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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S. D. Patterson.

O, bless the pious zeal

And crown with glad success the labouring sons

Of that best charity, whose annual mite

Sends forth Thy gospel to the distant isles!

So shall the nations, rescued myriads, hear,

And own Thy mercy over all Thy works!

So, from each corner of the enlightened earth,

Incessant peals of universal joy

Shall hail Thee, heavenly Father, God of all!