1 Corinthians 15:57

Giveth. The present participle marking the certainty of the future victory. 135 Contrast Sir Walter Raleigh's words in concluding his "History of the World." " It is therefore Death alone that can make any man suddenly know himself. He tells the proud and insolent that they are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant; makes them cry, complain, and repent; yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness. He takes the account of the rich, and proves him a beggar - a naked beggar - which hath interest in nothing, but in the gravel that fills his mouth. He holds a glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see therein their deformity and rottenness; and they acknowledge it.

"O eloquent, just and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised. Thou hast drawn together all the far - stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man; and covered it all over with these two narrow words : HIC JACET."