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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A holy effluence, an unspoken awe,

A sanctity which carnal eye ne’er saw,—

A pure, impalpable, almighty sense

Of peace, by reconciled Omnipotence,—

That hallows, haunts, and makes a Christian mind

Rich in all grace, celestially refined:

Mere Nature’s worshippers can never feel

The fulness of that high seraphic zeal

Which veileth all things with religious light,

And works unwearied in Jehovah’s sight;