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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Reviled, rejected, and betrayed,

No curse He breathed, no plaint He made,

But when in death’s deep pang He sighed,

Prayed for his murderers—and died.

Edmeston.

FOUNDATION.

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.—Psalm cii. 25.

Thus saith the Lord God, Behold I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.—Isaiah, xxviii. 16.

According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.