Joseph of Arimathea. 286 L.J.
"Arimathean Joseph."
--_Tennyson, The Holy Grail_.
Jot or Tittle. 106 L.J.
. . . "Turn and see
If, by one jot or tittle, I vary now!"
--_Browning, The Ring and the Book_.
Joy Cometh in the Morning. 45 S.A.
"Wait for the morning:--it will come, indeed,
As surely as the night hath given need."
--_Riley_.
Judas. 253 L.J.
"There walks Judas, he who sold
Yesterday his Lord for gold,
Sold God's presence in his heart
For a proud step in the mart."
--_Lowell, The Ghost-Seer_.
King of Terrors. 199 S.A.
"Death gives us more than was in Eden lost,
This king of terrors is the prince of peace."
--_Young, Night Thoughts_.
A Lamp unto My Feet. 148 S.A.
"God shall be my hope,
My stay, my guide and lantern to my feet."
--_Shakespeare, II Henry VI 2:3_.
A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey. 144 H.T.
"A land of promise flowing with the milk
And honey of delicious memories."
--_Tennyson, The Lover's Tale_.
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The Last Trump. 451 S.A.
"So when the last and dreadful hour
This crumbling pageant shall devour,
The trumpet shall be heard on high
The dead shall live, the living die,
And Music shall untune the sky."
--_Dryden, A Song for St. Cecilia's Day_.
Let not Thy Left Hand Know What Thy Right Hand Doeth. 111 L.J.
"Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand
doeth! Neither shalt thou prate even to thy own
heart of 'those secrets known to all.'"
--_Carlyle, Sartor Resartus. Book III, Chapter 3_.
A Light Hid under a Bushel. 106 L.J.
"How far that little candle throws his beams.
So shines a good deed in a naughty world."
--_Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice 5:1_.
Lips Touched with Coal from off the Altar. 265 S.A.
"Nor shall thy lips be touched with living fire,
Who blow'st old altar-coals with sole desire
To weld anew the spirit's broken chains."
--_Lowell, Bibliolaters_.
A Little Child shall Lead Them. 303 G.B.
"She might have served a painter to portray
That heavenly child which in the latter days
Shall walk between the lion and the lamb."
--_Rossetti, A Last Confession_.
The Little Foxes That Spoil the Vineyards. 236 S.A.
"O fox whose home is 'mid the tender grape--"
--_Browning, The Ring and the Book_.
A Little Lower than the Angels. 22 S.A.
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