Jan. 1915. RECORDS. 113 



And on another in the same place, dat- 

 ed 1791, we find:- 



Death is a debt to nature due 

 Which I have paid and so must you. 



Both containing the warning given on 

 earlier stones. But it was not until later 

 that any indication of an idea of a future 

 existence occurs in epitaphs. This is one 

 found in Rutland on a stone dated 1799: 



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Down in the dark and silent bed 

 The stroke of Death hath laid my head 

 God's trump shall sound I hope to rise 

 And meet my Saviour in the skies. 



On a stone in Osterville, dated 1802, but 

 much weathered, is inscribed:- 



