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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How soon we quail beneath the rod!

With shattered pride, and prostrate heart,

We seek the long-forgotten God.

Eliza Cook.

AGE.

Great men are not always wise, neither do the aged understand judgment.—Job, xxxii. 9.

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you.—Isaiah, xlvi. 4.

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.—Psalm lxxi. 9.

Now also, when I am old and grey-headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.—Psalm lxxi. 18.