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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Our worthless hearts to win.

Drawn by such cords, we onward move,

Till round thy throne we meet;

And, captive in the chains of love,

Embrace our conqueror’s feet.

Doddridge.

BOOK.

And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people.—Exodus, xxiv. 7.

Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up.—Nehemiah, viii. 5.