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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Father! Thy truth shall be my guide;

Thy promises my soul shall cheer;

And when by sin or sorrow tried,

Oh! may Thy smile dispel my fear.

Hutton.

PROPHECY—PROPHETS.

He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, which have been since the world began.—Luke, i. 70.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.—II. Peter, i. 20, 21.