| David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. (1 Sam. 30:6) |
| Let, I pray Thee, Thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to Thy word unto Thy servant. (Psa. 119:76) |
From broken alabaster
Was deathless fragrance shed,
The spikenard flowed the faster
Upon the Savior’s head. |
No shattered box of ointment
We ever need regret,
For out of disappointment
Flow sweetest odors yet. |
