God's acre
Example Sentences
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This God's acre, where is traced indelibly in these rows of glorious stones the symbol of the spirit of this great country, and the record of the nation's sacrifice in the cause of freedom.
From Time Magazine Archive
I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial-ground God's acre!
From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Field, Walter
So she and dear Beth are quietly asleep in God's acre, and we remember them more tenderly with each year that brings us nearer them and home.
From Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals by Alcott, Louisa May
The manager asked me to consecrate this little plot of ground with a larger space added to it, so that they might have their own little God’s acre.
From Russian Life To-day by Bury, Right Rev. Herbert
We passed through God's acre to the old yew-tree, beneath whose ample shade a grave was just beginning to show signs of the care that had been bestowed upon it.
From In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas by Boothby, Guy Newell
