Poems

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The Way of the Cross

EDWARD EVERETT NORWOOD.

I do not know that I shall everBe called to do some noble deed and great;I only know my peace flows like a river,And I can wait.
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The Awakening

AGNES FLORIDA CHALMERS.

O, little drop of dew,Thy face is radiant.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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The Call

MARY IRVING KEITH.

Eyes with love so full and tenderSaid to us, "I know you all,You are God's own blessed childrenHearken to my loving call.

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My Prayer

GEORGE D. ARTHUR.

Teach me, O God, to see and knowThe light the Christ has shedUpon our path, to walk in love,The way our Master led.
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My Ambition

E. B. M.

O, were it mine to sing a songWhose sweetness, at my feet should holdThe spell-bound thousands, all untold,—I'd rather far it were my partWith comfort e'en one life to fold,—Bind up one broken heart.
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"In Time of War and Tumult."

HARRY DOUGLAS ROBINS.

I sought to eat life's bread—and lo!The loaf turned to a stone.

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Shared reflections

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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 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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Simple Trust

J. G. Whittier

No picture to my aid I call,I shape no image in my prayer;I only know in Him is allOf life, light, beauty, everywhere.
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Hold Fast

W. D. MC CRACKAN.

The cause of good shall win,The side of right shall gain,For Love must blot out sin,And health will laugh at pain.
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Requirement

J. G. Whittier

We live by Faith; but Faith is not the slaveOf text and legend.
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Success

WM. ORDWAY PARTRIDGE.

If thou hast struck one blow for liberty,Be it of slave or shackled intellect,Thou hast not failed.
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A Discovery

REUBEN POGSON.

I STRUGGLED oft with an unseen foe.
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Jubilate

MRS. R. H. KERR.

O, HARP of Israel! mute so long, I sweep thy rapturous strings: Thy cadences of praise are mine! My soul in gladness sings: