Poems

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The Tide of Love

EDITH B. BROCKENBROUGH

If there were not the rushing of His graceTo stem the backward thoughts that would effaceMy calm, by stinging memories that retraceRegrets, revive misdeeds, old errors base,My heart would low be laid.
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Supremacy

DUDLEY STOW

Forgive them, Father, said our gentle Lord—Unknowing what they do—and to the adored,Whose mercy he had daily lived to prove,Rose that pure message of transcendent love.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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Supply

MARIE ENGLE JOHNSON

Go first to where the source of substance lies.

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"Blessed are the peacemakers"

MARGARET MORRISON

Blessed are ye that make for peace,The eternal promise stands.
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Arise!

DOROTHY BAYLOR

Grieve not for what has gone before,Nor gaze with longing eyesInto the future's dim expanseTo list the dream that lies.
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"Fret not thyself"

LUCY BALIAN

"Fret not thyself"!What matters it to theeIf evildoers work iniquity?

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

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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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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God's Care

JOY BENNETT

I am not poor, forgotten, or alone,All that God has is mine to use and share;I can receive these riches gratefullyAnd use them in His service everywhere.
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Prayer

CHARLOTTE M. ROBERTS

Dear Father-Mother God, I turn to Thee;O Thou, the only Mind, teach me to pray;O Spirit, Soul, direct my path awayFrom thralls of sense.
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On Fearless Wing

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

On fearless pinions let me rise—On wings of Truth—and strongTo mount above the cruel claimsOf pride and grief and wrong,
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Brother!

KATHRINE H. WILLIAMS

Have you come to the Red Sea, brother,Are you stricken with fear and dread?
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Inventory

ETHEL COLWELL SMITH

Count your garden by its flowers;Count your days by joys, not fears;Welcome all the passing showers—Count the rainbows through your tears.
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Our Daily Prayer

ROSA M. TURNER

There is a prayer which circles all the nations;A prayer of peace whose voice is mightier farThan all the din of fear's reverberations,Whose power is swifter than the swords of war.