Religious Epitaphs

1 He sleeps in Jesus, blessed sleep from which none ever wakes to weep
2 If God so will, I know that will is love
3 Dying is but going home
4 This life is but a passing dream, we soon shall wake in heaven
5 May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace
6 He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore thee
7 God could not have made earthly ties so strong to break them in eternity
8 God gives us memories so that we might have roses in December
9 He/She reigns with Him on high
10 Death is merely a shadow cast across the walkway to heaven
11 Hasten, oh blessed hour of reunion
12 Not lost to memory! Not lost to love!
But gone to the Lord’s house above
13 Our beautiful son/daughter, who learned to crawl on earth and walk in heaven
14 Ours for a moment, with our Lord forever
15 Everlasting life through Christ
16 At peace in Christ Jesus
17 Beloved of the Lord
18 At rest in Jesus
19 At peace with God
20 Joy is prayer – Joy is strength – Joy is love – Joy is a net of love by which you
can catch souls
21 God’s finger touched her/him and she/he slept
22 We have kept the faith
23 May his/her/their memory lead us close to you, O Lord
24 I will dwell in the house of the Lord
25 Faith – to suffer, to die and to rise again
26 Love one another as I have loved you
27 Home with Jesus
28 Lord have mercy upon us
29 God has you in his keeping
30 Home is not home without thee

31 May God be with you and comfort you

32 In God’s care
33 The Lord is my Shepherd
34 May heaven’s eternal joy be thine
35 Not my will but thine be done
36 Out of sorrow God speaks to us best
37 In the cross of Christ I glory
38 I know that my Redeemer lives, therefore I too shall live
39 He gives His beloved sleep
40 In His will is our peace
41 Unto them that love God, all things work for good
42 And I will give you rest
43 Trust in God
44 May the peace of the Lord be with you
45 For to this end Christ died
46 As the bird free of its cage seeks the heights
So the Christian soul in death flies home to God
47 All things change, but God remains
48 God is our refuge and our strength
49 All things to the glory of God
50 With you in the communion of saints
51 In God’s will is our peace
52 A land by faith I see, where saints shall ever be
Free from mortality, no dying there
53 With Christ, which is far better
54 Rejoice in the Lord
55 Stand fast with God and flourish again
56 Thy will be done
57 The spirit shall return unto God who gave it