Poems

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The Lambs and the Sheep

ELIZABETH EARL JONES

Lovest thou me?
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The Christ-Way

MARGARET WINGFIELD

Dear shepherd of us all,Thy words ring clear:Beloved, feed my sheepAnd lambkins dear.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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The Will of God

LOUISA MARY COADE

Sweeter than honey in the comb,Sweeter than song of bird on tree,Sweeter than cheerful fires of home,Sweeter than eve's tranquillity—Thy will, O Lord, to me!

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In Faith Serene

BONNIE DAY

Oh, not with striving came the demonstration,The answered prayer, the blessing I had sought;Not by the mind's intensive concentrationHeading the marshaled regiments of thought,Through the sheer force of my determination—Not by such efforts was the healing wrought.
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Fulfillment

WINIFRED MABEL CANN

The wilderness and lonesome moorOffer glad psalms of praise to Thee,And deserts drear rejoice, and pourAt Love's dear shrine, their symphony.
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The Awakening!

SUSAN F. CAMPBELL

"Inspiring discontent,"*That will not let us restSupinely self-deceivedIn this false world of shades,But urges us to riseOn wings of holiness,Where freed thought sings and bathesIn chastity and light!

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Anthology of classic articles II

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

Audio Collection

Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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Love Meets Our Need

ELLA A. STONE

When worldliness would strive to makeMy thought confused and slow,My heart goes back to that fair timeIn the glad long ago,
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Our God Is Love

ADA E. DESLER

Is there a brother man whose needIs a loving word, a kindly deed?
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A Prayer for Our Sons and Daughters

ROSA M. TURNER

Oh, that our sons may be as stalwart as treesPlanted beside the river's verdant brim;As trees whose boughs shall never lose their leaves,Whose roots reach deep into the living stream.
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I Thank Thee!

MARY ANN WILLIAMS

I thank Thee, Father, for Thy love,That knows of naught but good;I thank Thee for Thy constant careThat gives me daily food.
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Immanuel

ETHEL TRESSLER MERCER

Lift up the eye and gratitude express;Seek now with prayer thy brother man to bless;In quiet meditate on God's command;Find in God's law the writing of His hand.
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Silent Prayer

J. LILIAN VANDEVERE

The congregation hushed in silent prayer.