Page:Memorials of Capt. Hedley Vicars, Ninety-seventh Regiment by Marsh, Catherine, 1818-1912.djvu/217

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THE VICTORY.
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As the soldiers laid him down at the door of his tent, a welcome from the armies of the sky sounded in his hearing. He had fallen asleep in Jesus, to wake up after His likeness, and be satisfied with it.

We "asked life of Thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever."