR
SAFE AS THE EXPANDED WAVE
GENTLE AS A SUMMERS EVE
NOT ONE OBJECT OF HIS CARE
EVER SUFFERED SHIPWRECK THERE