Poems

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OUT LOUD

Helen Oscar Winfield

Teach us to love out loud, Lord,Never to be afraidTo speak our love and gratitudeFor the man whom Thou hast made.
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"THE PLACE WHEREON THOU STANDEST"

Elsie Hill Ainsworth

Enjoy the blessings of today;look not awayto distant scenes—behind, before.

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Shared reflections

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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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MINISTRY

Hazel Harper Brandner

A fellow worker needed comfortingAnd other help as well.

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DOMINION NOW

Vera Sohr Kelly

How pleasant is my lot! The linesof clear, ascending prayerreveal all present Truth in signsGod's children know and share.
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LISTENING IN CHURCH TO THE LORD'S PRAYER

Pansy O. Alexander

I love to hear the voices,I love to hear them pray,"Our Father which art in heaven,Hallowed be Thy name.
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THE ROD

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

Impossible task!—and—a serpent!Oh, do not flee; for it may well beGod is giving you a sign—a rod—divine experienceto purge your courage to endureat lifting thoughts from matter barsto the freedom of His stars,above mortalityto Love!

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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COMMUNION SUNDAY

Rena Pratt Day

We come with adoration,Seeking inspiration,Vowing consecration.
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SAUL ENTERS DAMASCUS

Paul Osborne Williams

Struck blind by all those falling doubts, I singWords without sound set in a songOf inward harmony—Damascus comes,Into the narrow streets of which I grope,Feeling the stones; a chosen vessel nowAwaiting that renewal of the light
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THE STILL SMALL VOICE

Alice E. Chatfield

A silent angel messageComes to the waiting heart;A tender ever-presenceThat bids all doubt depart.
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THOUGHTS ON LOVE

Arliss B. Harmon

Love is from within,Gentle and peaceful.
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TESTIMONY

Margaret E. Singleton

No one would call it a very big secretexcept who kept it for a while,now and then surreptitiously peeking,sure it was still in proper file.
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LET ME BE MINDFUL

Virginia Thesiger

Let me be mindful of God's splendor,not only in those quiet half hoursplucked from the day between waking and rising,from the silent room on peaceful evenings,with books outspread.