FELLOWSHIP.
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law.—Psalm xciv. 20.
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.—Ephesians, v. 11.
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.—I. John, i. 3.
We would not die in that man’s company,
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
Shakspere.
From blissful bowers
Of amaranthine shade, fountain or spring,
By the waters of life where’er they sat.
In fellowship of joy.
Milton.
The blessings which the poor and weak can scatter
Have their own season. ’Tis a little thing
To give a cup of water; yet its draught
Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips,
May give a shock of pleasure to the frame,
More exquisite than when nectarean juice
Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.
It is but a little thing to speak a phrase
Of common comfort, which by daily use
Has almost lost its sense; yet on the ear
Of him who thought to die unmourned, ’t will fall
Like choicest music; fill the glazing eye
With gentle tears; relax the knotted band
To know the bonds of fellowship again.
Talfourd.
O, sweet it is, through life’s dark way
In Christian fellowship to move,
Illumed by one unclouded ray,
And one in faith, in hope, in love.
Charlotte Elizabeth.
How sweet it is when friend with friend
In holy fellowship can walk!
When thoughts and sympathies may blend,
And hearts be open as their talk!
Such will the preparation prove
For lasting fellowship above.
Egone.