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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O might reflection folly’s place supply,

Would we one moment use her piercing eye,

Then should we know what woe from grandeur springs,

And learn to pity, not to envy kings.

Churchill.

CROSS—CRUCIFIXION.

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.—Matthew, x. 38.

Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let Him be crucified.

And the governor said, Why, what evil hath He done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let Him be crucified.—Matthew, xxxvii. 22, 23.