Poems

October 16, 1909

CONFIDENCE

KATHARINE J. SMITH.
Night found me in a pathless way and drear,Halting before the temper of the hail;I looked to train my steps, but groped in fear;I prayed with hapless patience to availOne favor of the beam-bestowing moon.
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October 2, 1909

PROTECTION AT NIGHT

JANE DRANSFIELD STONE.
We cannot be alone, for thou art near!What though the midnight shadows close us round,And terror seems to lurk in sight and sound:Still are we safe, since thou, O Christ, art here!
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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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October 2, 1909

PRAYER

HON. CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK
If I in pride and arrogancePresume to judge God's ways,And seek to better them perchance,The while my lips may praise;
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September 25, 1909

OMNIPOTENCE

MARION COOK STOW.
ABOVE the battle's din and mortal fray, Love holds its own; Amid beliefs that mock and cloud our day, Mind rules alone.
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September 25, 1909

SEPTEMBER DAY

ISABEL LEE.
My heart is thine, fade not away, O beautiful September day! Thy calm is mine—Love's message clear Comes gently to my list'ning ear; It heals all grief and soothes all fear.
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September 25, 1909

PILGRIM, PRESS ON

EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH, JR.
PILGRIM, press on: the path seems dark, And stones of mortal sense have cut our feet, But gentle breezes waft a perfume sweet, And, lo, I hear the singing of a lark!
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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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 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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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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September 11, 1909

TRUTH'S CALL

M. B. CROWE
Through long, long years I stumbled, deaf and blindTo all the truths thou camest to unfold:Poor, blind, and self-imprisoned; with vain criesAnd eyes perverse, looking afar to findBlessings that groping hands, by taking hold,Might more than overflowing fulness know.
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September 4, 1909

'TIS SUMMER

HARVEY HADLOCK.
'Tis summer, and the fragrant airWafts incense of the flowers:'Tis summer, and the tuneful worldAllures to woodland bowers:'Tis summer, and my heart is gladThat winter lost his reign:'Tis summer, and my sense is freeFrom every mortal pain:'Tis summer in my joyful heartFor I have found the "better part.
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August 28, 1909

THE GREAT PARENTAGE

MARION COOK STOW.
As flowers growing each on separate stalk,Yet springing from a common soil, so weRoot deep in God, tho' near our lives may walkThe jealous years.
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August 21, 1909

WILDERNESS BLESSINGS

GERTRUDE RING HOMANS.
With me 'twas evening in a desert place,And hungry thoughts in a great multitudeQuestioned earnestly each his neighbor's face,—If they should not depart by slow foot-paceInto some village to buy needful food.
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August 14, 1909

A SONG OF PEACE

LUMAN A. FIELD
If in hushed stillness of the starlit nightThou givest rest,Or in the well-filled hours of joyous lightWork'st Thy behest,It matters not, since Thou, O Love, art ev'rywhere,Enfolding me in Thine unfailing care.
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