Poems

The Test

ALICE JACQUELINE SHAW

"I have fought well: I have led out the hostsOf God against the aliens: I have keptThy faith, O Lord, intact.

The Comforter

PHYLLIS BEAUFORT YOUNG

I will not leave you comfortless—The message fell like gentle rainUpon the anguished, troubled hearts,Stilling the cries of pain.

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Morning

MARY HOYT LOVELAND

"I shall be satisfied, when I awake,With thy likeness.

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Master

BERTHA IRENE BYRD

Master ,Thou hadst deep knowledge of the truth;Yet stillThou heldst thy peace when mocked and jeeredBy human will.

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Harvest Song

ETHEL MUNRO GOSS

The bare fields resting here are green and golden,The grain is garnered and the labor won.

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Love's Offering to Love

FLORA W. PENNEY

And when we give to TheeWe only do return what came from Thee,Who giveth us all things:

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Be Still and Know

ESTER CATHERINE ALBERTI

Be still and know! Ah, Lord, I will be stillWhen anxious trouble seeks to bring me care,To bind me fast and bend me to its will,And capture me unguarded, unaware.

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Our Desire

ALICE DEARDS WISE

As we journey, journey onward,Keep our feet in paths of peace.

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Rest

MILDRED H. DOYLE

Thou weary one within the wilderness,Seeking for rest in some far-distant home,Stand still! lift up thine eyes! for Love is here—There is no longer need that thou shouldst roam.