Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Edwin Hubbell Chapinwas an American preacher and editor of the Christian Leader. He was also a poet, responsible for the poem Burial at Sea, which was the origin of a famous folk song, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
CountryUnited States of America
death father sea
We must die alone. To the very verge of the stream our friends may accompany us; they may bend over us, they may cling to us there; but that one long wave from the sea of eternity washes up to the lips, sweeps us from the shore, and we go forth alone! In that untried and utter solitude, then, what can there be for us but the pulsation of that assurance, "I am not alone, because the Father is with me!
life heart men
Each thing lives according to its kind; the heart by love, the intellect by truth, the higher nature of man by intimate communion with God.
birth influence hours
Influence is exerted by every human being from the hour of birth to that of death.
chord life touches vibrate
Every action of your life touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
desire inspires rather science seem
Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.