Devotional Verses; Founded On, and Illustrative of Select Texts of Scripture (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 edition. Excerpt: ...may gather round, These may usher cloudless day, Those but waft thee on thy way. He who watcheth winds that blow, May too long neglect to sow; He who waits lest clouds should rain, Harvest never shall obtain. Signs and tokens false may prove, Trust thou in a Saviour's love, In his sacrifice for sin, And his Spirit's power within. Keep thou Zion-ward thy face, Ask in faith the aid of grace, Use the strength which grace shall give, Die to self--in Christ to live. Faith in God, if such be thine, Shall be found thy safest sign, And obedience to His will Prove the best of tokens still. THE CHURCH IN HER BEAUTY AND PURITY. " A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shot up, a fountain sealed."--Solomon's Song, iv. 12. Delightful emblems, in whose guise is shown Thy church, O Lord, from spot and wrinkle free;." The world unknowing, by the world unknown," Chaste and devoted in her love to Thee. Then Thou to her art fairest of the fair, The chief among ten thousand: --every crown And palm victorious which her children wear, Before thy throne of glory is cast down. Then, every anxious care on Thee repos'd, Her image to the spirit seems reveal'd A beauteous garden, by Thy love inclos'd, A spring shut up, a living fountain seal'd. Lovely as Eden, ere by sin's deceit The tempter there a fatal entrance found; Pure as a chrystal fount in noontide's heat, Whose sunless depth by rocks is guarded round. Her's is that state of holier innocence Fall'n nature of itself can never know; Thy arm's inclosure is her living fence, Thy grace which made her pure must keep her so. THE CHURCH IN HER DESOLAIJON. " And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as lodge in a garden of encumbers, as a besieged city."--Isaiah, ...