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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Watts.

Backsliding Israel, bear the voice

Of thy forgiving God;

Nor force such goodness to exert

The terrors of the rod.

Thus saith the Lord, “My mercy flows,

An unexhausted stream;

And after all its millions saved,

Its sway is still supreme.”

Own but the follies thou hast done,