DEATH KNELL • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Death knell

... plan of the universe may be, it is more nearly comprehended now than in Jesus' time. Twentieth century events are more dependable in forming our philosophy of life than those of the first century. The failure to grasp this fact is the death knell of orthodox religion. Every existing religious sect has founded its spirituality upon events supposed to have occurred in the past. Christianity depends upon the direct creation, fall of man and life of an atoning Savior, all physical in character. Our new metaphysics will be based upon ...

— The Mistakes of Jesus • William Floyd

... bell! the tolling bell! God and the Holy Saints protect us! It is our death knell—our ...

— The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn - A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot • Evelyn Everett-Green