That the day of death is better than the day of our birth ; especially as this life is a valley of affliction and tears ; a life of labour and sorrow, which...Full view - About this bookLiterary and Historical Memorials of London, Volume 2John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1847...the short homily concluded, As the preacher sayeth, there is a time to be born, and a time to die ; and the day