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"Her sun is gone down while it was yet day."—Jer. xv. 9.

"Jesus called a little child unto him."—Matt. xviii. 2.

"Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto Me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven."—Matt. xix. 14.

"Watch: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come."—Matt. xxiv. 42.

"Be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh."—Matt. xxiv. 44.

"The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth."—Mark v. 39.

"Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching."—Luke xii. 37.

"Why seek ye the living among the dead?"—Luke xxiv. 5.

"The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."—John v. 28, 29.

"Our friend Lazarus sleepeth."—John xi. 11.

"I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live."—John xi. 25.