Poems

December 9, 1944

The Fourth Beatitude

JAMES MONTEITH ERSKINE
Whoever hungers for the bread of TruthOr longs for water Love alone supplies,Sinner or saint, aged or but a youth,He shall receive the food that satisfies.
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Anthology of classic articles

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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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December 2, 1944

Petition

CHRISTIANA WILLINK
Teach me how to yield, dear Father,To Thy great and holy power;Humbly do I ask it of TheeAs I listen hour by hourFor the holy inspirationWhich to man Thou dost impart,That which purifies and cleansesThe repentant human heart.
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December 2, 1944

"While it is called To day"

LAURA LEE RANDALL
Lord, Thou hast given us this dayIn whose clear light,Showing Thy might,We can most gratefully believeThat all the good for which we prayWe shall receive.
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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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Shared reflections

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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December 2, 1944

Prayer

ANNE BONNER MARLEY
O guide my footsteps in the path that leadsTo peace, and may I chart the way with deedsOf simple kindness wrought with selfless love.
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November 25, 1944

I Am Reflecting Thee

JESSIE B. SHEUERMAN
Look up—beholdThe presence of the Lord;For He has blessed youIn this very hour,This 'now" that isAnd was—shall ever be.
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November 18, 1944

The Practitioner

EMILY PATTERSON SPEAR
I would not seek to guide the way for others,Except in deep humility I walkThe narrow way of truth and noble purposeAnd with my heavenly Father daily talk.
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