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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Sow thy seed, and reap in gladness!

Man himself is all a seed;

Hope and hardship, joy and sadness,

Slow the plant to ripeness lead.

John Sterling.

SPEECH.

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.—Psalm xix. 2.

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth.—Psalm cxl. 11.

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.—Colossians, iv. 6.