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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So, Christian! though gloomy and sad be thy days,

And the tempest of sorrow encompass thee black;

Though no sunshine of promise or hope sheds its rays

To illumine and cheer thy life’s desolate track:

Though thy soul writhes in anguish, and bitter tears flow

O’er the wreck of fond joys from thy bleeding heart riven,

Check thy murmuring sorrows, thou lorn one, and know

That the chastened on earth are the purest for Heaven;

And remember, though gloomy thy present may be,

That “the Master is coming,” and coming to thee.