Poems

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All there is

ELIZABETH E. VAN HOUSEN

What is my fortune?
Poem

Remove the liability

JOEL MAGNES

We should not ignoreThe good that has gone before,But we must do more.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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You never left home

BETTY REISS

The qualities of God, which you express,Cannot deteriorate, or age, or grow less,Or suffer, or sin, or die,Or be subject to contagion.

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The Christian touch

MARTHA SAGE VANG

Oh, we can quote the pagesAnd be fierce to error's ways;We can talk the absoluteAnd state our case for days;But where's the needed God-embraceThat gives authority?
Poem

Communication

SUZANNE MAHON

God's indestructible, unbrokenchain of love;binding, yet freeing;close-linked, yet ever-expanding;enfolding, yet not restricting.
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I don't want to miss

SCOTT LAURIN SCHNEBERGER

Friends inquire,as friends do,softly,why I refuse offers to drink—for what causeI choose to fast, denymyselfwhat's meant for bliss,and then tooriskoffense.

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Shared reflections

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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Shalom

STANLEY JOHN YORK

How shall I pray to understand true peace—the peace which passeth understanding?
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The gift of peace

DORIS KERNS QUINN

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
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Each passing moment

IRIS A. SHANGREAUX

"Behold, I make all things new.
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From human heredity to divine inheritance

DORIS LUBIN

How glad I am to beNot out on limb of family tree,But firmly stanced on holy ground,Feet with gospel shod.
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Thank you, Father

E. MARIAN MORRISON

Father-Mother, thank youfor myriad, so-called miracles:for impossibilities reversedor simply dissolved—thus never occurring—when we see Your good solutions,wondrous answers,divinely natural,far greater than any fromhuman planning,then we know that we candemonstrate what we are learning,prove what we are winning!
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A clearer view

BETTY FIEDLER

Christ Jesus touched the blind man's eyeswith healing power of Truth.