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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H. H. Weld.

CROWN.

In that day shall the Lord of Hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people.—Isaiah, xxviii. 5.

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize?

Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.—I. Corinthians, ix. 24, 25.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness.—II. Timothy, iv. 7, 8.

They who die in Christ are bless’d—

Ours be, then, no thought of grieving!