Poems

INFINITE LOVE

Love paints the petal and shines in the beam.

WHAT DUST SHOOK OFF

Thinking of sheep, hearing their plaintive bleat,How many shepherds, though they turned asideTo see some scene, to muse on origins,Then slipped back in the track, led sheep again,And were not troubled by that different thing,Unready for mere human vision-change?

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Anthology of classic articles

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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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DORCAS OF JOPPA

What were her thoughts when opening her eyesShe found herself, not where she had lain ill,Circled by loyal friends, but in that stillSmall upper room of hers?

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THE PATIENT

Oh, how she wanted to give!The dollar bill,The eggs,I hold them in my hand.

SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS

Swathed in time'swinding-sheet, howcan Lazarus comealive again nowfor us in this room,this one hourdissolved, also, soon?

RIGHT PRAYER

I prayed for oneimportunately,in humble, deep sincerity,but no light shone.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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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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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ONLY THE "NOW"

There is no time "ago," an hour,A day, a year.

NO TROUBLED HEART

"Let not your heart be troubled:"Divine Love is the Life of man.

LESSON CONTINUING

What is our purpose?

ONE GUIDING BEAM

As wild geese wedge aloft in arrowed flight,Thy mental compass charts their course aright—The same All-power that spins our rolling sphereAnd governs movement with precision here.

"AS IT BEGAN TO DAWN . . ."

"As it began to dawn.

BAPTISM

It is not stepping in a pool;It is not sprinkling the head;It is putting off the oldAnd putting on the new instead.