Poems

ETERNALITY OF LIFE

It cannot beThat life shall cease for us and leave no markIn passing—nothing but a fearsome, starkVacuity.

Ever at home

The snail, this little friend,Carries his home with him.

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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This is a time to turn awayFrom pressing cares and earthly things.

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Do You Ever Count Your Blessings?

Do you Know what blessings are?

TO YIELD

The way is rough without a guide,but God is always here.

THE RIGHT TO CLARITY

Refuse to be confused; declare your rightTo clarity, to steadfast, calm control.

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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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What death does not do

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When something's lost...

When something's lostwhich I can't find,I know it's never farfrom Mind.

"AS THE TREE FALLS..."

The tree will lie right where it falls,and I will fell it there.

MENTAL-PICTURE PRISON

I knew her as a shrew and held myself above heruntil she came one day and bade me pray for herand I saw her kneeling, asking God for healingof sin and pain.

SWEET ARE THE USES ...

If I am glad in spite of many tears,In spite of disappointment, loss, or pain,Then I am glad indeed, because this meansI'm feeling joyful for the deepest reasons,Not ease or human happiness or favor.

DEALS

A me-deal is never I-deal.
Jimmy thinks we're not a whole familybecause at home there is just me and Mommy.