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AT EVENING

LUCY NICHOLSON.

The master artist, with sure hand,His long brush-strokes of rose and grayHas swept across the evening sky;A hush falls on the evening landAs daylight slips awayIn perfect blend of tint and tone;The little vagrant breezes sigh:How soft the shadows are!Above the tree-tops, bright and lone,Out slips one star!
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OBEDIENCE

MINNA MATHISON

Lord , not for bowered ease we askWho hark to Truth's exalted word,—Place in the ranks, the lowliest task,A niche where we may serve thee, Lord.

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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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MY NEED

SARAH E. P. MC LEAN.

Give me, O Lord, the strength that dwellsAs everlasting hills,That stands serene through stress and storm,And human passion stills.

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"DUST TO DUST."

MARY HICKS VAN DER BURGH.

"Dust to dust.
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"SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM"

DAISY L. STWALLEY.

Would you run and not be weary,Would you walk and never faint,Would you gain eternal freedom?
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SEEKING THE LIGHT

MARY LOUISE FERGUSON.

I Do not ask for riches, power,For worldly wisdom, strength, or might;I only ask that every hourMay bring to me the heaven-born light.

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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 Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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PEACE

GRACE ADA BOUGHTON LEIGH.

Night, with its silence and its solitude,Brings all earth's strife unto the feet of Love:There, in the stillness of the eventide,To lift our thoughts in prayer to God above.
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KIND WORDS

CHARLES C. SANDELIN.

Words soft-spoken and kind,Like sunbeams through clouds of day,Into the heart to grief resignedStealthily find their way!
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REFLECTIONS

LAURA GERAHTY.

Frail little butterfly,Flitting from bud to flower,Gracing most mightilyEach sunlit hour;
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OPPORTUNITY

ROY FOSTER.

Who says I knock but once and passNe'er to return, speaks not the truth.
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MY VISION

GRACE NIXON STECHER.

The blinding mists have lifted from the faceOf all mankind, of earth, and troubled sea;Time's sickle reaps no more, and in its placeRevolve the cycles of eternity.
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RELIANCE

LAURA GERAHTY.

I know not just the moment whenLove's harvest ripe will be,But as I sow I gather forEternity.