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.

by Unknown

Happy souls, approach the table,

Taste the soul-reviving food;

Nothing’s half so sweet and pleasant

As the Saviour’s flesh and blood:

“It is finished!”—

Christ has borne the heavy load.

J. Evans.

FLOOD.

And the flood was forty days upon the earth.—Genesis, vii. 17.