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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Unheard by mortals are the strains

That sweetly soothe the Saviour’s woe.

W. B. Tappan.

SCORN.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.—Psalm i. 1.

The scorner is an abomination to men.—Proverbs, xxiv. 9.

The scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off.—Isaiah, xxix. 20.

Blessed is the man who hath not walked astray

In counsel of the wicked; and i’ the way