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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I built my house upon a rock,

(Faith’s strong foundation firm and sure,)

Fixed my abode, the heaviest shock

Of time and tempest to endure.

Nor small, nor large, nor low, nor high,

Midway it stands upon the steep,

Beneath the storm-mark of the sky,

Above the flood-mark of the deep.

And here I humbly wait, while He

Who pluck’d me from the lowest hell,