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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And evermore beseeching men with tears

And earnest sighs, to read, believe, and live.

Hast thou ever heard

Of such a book? The author God Himself;

The subject, God and man, salvation, life,

And death—eternal life—eternal death.

Pollok.

The priest-like father reads the sacred page,

How Abram was the friend of God on high;

Or Moses bade eternal warfare wage