Poems

Hymn of Praise

EDGAR NEWGASS

O UNIVERSAL Love, though far we stray,Uncomforted and sad, from thy clear way,Thou followest to soothe who are in pain,And make them whole, and lead them home again.

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A Song of Joy

CLARA WHEELER SCHUTT

Ships are sailing out on the bay;Lighted by Love they see the way,And glide along without delay,Because our Father is ruling the day.

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CHRISTUS CONSOLATOR

Rossiter W. Raymond

Beside the dead I knelt for prayer,And felt a presence as I prayed.

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Compassion

EDITH L. PERKINS

Dear little bird with the wounded wing,So fettered by fear and suffering,The Father's love doth healing bring!

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Seeking a Country

AGNES FLORIDA CHALMERS

This day Truth calls to me to go and findA country in the plains of heavenly peace,And take for sustenance God's loving, kindRemembrances and blessings,—truly, theseWere food and drink for Abraham.

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Autumn Time

WARREN C. KLEIN

The melodies of Love resound todayO'er hill and vale and the maturing field;They tell old truths, e'en of glad beauty's sway,And herald loud the coming of the yield.

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The Ever-presence

RUTH INGRAHAM

     OPEN thy hands,Clenched in despair's petition—     Can thy demandsExceed the fulness of His love's fruition     In whom creation stands?

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Home

HARRIETT PUTNAM

I've journeyed in far distant landsWhere the flowers ever bloom,Where the sky is blueThe whole night through,And the royal palmWith stately calmRises from coral sands.