Poems

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A Song of Thanks

MINNY M. H. AYERS

For life, for love, for days of peace,We thank Thee, Father, here.
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Stars

EDITH MAE BRISAC

And He that giveth to the stars their placeWill surely give it unto us to traceHis will within our lives.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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"Yesterday, and to day, and for ever"

MINNY M. H. AYERS

Why doubt to-day?

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Ministry

MINNA MATHISON

Whether he walked the silent shore,Or quelled at will the threatening wave,Or, all unanswering, meekly boreThe taunts and jeers the mad mob gave;
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Light

ROBERT E. KEY

In the dark glade,Every gray shadeFalls like a bar;But, if you gazeUp to a star,All the wide sky,With its still majesty,Lives to the eye!
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The Leper Cleansed

EARL MC CLOUD

He stands, a lonely figure, on the plainAcross which winds the Galilean road;His eager gaze upon the throng which comes,With eyes for none save him who leads.

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Shared reflections

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Anthology of classic articles

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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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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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God Fills All Space

CLARA ADELE NEIDIG

God fills all space.
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Assurance

ELIZABETH HAYWARD GARDNER

'Tis good to know that Thou art close beside me,However dark the way to sight appear;'Tis good to know that Thy right hand doth guide meThrough days of seeming pain and nights of fear.
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Unawares

CAROLINE MOORE SULLIVAN

Into my heart an angel came one day,And found me strangely startled, unawares.
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To-day

JOSEPHINE M. FABRICANT

To-day, I talked with God when morning brokeAnd birds their matins sang, the leaves among;And, in that sweet communion, my heart caughtA clear reflection of the radiant morn,And worshiped, with all nature at His feet.
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Purity

CHARLES W. WRIGHT

Because, O God, Thy glory I would see,I raise my daily prayer for purity;That all the crude, unsightly sketches tracedWithout Thy wise direction, be erased;And on the ready tablet of my thought,Only Thy faultless pattern may be wrought.
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Love's Touch

MARY KERN TIPS

How oft the saddening stress of earthHas crushed a heart, and hushed its mirthMid shadows grim and cold;And then, as oft, has Love's warm touchCome gently, with glad carols, suchAs angels sang of old,