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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I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.—Psalm cxxii. 1.

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it.—Psalm cxxvii. 1.

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.—Ecclesiastes, vii. 2.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.—John, xiv. 1, 2.

It is the Sabbath bell, which calls to pray’r,

Ev’n to the house of God, the hallow’d dome,

Where He who claims it bids His people come

To bow before His throne, and serve him there

With pray’rs, and thanks, and praises: some there are