Poems

His Friend

My friend is not in height or weight,In figure, texture, color, gait,Or beauty which may charm the eyeYet swiftly as a shadow fly;But in the grace his words imbue,Compassion gentle as the dew,Fidelity which cannot fail,As needle true through every gale.

"Life's burdens light"

"Each man shall bear his burden.

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MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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All Mine

All mine the joys of Spirit—all mine to send abroadSome thought to help my neighbor, some truth about our God;Mine too the tender loving, the omnipresent care,The perfect understanding that Love is everywhere.

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The Pleasant Land

"Love never faileth": Up—around—Our joyous thoughts are winging,With Love pervading every song,Love smiling at their singing.

Seekers of the Light

THROUGH light and shadow, Tears and pain, Helping each other the heights to gain, Onward forever, Working together, Are those who are striving to follow the gleam.

"Be of good cheer"

Because he knew the sick man's need to copeWith dark despair when all the way seems drear,The great Physician spoke these words of hope:"Be of good cheer.

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MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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Stilling of the Tempest

Bright blue sky and clear-blown day,All our fear has gone away;Sing on in thy cheering voice,Bid thou all the world rejoice!

Spiritual Understanding

I know, e'enwhen I do not see, Just as I know the mountain peakThough swathed in fog there still must be:I know—with joy then I may speak!

"No more sea"

Among the mighty sayings of the Book,It seems to meThan this none gives more comfort: "And thereWas no more sea.
O friend, from out my little store I give thee truth, and more and more Would I impart, wert thou to listen.

The Purer Sense

MINE eyes behold the teeming earth,— The brooks, the flowers, the trees, The aspiring hills, the valleys deep, Meadow and field and forest steep, Sunshine and shadow, calm and storm, Bird and beast : the human form Ruling o'er all of these.

Illumination

OPEN , ye gates of dawn, The sun of Love comes through! All mists of doubt are gone, And daylight shines anew.