Poems

February 16, 1957

TENDERNESS

Jessie Louise Salls
God's Word, when it is purely spoken,Transforms the mind or spirit broken,And even when the words are fewTenderness Love's work will do.
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January 26, 1957

YOUR FATHER HEARS

Phebe West
God listens to our silent prayers;No mortal din can dull His ears:Our daily needs the Lord supplies;Our grateful praise He always hears.
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January 19, 1957

WHO ARE YOU?

Benjamin Sturgis Pray
IDENTITY is not to be from there or here— from nation, race, profession, place, from poor, from peer.
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January 19, 1957

SAFETY

Cyril H. Golding
Is it the soft, encircling arm Cradling tiny babe to breast, Or even the branch that keeps from harm Fledgling in the hedgerow nest?
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January 5, 1957

THE BURNING BUSH

Fanny de Groot Hastings
Still in the lone, the desert place There grows the bush that burns with fire And yet is not consumed; no trace Of heat or smoke has singed its spire.
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