HOLINESS.
Thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.—Psalm xxii. 3.
Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.—Psalm xciii. 5.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.—Hebrews, xii. 14.
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.—Revelations, iv. 8.
Thrice holy fount, thrice holy fire,
Our hearts with heavenly love inspire.
Dryden.
Thus chastened, cleansed, entirely thine,
The sun of Holiness shall shine.
H. K. White.
Lord, be it mine, like Thine elect, to choose
The better part; like them to use
The means Thy love hath given;
Be holiness my aim on earth;
That death be welcom’d as a birth
To life and bliss in heaven.
Bishop Mant.
Not all the pomp and pageantry of worlds
Reflect such glory on the eye supreme,
As the meek virtues of one holy man;
For ever doth his angel, from the face
Divine, beatitude and wisdom draw;
And in his prayer, what privilege adored!
Mounting the heavens, and claiming audience there;
Yes! there, amid a high, immortal host
Of seraphs, hymning in eternal choir,
A lip of clay its orisons can send,
In temple, or in solitude outbreathed.
R. Montgomery.
Ascribe ye holiness unto the Lord;
Not unto man, for he is never holy:
The best of men, who walketh in the light
Of a clear conscience, may not claim that title—
That high distinction, only fit for those
Who dwell with Him—the fount of holiness!
Egone.