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A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

Quotations; Religious poetry

ABIDE--ABODE.


For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our
fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none
_abiding_.--I. Chronicles, xxix. 15.

The fear of the Lord tendeth to life, and he that hath it shall _abide_
satisfied.--Proverbs, xix. 23.

They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be
removed, but _abideth_ for ever.--Psalm cxxv. 1.

If ye _abide_ in me, and my words _abide_ in you, ye shall ask what ye
will, and it shall be done unto you.--John, xv. 7.


    Eternal power! whose high _abode_
    Becomes the grandeur of a God--
    Infinite lengths beyond the bounds,
    Where stars revolve their little rounds.

    The lowest step beneath thy seat
    Rises too high for Gabriel’s feet:
    In vain the tall archangel tries
    To reach thine height with wondering eyes.
                                       _Watts._


    “We’ve no _abiding_ city here:”--
      This may distress the worldly mind;
    But should not cost the saint a tear,
      Who hopes a better rest to find.

    “We’ve no _abiding_ city here;”
      We seek a city out of sight;
    Zion its name,--the Lord is there,
      It shines with everlasting light.

    O! sweet _abode_ of peace and love,
      Where pilgrims freed from toil are blest;
    Had I the pinions of a dove,
      I’d fly to thee and be at rest.
                                        _Kelly._


    Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear,
    It is not night if Thou be near:
    Oh, may no earth-born cloud arise
    To hide Thee from Thy servant’s eyes.

    _Abide_ with me from morn till eve,
    For without Thee I cannot live.
    _Abide_ with me when night is nigh,
    For without Thee I dare not die.
                                  _Keble._




                          ABOUND--ABUNDANCE.


The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and
_abundant_ in goodness and truth.--Exodus, xxxiv. 6.

A faithful man shall _abound_ with blessings; but he that maketh haste
to be rich, shall not be innocent.--Proverbs, xxviii. 20.

Therefore as ye _abound_ in every thing, in faith and utterance, and
knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye
_abound_ in this grace also.--II. Corinthians, viii. 7.

We beseech you brethren and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye
have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would
_abound_ more and more.--I. Thessalonians, iv. 1.

Unto Him that is able to do exceeding _abundantly_ above all that we
ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.--Ephesians,
iii. 20.

Out of the _abundance_ of the heart the mouth speaketh.--Matthew, xii.
34.


                          God on thee
    _Abundantly_ his gifts hath also poured,
    Inward and outward both.
                                    _Milton._

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