Poems

RADIANCE

Ruth M. Baring-Gould

Clear and pure is the joy of heartAs we glimpse the substance of Soul.

HILLTOP OF FAITH

Amy G. Viau

From high hilltop of faith, the eye perceivesGod's universe in vastness of revealings;And vision scans beyond horizoned earth.

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TRANSFORMATION

Gerhard Nebel

God, whose name is Love, has brightenedAll my life, dispelled the night;My drear pathway He has lightened,Darkest clouds has put to flight.

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What a privilege was hisin that crowded upper room so long ago,where many lamps proclaimed a burst of lightupon an ancient world's near–darkened thought!From his window perch, he listenedwhile one of the gifted speakers of all timewarmed to the eternal theme of Life and Love and Truth,presented by Christ Jesus, our Exemplar.

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ONE IMPETUS

Rita Berman

Mind, which declared itself I AM—Love, all-encompassing, the pure, the true—Utters itself; and to each humbled heartIts promise speaks: I can; I will; I do!

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THE FALLING PETAL

Rosemary C. Cobham

A petal from the rose by my bedsideDropped onto the table with a tiny thud,Splintering the silence of the breathless hour,And I became suddenly awake.