Poems
February 16, 1957
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.
February 16, 1957
"WHEREWITH SHALL I COME BEFORE THE LORD...?"
Margery Todahl Blokhine
Heart
of mine, be still and bringTo the feast an offering.
February 2, 1957
"BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT"
Max Dunaway
Clothe
me in Your spirit, Lord; my own is worn and thin.
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January 26, 1957
REFLECTION, NOT YEARNING
Peter J. Henniker-Heaton
We
need not yearn to bless or to be blest.
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.
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?
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.