Poems

Mount of Prayer

RUTH MARIE DILLON

Sweet mount of prayer! With earliest morning lightMy waking thought with joy ascends to thee;Within thy quietude I seek God's face,And always find Him waiting there for me,Waiting to gird me with His strength and power;He knows my need, and that throughout the dayMy trusting heart will turn to Him each hour,And seek His loving counsel all the way.

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Light

AMY DAVISON WILBUR

God said, Let there be light, and it was day,The formless void of night had passed away;Nor sun, nor moon, nor stars as yet were made,But Truth revealed gave light that could not fade.

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Reflection

ALMA G. V. HARRISON

The moon is full tonight;Its gentle lightBathes all around in beauty, yet that beamIs only the reflection of a rayFrom the majestic sun that rules our day.

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The Awakening

BEATRICE CLAYTON

THIS time-belief, this mundane phantasy,Now thrills with pleasure, now distracts with grief;But what of that?

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Gratitude

GISEL A. BAUMGART

SING to God a song of gladness!Hymns of praise and cheerBanish error-thoughts and sadness,Cast out thoughts of fear.

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Messengers

EDITH L. PERKINS

Twas nothing but a common little flower—A bit of bloom beside the dusty way—Yet of its best bestowing hour by hour,The cheer it gave the traveler, who can say!