...mistook his reconnoitering party for the enemy. He died a week later; and those last words of his — "Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees" — are peculiarly happy, as showing that amid all the shocks of war, in which he had ever borne a...

...unfinished. Once more he was silent ; but a little while after he said, very quietly and clearly, ' Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees ;' and the soul of the great captain passed into the peace of God." "STONEWALL JACKSON'S WAY." The reviewer...

...— Bishop Gunning. 0 Liberty, Liberty, how many crimes are committed in thy name ! — -Mme. Roland. Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees. — Stonewall Jackson. Crito, we owe a cock to Esculapius ; pay it soon, I pray you, and neglect it...

...Just before his spirit took its flight he uttered those beautiful and typical words—his last words: "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." While he always believed that God had a work for him to do, I am firmly convinced that not until his...

...sentence unfinished. A little while before the end came he said quietly: "Let us cross lIbit/., p. 529. over the river and rest under the shade of the trees," and the heart of America's greatest soldier had ceased to beat forever. /Stonewall Jackson was greater...

...He lingered a week, dying May 10th, in his fortieth year, his last words, dreamily spoken, being : " Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." It is said this loss of his ablest lieutenant had such an effect upon Lee that he afterwards aged rapidly,...

...two years later this confederate fell upon the battle field, and as his life ebbed away, murmured, "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." The spot at Chancellorsville is marked with a granite monument, and the confederate' soldier, Captain...

...within the past few months have been called upon to lay down the burden of their Earthly labors and to cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees. His cheering smile and sympathetic countenance which always brought sunshine in their train will be...

...awakening, began to fall upon Him, showed how serene was his mind and conscience. These words were: "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." His death was a severe blow to the cause for which he had fought, and he was sincerely mourned by the...

...he was silent; but soon afterward said very quietly and clearly, with an expression as if of relief: "Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." It was his last utterance. General Stonewall Jackson was dead. 1 Memoirs of the Confederate War, by...