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 God hath set some in the church, first, apostles, secondarily, prophets, thirdly, teachers.—I. Corinthians, xii. 28.

And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.—Ephesians, i. 22, 23.

Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.—Ephesians, v. 25.

That thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.—I. Timothy, iii. 15.

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is.—Hebrews, x. 25.

The solemn scene

The sun, through storied panes, surveys with awe,

And bashfully withholds each bolder beam.

Smart.