Abraham's bosom
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“De good buk done promised dat we shall lie in Fadder Abraham’s bosom, an’ we knows we will.
From A Daughter of the Union by Madison, Lucy Foster
When we keep our noses out of mischief, and strive to mind our duty, we shall be left in peace, and can sit here as quiet as though we lay in Abraham's bosom.
From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
He could bid His angels fly swiftly, and shut the lions' mouths, or better still, convoy our spirits to the marriage supper of the Lamb—to the repose of Abraham's bosom.
From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry
O happy Lazarus, who is now blessed in Abraham's bosom, who enjoys an eternity of happiness for a moment's misery!
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
But they are not spoken of as in Paradise, or in Abraham’s bosom, but as “under the Altar.”
From The Life of the Waiting Soul in the Intermediate State by Sanderson, Robert Edward
