A Speaking Stone.

(Epitaph found on the Tombstone of Three Sleeping Infants.)
“BOLD infidelity, turn pale and die;
Beneath this stone, Three Sleeping Infants lie;
Say—are they saved or lost?
If death’s by sin, they sinned, for they are here;
If heaven’s by works, in heaven they can’t appear;
Ah! reason how depraved!
Revere the sacred page, the knot’s untied,
They died for Adam sinned, they live for Christ has died.”
ANON.