Poems

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"In quiet resting-places"

LUMAN A. FIELD

Within Thy gentle solitudes,O Love, I come and wait and rest,Knowing Thy pure beatitudesWill well reward my weary quest.
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Truth's Ministry

D. E. JACKSON

I sowed a little plot of life with weeds,Nor ever dreamed that they would bring me sorrow,But fateful winds arose and blew their seedsFar out across the fields of my tomorrow.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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

From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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In the Mountains

GWENDOLYN THOMAS

I heard a lonely shepherd wind his hornUpon the stillness of an alpine morn,And heavenly fantasies from rock and dellPoured down in echoes to his humble cell,As though upon some organ strange and fairA seraph played, in the pure upper air.

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"The Prince of Peace"

FRANCES A. HALDANE

He comes! The world may clamor as it will,And war's wild tumult sound its loud alarms,Till nation after nation hears the shrillInsistent echoing, "To arms! To arms!"He comes! Already that fair morning's charms,When Spirit's mandate bade the darkness flee,Unfold, dispersing every mist that harms,And fear that gendereth dread enmity.
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The Widow's Son

PERLEY A. CHILD

Through darkness to the underworld I sank,And all the way was thronged with those who thereMade outcry, as of some long-dead despair,
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From out the Mists

MINNIE TINGLE

The day, to mortal sense, was dark and drear;A mantle gray enveloped earth and sky;From o'er the dim and distant mountains highThe rain-clouds swept, dispelling light and cheer.

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These books healed me

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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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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Aspiration

F. WINIFRED S. BLOXHAM

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True Freedom

MARY G. SCRIBNER

Know you the song of the captive birdFinding itself set free,Soaring aloft into freedom glad,Singing in ecstasy?
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True Comradeship

ELIZABETH EARL JONES

Climbing a rugged road,Bowed down by sorrow's load,Doubting the end,I turned from dark despair;My hands reached out in prayer,When, lo, heaven's help was there,—A friend.
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Rejoice

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

When the good you desire seems so far awayThat your hope grows dim in your heartAnd your faith less clear, it is time to pray,And awaken and do your part.
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Assurance

TEDA M. EARLE

I heard a nestling crying in the dark;The mother hid it 'neath her brooding wingAnd quickly hushed the frightened little thing.
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Fidelity

JAMES N. HATCH

A rosebush grew by a crumbling wallAt the end of a lonely lane,Where a solemn silence ruled o'er allAnd the tangled grass and the weeds so tallWithered for lack of rain.