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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For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.—I. Corinthians, iii. 10, 11.

Why build ye on the unsteady sand,

A worthless house that cannot stand?

Behold, in winter’s stormy day,

That frail support will glide away,

And rising billows lightly sweep

Your fortress to the yawning deep.

God hath a sure foundation given,

Fix’d as the firm decrees of heaven:

The changeless, everlasting rock,