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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Though perilous the road,

My soul assured will keep, and know

That there His feet have trod.

Egone.

DARKNESS.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.—Genesis, i. 1, 2.

Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.—Psalm civ. 20.

The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.—Matthew, iv. 16.