Poems

December 24, 1932

Christmas

ALICE CARY VICTOR
Once again angelic voicesBring their message to our earth,Bring to listening ones assuranceOf the young child's holy birth.
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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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December 17, 1932

A Large Place

MABEL CONE BUSHNELL
He hath "set me in a large place"—Mid-ocean, came the thought—And vision, Godward turned, beheldThe might His hand hath wrought.
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December 10, 1932

Supply

PEARLE M. WARREN
How precious are Thy thoughts, O God;How great the sum of them to me!If I should count them, one by one,They are too vast to numbered be.
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December 10, 1932

"Be still"

GWEN M. CASTLE
"Be still, and know" that nothing can disturb thee,Wait patiently upon thy Father's will;
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Anthology of classic articles III

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Anthology of classic articles II

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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

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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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November 26, 1932

The Messenger

DOROTHY JACOB
The golden afternoon was drawing to a close, And the still peace of evening filled the sky; The drowsy air was hushed around the well Whereon the traveler rested, And the quiet benediction of the evening Deepened into glory with his presence.
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November 12, 1932

"Immortal fruits"*

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON
Oh, deep shall I plant for the issue And pure be the seeds that I sow, That only the fruits of the Spirit My plentiful harvest shall know.
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November 12, 1932

Love is Calling Me

ANNE H. BROGAN
I HAVE walked amid the pleasures Which the senses claim to give; I have tried to serve ambition, With its phantoms tried to live; I have tasted fleshly morsels, And I know their bitter tang— While above me, and within me, Love was always calling, calling me; From the sense-dream, from the shadows Love was calling, calling me.
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