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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

And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the plain of _Jordan_, that
it was well watered every where.--Genesis, xiii. 10.

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how
canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace wherein
thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the
swelling of _Jordan_.--Jeremiah, xii. 5.

Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region round
about _Jordan_.

And were baptized of him in _Jordan_ confessing their sins.--Matthew,
iii. 5, 6.


    The waters slept. Night’s silvery veil hung low
    On _Jordan’s_ bosom, and the eddies curled
    Their glassy rings beneath it, like the still,
    Unbroken beatings of the sleeper’s pulse.
    The reeds bent down the stream: the willow leaves,
    With a soft cheek upon the lulling tide,
    Forgot the lifting winds; and the long stems,
    Whose flowers the water, like a gentle nurse,
    Bears on its bosom, quietly gave way
    And leaned in graceful attitudes, to rest.
    How strikingly the course of nature tells
    By its light heed of human suffering
    That it was fashioned for a happier world.
                                        _N. P. Willis._


    Christian, behold the typic shade
      Of that dim path prepared for thee--
    Behold, in _Jordan’s_ tide displayed,
      Death’s overflowing sea.
    But if thou still hast kept the Ark
    Of God before thee as a mark,
    Fear not the troubled waters dark,
      Howe’er they rage, and chafe, and roar;
    On that mysterious voyage embark,
      And God will guide thee o’er.
                               _J. H. Clinch._


    When I tread the banks of _Jordan_
      May my soul no tremblings know;
    Be my Saviour near to guide me,
      And uphold me as I go
              Through the waters,
      Fearing not their overflow.
                              _Egone._




                                 JOY.


Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of
_joy_; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.--Psalm xvi.
11.

Weeping may endure for a night, but _joy_ cometh in the morning.--Psalm
xxx. 5.

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your
heart shall rejoice, and your _joy_ no man taketh from you.--John, xvi.
22.


    What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy,
    The soul’s calm sunshine, and the heartfelt _joy_.
                                                _Pope._


    A Deity believed, is _joy_ begun;
    A Deity adored, is _joy_ advanced;
    A Deity beloved, is _joy_ matured.
    Each branch of piety delight inspires.
                                   _Young._


    Words of eternal truth proclaim
      All mortal _joys_ are vain;
    A diamond pen engraves the theme
      Upon a mortal pane.
                             _Watts._

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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

And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the plain of _Jordan_, that
it was well watered every where.--Genesis, xiii. 10.

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how
canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace wherein
thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the
swelling of _Jordan_.--Jeremiah, xii. 5.

Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region round
about _Jordan_.

And were baptized of him in _Jordan_ confessing their sins.--Matthew,
iii. 5, 6.


    The waters slept. Night’s silvery veil hung low
    On _Jordan’s_ bosom, and the eddies curled
    Their glassy rings beneath it, like the still,
    Unbroken beatings of the sleeper’s pulse.
    The reeds bent down the stream: the willow leaves,
    With a soft cheek upon the lulling tide,
    Forgot the lifting winds; and the long stems,
    Whose flowers the water, like a gentle nurse,
    Bears on its bosom, quietly gave way
    And leaned in graceful attitudes, to rest.
    How strikingly the course of nature tells
    By its light heed of human suffering
    That it was fashioned for a happier world.
                                        _N. P. Willis._


    Christian, behold the typic shade
      Of that dim path prepared for thee--
    Behold, in _Jordan’s_ tide displayed,
      Death’s overflowing sea.
    But if thou still hast kept the Ark
    Of God before thee as a mark,
    Fear not the troubled waters dark,
      Howe’er they rage, and chafe, and roar;
    On that mysterious voyage embark,
      And God will guide thee o’er.
                               _J. H. Clinch._


    When I tread the banks of _Jordan_
      May my soul no tremblings know;
    Be my Saviour near to guide me,
      And uphold me as I go
              Through the waters,
      Fearing not their overflow.
                              _Egone._




                                 JOY.


Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of
_joy_; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.--Psalm xvi.
11.

Weeping may endure for a night, but _joy_ cometh in the morning.--Psalm
xxx. 5.

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your
heart shall rejoice, and your _joy_ no man taketh from you.--John, xvi.
22.


    What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy,
    The soul’s calm sunshine, and the heartfelt _joy_.
                                                _Pope._


    A Deity believed, is _joy_ begun;
    A Deity adored, is _joy_ advanced;
    A Deity beloved, is _joy_ matured.
    Each branch of piety delight inspires.
                                   _Young._


    Words of eternal truth proclaim
      All mortal _joys_ are vain;
    A diamond pen engraves the theme
      Upon a mortal pane.
                             _Watts._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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