REVERENCE.
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about Him.—Psalm lxxxix. 7.
He sent redemption unto His people: He hath commanded His covenant for ever: holy and reverend is His name.—Psalm cxi. 9.
We have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence.—Hebrews, xii. 9.
While they pervert pure nature’s healthful rules
To loathsome sickness, worthily, since they
God’s image did not reverence in themselves.
Milton.
Eternal Spirit! grant
The wisdom meek, that lives on truth divine
However veiled. A waiting mind impart,
And in our weakness show our strength to dwell,
Like as of old the pensive Mary sat
Low at His feet, and listened to her Lord;
Absorb’d and self-renouncing, be our soul
Before the cross in docile reverence bent.
R. Montgomery.
Leaning on Him, make with reverent meekness
His own, thy will;
And with strength from Him shall thy utter weakness
Life’s task fulfil;
And that cloud itself, which now before thee
Lies dark in view,
Shall with beams of light, from the inner glory,
Be stricken through.
Whittier.
He that to his earthly parent
Pays not reverence due,
To His great Almighty Father
Will be careless too:
He whose filial love is mingled
With no filial fear,
Scarcely will from sad reproaches
Keep his conscience clear.
Grant me, Lord, to duly mingle
Love and fear, that so
I revere my parents earthly,
And for Thee true reverence know.
Egone.