All Come From Dust, And To Dust All Return!"

The bishop and the knight tumble 

into the box with the pawns--

and the king and the queen fare no better!

(Charles Spurgeon, "Flowers from a Puritan's Garden" 1883)

"As chessmen are all thrown into the bag together--

so in the grave there is no distinction. Skulls wear 

no wreaths, and corpses carry no marks of honor."

The bishop and the knight tumble 

into the box with the pawns--

and the king and the queen fare 

no better! 

Death is a terrible leveler! 

It is a pity that some men carry their heads 

so high above their fellows all the day--

for they will have to sleep at night in the same 

bed of clay with those whom they despise!

"Poor weeds, rich grain, mirthful flowers 

together stand.  Alas! death mows down 

all with an impartial hand!"

"All go to the same place. All come 
from dust, and to dust all return!" 
Ecclesiastes 3:20

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GraceGems has published William Nicholson's helpful short article,
"The Mortal Change!"