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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.

Religion

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

Good the more
    Communicated, more _abundant_ grows;
    The author not impaired but honoured more.
                                      _Milton._


    The God of Nature and of Grace
      In all his works appears;
    His goodness through the earth we trace,
      His grandeur in the spheres.

    Behold this fair and fertile globe,
      By Him in wisdom planned;
    ’Twas He who girded, like a robe,
      The ocean round the land.

    His blessings fall in plenteous showers
      Upon the lap of earth,
    That teems with foliage, fruit, and flowers,
      And rings with infant mirth.

    If God hath made this world so fair,
      Where sin and death _abound_;
    How beautiful beyond compare
      Will Paradise be found!
                                 _J. Montgomery._




                                ABOVE.


The Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be
_above_ only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto
the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to
observe and to do them.--Deuteronomy, xxviii. 13.

The Lord is high _above_ all nations, and his glory _above_ the
heavens.--Psalm cxiii. 4.

He that cometh from _above_ is _above_ all: he that is of the earth
is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is
_above_ all.--John, iii. 31.


    Be this my one great business here,
    With serious industry and fear,
      Eternal bliss to ensure:
    Thine utmost counsel to fulfil,
    And suffer all thy righteous will,
      And to the end endure.

    Then Saviour, then, my soul receive,
    Transported from this vale to live
      And reign with thee _above_;
    Where faith is sweetly lost in sight,
    And hope in full supreme delight,
      And everlasting love.
                                 _Wesley._


    Descend from heaven immortal Dove,
      Stoop down and take us on thy wings,
    And mount and bear us far _above_
      The reach of these inferior things.

    Beyond, beyond this lower sky,
      Up where eternal ages roll;
    Where solid pleasures never die,
      And fruits immortal feast the soul.
                                   _Watts._


    Rise my soul and stretch thy wings,
      Thy better portion trace;
    Rise from transitory things,
      Towards heaven, thy native place.

    Sun, and moon, and stars decay;
      Time shall soon this earth remove;
    Rise, my soul, and haste away
      To seats prepared _above_.
                               _Cennick._




                               ABRAHAM.


By faith _Abraham_, when he was called to go out into a place which he
should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not
knowing whither he went.

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country,
dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the
same promise:

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