Poems

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A psalm of thanksgiving

ELEANOR YOUNG CLAPP

Let me give gracious attention to You, my Light and my Father;Let me bow down my attitude in recognition of Your grandeur.
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God's is the glory

JOEL MAGNES

I had admitted and acknowledgedthat the kingdom was God'sand the power was His.

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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.

From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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Joy, with gratitude!

JANE R. HARWOOD

Stirred, thought risesfinds the Comforterlight-wingedfast-forwarding.

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I hear a deeper strain

SUSANNAH BREAUX SEAMAN

It was longI sang the songof my fathers.
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Pure gratitude

MARGARET SINGLETON DECKER

I have been delivered intactfrom many a fiery furnace—some hotter than others—thanking and praisinglong after deliveranceLove the deliverer,who then gently reminded methat pure gratitudecontains no slightest beliefthat there ever was smell of smokemingled with the sweet fragranceof Love's all-presence.
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God's graceful message

HAROLD ROGERS

For yearsunwearied by your welldoingfaithful over your few thingswaitingoh so patientlyfor your reward—

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Anthology of classic articles III

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Anthology of classic articles II

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From Faculties indestructible

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 Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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Creation: a summary

ANNA JANE WATKINS

The human eyegreets the morning sunbut consciousness wakesto the brightness of God'sglory.
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Charted by God

LAUREL WALLACE GORSCH

I walk on a courseCharted by God.
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"An house not made with hands"

MARGARET M. LAUDER

I am not the house I seem to live in.
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Climbing

MARIETTA G. LYON

Atmy houseI have a stairclimbedand climbed again.
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Wilderness

DOROTHY C. CURETON

Fear-blinded, Israel's childrenrefused to accept the facttheir Canaan was so near,and so they wanderedyear after year,an aimless, indecisive band,because they would not heedCaleb's report of milk and honey,but chose to believethat Anak's giantsruled their Promised Land.
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Listening

NORMAN DWIGHT CARY

Once, winds of evil's vague geometriesBlew past, blew in, to weave a shrieking netOf legion errors.