Poems

WINGS

Estelle Dale

Fear lendeth wings to fly, but not to soar,And calleth soon her own to her once more;So, he that feareth falleth,Nor heedeth One who callethHis power to restore.

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THEY WERE ALL FED

Kathryn Paulson

Five loaves and two small fishesWere all their eyes could see,But Jesus' clearer visionBeheld infinity.

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MOTIVES AND ACTS

Mildred L. Grimes

Our motives and our acts are one,As are the Father and the Son.

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TRUST HIM TO GOD

Oma Olna Martin

TRUST him to God in prayerful surrenderIf in far pastures your loved one wouldroam.

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VIEW

Verne L. Waymire

I WILL go down in the valley to work—To do God's work today;And light of the truth which I saw on the mountWill go with me to show me His way.

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THE WILDERNESS

Muriel Ashley Lund

Does thought seem like a desert place,A barren, hopeless, wasted spaceWhere nothing grows?

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PRAYER AND FASTING

Miriam Boebinger High

Prayer and fasting—A joy, not a task;For true prayer is knowingWe have what we ask.

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As the darkness turns to gray,Bird song and the dawn confessMind's enduring loveliness,So that I awake to say,"Thank You, Father, for today"—Day that is the symbol ofEver-present light and Love,Melting all the night away.