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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

At Thy rebuke, the bloom
      Of man’s vain _beauty_ flies;
    And grief shall, like a moth, consume
      All that delights our eyes.
                          _J. Montgomery._


    A sinful soul possessed of many gifts,
    A spacious garden full of flowering weeds,
    A glorious devil, large in heart and brain.
    That did love _beauty_ only, (_beauty_ seen
    In all varieties of mould and mind,)
    And knowledge for its _beauty_; or if good,
    Good only for its _beauty_.
                                     _Tennyson._


    The _beautiful_, the _beautiful_!
      Where do we find it not?
    It is an all-pervading grace,
      And lighteth every spot.

    It sparkles on the ocean-wave--
      It glitters in the dew;
    We see it in the glorious sky,
      And in the flow’ret’s hue.

    On mountain-top, in valley deep,
      We find its presence there;
    The _beautiful_, the _beautiful_!
      It liveth every where.

    The glories of the noontide-day,
      The still and solemn night,
    The changing seasons, all can bring
      Their tribute of delight.

    There’s _beauty_ in the dancing beam
      That brightens childhood’s eye,
    And in the Christian’s parting glance,
      Whose hope is fix’d on high.

    And in the being whom our love
      Hath chosen for its own,
    How _beautiful_! how _beautiful_!
      Is every look and tone.

    ’Twas in that glance that God threw o’er
      The young created earth,
    When he pronounced it “very good,”
      The _beautiful_ had birth.

    Then who shall say this world is dull,
      And all to sadness given,
    While yet there lives on every side
      The smile that came from heaven?

    If so much loveliness is sent
      To grace our earthly home,
    How _beautiful_--how _beautiful_
      Will be the world to come!
                                      _Anon._




                           BELIEF--UNBELIEF.


If ye will not _believe_, surely ye shall not be established.--Isaiah,
vii. 9.

Lord, I _believe_; help thou mine _unbelief_.--Mark, ix. 24.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye _believe_ in God, _believe_ also in
me.--John, xiv. 1.

For what, if some did not _believe_? shall their _unbelief_ make the
faith of God without effect? God forbid.--Romans, iii. 3, 4.

God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through
sanctification of the Spirit and _belief_ of the truth.--II.
Thessalonians, ii. 13.

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