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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. — John Shaqi

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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

SWEET minstrel, who through life hast turned thy face
      Unto the city of the heavenly king;
    Of infinite mercy, and of boundless grace,
      And God’s high attributes hast loved to sing;
      E’en like a pilgrim onward journeying,
    To whom this world was no abiding place;
      But through whose mists of sin and sorrowing
    Thou hadst a light the devious way to trace.
    The river thou hast crossed, the shining gate
      Hath oped to bid thee welcome to thy rest;
    Thy voice, which sounded in our ears but late,
      Now swells the chorus of the truly blest:
    Thou hast departed, but hast left thy lays,
    A rich bequest of holy prayer and praise.




                              CYCLOPÆDIA

                                  OF

                      SACRED POETICAL QUOTATIONS.




                                AARON.


I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar: I
will sanctify also both _Aaron_ and his sons, to minister to me in the
priest’s office.--Exodus, xxix. 44.

And Moses stripped _Aaron_ of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar
his son; and _Aaron_ died there in the top of the mount; and Moses and
Eleazar came down from the mount.--Numbers, xx. 28.

_Aaron_ the saint of the Lord.--Psalm cvi. 16.

Called of God, as was _Aaron_.--Hebrews, v. 4.


                  So, with trembling hand,
    He hasted to unclasp the priestly robe,
    And cast it o’er his son, and on his head
    The mitre place; while, with a feeble voice,
    He blessed, and bade him keep his garments pure
    From blood of souls. But then, as Moses raised
    The mystic breastplate, and that dying eye
    Caught the last radiance of those precious stones,
    By whose oracular and fearful light
    Jehovah had so oft His will revealed
    Unto the chosen tribes, whom _Aaron_ loved
    In all their wanderings--but whose promised land
    He might not look upon--he sadly laid
    His head upon the mountain’s turfy breast,
    And with one prayer, half-wrapped in stifled groans,
    Gave up the ghost.
                                        _Mrs. Sigourney._




                                 ABEL.


And _Abel_ brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the
fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto _Abel_ and his
offering.--Genesis, iv. 4.

They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask
counsel at _Abel_.--II. Samuel, xx. 18.

By faith _Abel_ offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,
by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of
his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.--Hebrews, xi. 4.


    Blood has a voice to pierce the skies;
    Revenge! the blood of _Abel_ cries;
    But the dear stream when Christ was slain,
    Speaks peace aloud from every vein.
                                       _Watts._

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