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.

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Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.—Isaiah, liii. 3, 4.

For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.

For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.—Lamentations, iii. 31, 32, 33.

For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.—I. Peter, ii. 19.

When grief that well might humble, swells our pride,

And pride increasing, aggravates our grief,

The tempest must prevail till we are lost.

Lillo.

Every grief we feel