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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J. A. Heraud.

LOVE.

The Lord preserveth all them that love Him.—Psalm xciv. 20.

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you.—Matthew, v. 44.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.—John, xv. 12, 14.

God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.—Romans, v. 8.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.—I. John, iii. 1.