Poems

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UP—INTO FLOWER

Pearl Strachan Hurd

CONSIDER, then, consider.

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HIS BLESSINGS

Duane Valentry

LOVELIER than summer's rosesOr song of the soaring lark,Certain as dawning of the day,God's blessings light the dark.

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DISCOVERY

Max Dunaway

I thought I had a heavy cross     to carry up a hill,and counted it as worse than loss,     lamenting much, untilthe upward path brought gladness springing—and now I go my way with singing.

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THE NEXT STEP

Myrtle Daugherty

JOURNEYING Truth's path,I wait to know the next step I shall take.

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IF we would be completely free and findRelease from all imprisoning thoughts, we mustDesire, above all else, to do God's will,And understand that we may bless mankindBy separating error from our thoughtOf man, who is Gods child, forever free!

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MORNING THOUGHTS

Virginia Major Harshfield

Wake to find God ever present;Let the dreams of darkness flee.

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AT DAYBREAK

Fanny de Groot Hastings

As they walked and as they wentThrough the quiet countryside,Reading nature's testament,Bird and beauty multiplied,Jesus, mighty to transform,Met them, and their hearts were warm.

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KNOWING

Florence Elizabeth White

How beauteous, fair, divinely wholeIs he who knows the joy of Soul;And patient, pure, serene, and kindIs he who knows the might of Mind.

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PROMISE

Olive Scholes

The hills that rise above the pastured vale,Whose rugged forms are outlined on the skies,Seen through revealing Science show the peaceAnd grandeur which God's universe supplies.