Poems

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SONG OF FREEDOM

Margaret M. N. Higson

Paul and Silas,Beaten, imprisoned,Filled the darknessWith songs of joy.

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PSALM

Moverly Alderson Smith

God teaches me.

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PREPARATION FOR THE TAPESTRY

Cathryn Toohey Adams

Immortal Truth combs throughsnarls of mortal thought—and ordered threads of Lovemove pure, undefiled, upon Life's loom.

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THE FIRST COMMANDMENT

Gloria Clements

Dear Father-Mother God!So longI longed to help in human ways, andkind deeds often filled my days,but weariness seemed to stifle meuntil I learned to love God more.

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THE VOCABULARY OF SPIRIT

Marlyeen Stettner

On all sides we hear hearts crying outin anguish.

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AGREEMENT

Ruth Doerr Brierley

No compromisehammered out on the anvil of mortal mind,No uneasy truceor apathetic surrender to another's way,

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Loving Your Neighbor

Beverly Bond Frost

Ican seewhatspiritual sensesees;

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ANANIAS

Rushworth M. Kidder

"I heard you, Lord: 'Heal him.

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"LEAPING, AND PRAISING GOD"

Anthony John Cobham

Peter took the lame man by the hand and lifted him.

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Paul, who had rashly floundered, and mistook his way,blinded by the light of innocence, found his own,and there, in the humbled waiting thought, were sownseedlings of faith that, over the years, were growninto mountain strength.