Long Home

In that beautiful and effecting description of man suffering under the infirmities of old age we find this expression, "Man goeth to his long home and the mourners go about the streets." We find that this expression refers to the grave. — ( Ecclesisastes 12:5 )

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Biblical Reference

Ecclesisastes 12:5

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

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