| Introductory Essay |
| | Religion and Poetry by Washington Gladden (1836–1918) |
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| I. The Divine Element—(God, Christ, the Holy Spirit) |
| | Song: “The year ’s at the spring” by Robert Browning (1812–1889) |
| | A Passage in the Life of Saint Augustine—Anonymous |
| | Meditations of a Hindu Prince by Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835–1911) |
| | Brahma by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) |
| | Hymn to Zeus by Cleanthes (331–232 B.C.) |
| | Te Deum Laudamus—Anonymous |
| | The Universal Prayer by Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| | Ode: “The spacious firmament on high” by Joseph Addison (1672–1719) |
| | “Lord! when those glorious lights I see” by George Wither (1588–1667) |
| | Hymn before Sunrise, in the Vale of Chamouni by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) |
| | The Hills of the Lord by William Channing Gannett (1840–1923) |
| | Sunrise by Charles Tennyson Turner (1808–1879) |
| | God and Man by Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| | Light Shining out of Darkness by William Cowper (1731–1800) |
| | God by Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816) |
| | “God is everywhere” by Robert Nicoll (1814–1837) |
| | Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep by Emma Hart Willard (1787–1870) |
| | Good-bye by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) |
| | “Our God, our help in ages past” by Isaac Watts (1674–1748) |
| | “A mighty fortress is our God” by Martin Luther (1483–1546) |
| | Delight in God by Francis Quarles (1592–1644) |
| | The Will of God by Frederick William Faber (1814–1863) |
| | The Voyage by Caroline Atherton Mason (1823–1890) |
| | The Love of God by Eliza Scudder (1821–1896) |
| | Praise to God by Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743–1825) |
| | “Lead, kindly Light” by John Henry Newman (1801–1890) |
| | The Eternal Goodness by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) |
| | “Strong Son of God, immortal Love” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | “O little town of Bethlehem” by Phillips Brooks (1835–1893) |
| | The Angels’ Song by Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810–1876) |
| | Epiphany by Reginald Heber (1783–1826) |
| | On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity by John Milton (1608–1674) |
| | A Christmas Hymn by Alfred Domett (1811–1887) |
| | Tryste Noël by Louise Imogen Guiney (1861–1920) |
| | The Flight into Egypt by Francis Sylvester Mahony (Father Prout) (1804–1866) |
| | Cana by James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888) |
| | The Lost Sheep by Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane (1830–1869) |
| | De Sheepfol’ by Sarah Pratt M’Lean Greene (1856–1935) |
| | The Good Shepherd with the Kid by Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) |
| | Two Sayings by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) |
| | A Ballad of Trees and the Master by Sidney Lanier (1842–1881) |
| | Stabat Mater Dolorosa by Jacopone da Todi (c. 1230–1306) |
| | Myrrh-Bearers by Margaret Junkin Preston (1820–1897) |
| | Litany by Sir Robert Grant (1779–1838) |
| | The Christ by Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886) |
| | “Abide with me” by Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847) |
| | The Disciples after the Ascension by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881) |
| | Wrestling Jacob by Charles Wesley (1707–1788) |
| | The Conversion of Saint Paul by John Keble (1792–1866) |
| | “Rock of Ages” by Edward H. Rice |
| | “Art thou weary?” by Saint Stephen the Sabaite (725–796) |
| | “When gathering clouds around I view” by Sir Robert Grant (1779–1838) |
| | The Star of Bethlehem by Henry Kirke White (1785–1806) |
| | Love to Christ by Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599) |
| | The Way, the Truth, and the Life by Theodore Parker (1810–1860) |
| | “Knocking, ever knocking” by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) |
| | To-morrow by Lope de Vega (1562–1562) |
| | “I gave my life for thee” by Frances Ridley Havergal (1836–1879) |
| | “Jesus shall reign” by Isaac Watts (1674–1748) |
| | Messiah by Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| | Dies Iræ by Thomas à Celano (c. 1200–c. 1265) |
| | “My God, I love Thee” by Saint Francis Xavier (1506–1552) |
| | Veni Creator Spiritus by Saint Gregory (c. 540–604) |
| | Veni Sancte Spiritus by King Robert II. of France (972–1031) |
| | “O Fire of God, the Comforter” by Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) |
| | The Holy Spirit by Robert Herrick (1591–1674) |
| | Hope of the Human Heart by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885) |
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| II. Prayer and Aspiration |
| | What is Prayer? by James Montgomery (1771–1854) |
| | The Time for Prayer by Georgiana Bennett |
| | Seasons of Prayer by Henry Ware, Jr. (1794–1843) |
| | Exhortation to Prayer by Margaret Mercer |
| | Prayer and Repentance by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| | The Caliph and Satan by James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888) |
| | “Darkness is thinning” by Saint Gregory (c. 540–604) |
| | Praise by George Herbert (1593–1633) |
| | Prayer by Mary, Queen of Hungary (1371–1395) |
| | Desire by Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) |
| | “Why thus longing?” by Harriet Winslow Sewall (1819–1889) |
| | Prayer and Answer by Oliver Huckel (1864–1940) |
| | The Aim by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (1860–1943) |
| | The Love of God Supreme by Gerhard Tersteegen (1697–1769) |
| | In a Lecture-Room by Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861) |
| | “From the recesses of a lowly spirit” by Sir John Bowring (1792–1872) |
| | The Higher Good by Theodore Parker (1810–1860) |
| | Ascription by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (1860–1943) |
| | “O Master, let me walk with thee” by Washington Gladden (1836–1918) |
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| III. Faith: Hope: Love: Service |
| | Faith by George Santayana (1863–1952) |
| | The Fight of Faith by Anne Askewe (c. 1520–1546) |
| | Doubt and Faith by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | “My times are in thy hand” by Christopher Newman Hall (1816–1902) |
| | A Mystical Ecstasy by Francis Quarles (1592–1644) |
| | The Mystic’s Vision by Mathilde Blind (1841–1896) |
| | The Call by George Herbert (1593–1633) |
| | Hope by Thomas Campbell (1777–1844) |
| | A Query by Edmund Whytehead Howson (1855–1905) |
| | Humility by James Montgomery (1771–1854) |
| | King Robert of Sicily by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| | Service by Robert Browning (1812–1889) |
| | The Two Angels by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) |
| | The Self-Exiled by Walter Chalmers Smith (1824–1908) |
| | Sympathy by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795–1854) |
| | Sir Galahad by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | Flowers without Fruit by John Henry Newman (1801–1890) |
| | Santa Filomena by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| | A Deed and a Word by Charles Mackay (1814–1889) |
| | Soggarth Aroon by John Banim (1798–1842) |
| | The Vision of Sir Launfal by James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) |
| | The Sister of Charity by Gerald Griffen (1803–1840) |
| | What I Live For by George Linnæus Banks (1821–1881) |
| | “If we had but a day” by Mary Lowe Dickinson (1839–1914) |
| | Abou Ben Adhem by Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) |
| | Love by Charles Francis Richardson (1851–1913) |
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| IV. Sabbath: Worship: Creed |
| | Sunday Morning Bells by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826–1887) |
| | Sabbath Hymn on the Mountains by John Stuart Blackie (1809–1895) |
| | The Sabbath Morning by John Leyden (1775–1811) |
| | The Poor Man’s Day by James Grahame (1765–1811) |
| | The Sabbath of the Soul by Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743–1825) |
| | Vesper Hymn by Samuel Longfellow (1819–1892) |
| | Vesper Hymn by Eliza Scudder (1821–1896) |
| | “Amazing, beauteous change” by Philip Doddridge (1702–1751) |
| | The Word by William Walsham How (1832–1897) |
| | The Chimes of England by Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1818–1896) |
| | The Old Village Choir by Benjamin Franklin Taylor (1819–1887) |
| | A Lancashire Doxology by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826–1887) |
| | Rebecca’s Hymn by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) |
| | The Book of God by Horatius Bonar (1808–1889) |
| | The Meeting by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) |
| | The Living Temple by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) |
| | Of Hym that Togyder wyll Serve Two Maysters by Sebastian Brant (1457–1521) |
| | Religion and Doctrine by John Hay (1838–1905) |
| | Rabbi Ben Ezra by Robert Browning (1812–1889) |
| | The Religion of Hudibras by Samuel Butler (1612–1680) |
| | The Problem by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) |
| | On an Infant by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) |
| | What was his Creed?—Anonymous |
| | The Philosopher Toad by Rebecca S. Nichols (1819–1903) |
| | Her Creed by Sarah Knowles Bolton (1841–1916) |
| | My Creed by Alice Cary (1820–1871) |
| | “Give me thy heart” by Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864) |
| | “O, may I join the choir invisible!” by George Eliot (Mary Ann Cross) (1819–1880) |
| | “O yet we trust that somehow good” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | Day Breaks by Charles Mackay (1814–1889) |
| | My Home by Robert Herrick (1591–1674) |
| | Peace by George Herbert (1593–1633) |
| | Peace by Frances Ridley Havergal (1836–1879) |
| | Living Waters by Caroline S. Spencer |
| | Devotion by Philip Massinger (1583–1640) |
| | The Seaside Well—Anonymous |
| | Ultima Veritas by Washington Gladden (1836–1918) |
| | The End of the Play by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) |
| | The New Year by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | Life by Jones Very (1813–1880) |
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| V. Selections from “Paradise Lost” |
| | The Poet’s Theme by John Milton (1608–1674) |
| | The Temptation by John Milton (1608–1674) |
| | The Fall by John Milton (1608–1674) |
| | Intercession and Redemption by John Milton (1608–1674) |
| | Eve’s Lament by John Milton (1608–1674) |
| | Eve to Adam by John Milton (1608–1674) |
| | The Departure from Paradise by John Milton (1608–1674) |
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| VI. Human Experience |
| | A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| | The Gifts of God by George Herbert (1593–1633) |
| | Duty by Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848) |
| | Ode to Duty by William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | Self-Inquiry by Isaac Watts (1674–1748) |
| | The Three Enemies by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894) |
| | “Said I not so?” by George Herbert (1593–1633) |
| | “Nothing but leaves” by Lucy Evelina Akerman (1816–1874) |
| | The World by Frederick William Faber (1814–1863) |
| | The Cry of the Human by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) |
| | The Sifting of Peter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| | Vanity—Anonymous |
| | Different Minds by Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886) |
| | My Recovery by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724–1803) |
| | The Ladder of Saint Augustine by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| | Saint Christopher by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826–1887) |
| | Scorn Not the Least by Robert Southwell (c. 1561–1595) |
| | The Right Must Win by Frederick William Faber (1814–1863) |
| | The Cost of Worth by Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–1881) |
| | The Laborer by William Davis Gallagher (1808–1894) |
| | A True Lent by Robert Herrick (1591–1674) |
| | From “The Church Porch” by George Herbert (1593–1633) |
| | Briefs by Richard Crashaw (c. 1613–1649) |
| | Jewish Hymn in Babylon by Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868) |
| | Example by John Keble (1792–1866) |
| | Small Beginnings by Charles Mackay (1814–1889) |
| | The Rise of Man by John White Chadwick (1840–1904) |
| | “I would I were an excellent divine” by Nicholas Breton (1545–1626) |
| | The Pastor’s Reverie by Washington Gladden (1836–1918) |
| | The Two Rabbis by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) |
| | Judge Not by Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864) |
| | To the Unco Guid by Robert Burns (1759–1796) |
| | “Stone the woman, let the man go free”—Anonymous |
| | In Prison by May Riley Smith (1842?–1927) |
| | Conscience and Remorse by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) |
| | Found Wanting by Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) |
| | Dallying with Temptation by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) |
| | Easy to Drift by Oliver Huckel (1864–1940) |
| | Frankford’s Soliloquy by Thomas Heywood (c. 1570–1641) |
| | Conscience by Juvenal (c. 40–125) |
| | The Foolish Virgins by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | Up Hill by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894) |
| | Per Pacem ad Lucem by Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864) |
| | On his Blindness by John Milton (1608–1674) |
| | The Martyrs’ Hymn by Martin Luther (1483–1546) |
| | The Pilgrimage by Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?–1618) |
| | The Master’s Touch by Horatius Bonar (1808–1889) |
| | The Faithful Angel by John Milton (1608–1674) |
| | Low Spirits by Frederick William Faber (1814–1863) |
| | “I saw Thee” by Ray Palmer (1808–1887) |
| | Losse in Delayes by Robert Southwell (c. 1561–1595) |
| | The Seed Growing Secretly by Henry Vaughan (1621–1695) |
| | Patience by Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830–1886) |
| | Sometime by May Riley Smith (1842?–1927) |
| | Father, Thy Will be Done! by Sarah Flower Adams (1805–1848) |
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| VII. Death: Immortality: Heaven |
| | The Prospect by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) |
| | The Lost Pleiad by William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870) |
| | Passing Away by John Pierpont (1785–1866) |
| | Lines found in his Bible in the Gate-house at Westminster by Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?–1618) |
| | My Ain Countree by Mary Lee Demarest (1838–1888) |
| | Coming by Barbara Miller MacAndrew |
| | Euthanasia by Willis Gaylord Clark (1808–1841) |
| | The Last Man by Thomas Campbell (1777–1844) |
| | When by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (Susan Coolidge) (1835–1905) |
| | Burial of Moses by Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895) |
| | The Resignation by Thomas Chatterton (17527#150;1770) |
| | Only Waiting by Frances Laughton Mace (1836–1899) |
| | Hopefully Waiting by Anson Davies Fitz Randolph (1820–1896) |
| | “Sit down, sad soul” by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall) (1787–1874) |
| | “It kindles all my soul” by Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640) |
| | Epilogue by Robert Browning (1812–1889) |
| | Crossing the Bar by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | The Dying Christian to His Soul by Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| | Ode; Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood by William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | Soliloquy: On Immortality by Joseph Addison (1672–1719) |
| | Edwin and Paulinus: The Conversion of Northumbria—Anonymous |
| | The Undiscovered Country by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833–1908) |
| | Song of the Silent Land by Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis (1762–1834) |
| | The Other World by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) |
| | Heaven by Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) |
| | Thoughts of Heaven by Robert Nicoll (1814–1837) |
| | Nearer Home by Phoebe Cary (1824–1871) |
| | Meeting Above by William Leggett (1801–1839) |
| | “My days among the dead” by Robert Southey (1774–1843) |
| | The Future Life by William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) |
| | Heaven—Anonymous |
| | The Two Worlds by Mortimer Collins (1827–1876) |
| | The Answer—Anonymous |
| | “Forever with the Lord” by James Montgomery (1771–1854) |
| | “To heaven approached a Sufi Saint” by Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207–1273) |
| | Matter and Man Immortal by Edward Young (1681–1765) |
| | Life by Philip James Bailey (1816–1902) |
| | Heaven by Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) |
| | The Spirit-Land by Jones Very (1813–1880) |
| | Heaven by Nancy Amelia Woodbury Priest Wakefield (1836–1870) |
| | “Tell me, ye wingèd winds” by Charles Mackay (1814–1889) |
| | Heaven by Isaac Watts (1674–1748) |
| | Peace by Henry Vaughan (1621–1695) |
| | Star-Mist by John Keble (1792–1866) |
| | The Ministry of Angels by Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599) |
| | Saint Agnes by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | Praise of the Celestial Country by Bernard de Morlaix (12th Century) |
| | The New Jerusalem—Anonymous |
| | Paradise by Frederick William Faber (1814–1863) |
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| VIII. Selections from “The Divine Comedy” |
| | Inscription over the Gate by Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) |
| | Prayer by Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) |
| | Prayer of Penitents by Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) |
| | Man’s Free-Will by Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) |
| | Fire of Purification by Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) |
| | Sin and Redemption by Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) |
| | The Triumph of Christ by Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) |
| | The Saints in Glory by Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) |
