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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What was my gain I count my loss;

My former pride I call my shame,

And nail my glory to His cross.

Watts.

GARDEN—EDEN—GETHSEMANE.

And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.—Genesis, ii. 8.

Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.—Matthew, xxvi. 36.

Jesus went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.—John, xviii. 1.

In the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.