Poems

SPIRITUAL SECURITY

Winifred Fields Walters

The young boy Joseph was just as securewithin the pit as his brothers werewith the sheep.

THE FRAGRANCE OF HER NAME

Doris Kerns Quinn

She made the name so lovely—one to beFilled with the fragrance of fidelity;For who can speak her name and not recallRuth's life?

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O David, with so small a stoneYou brought Goliath low!Oh, may your courage cause us allTo run to meet the foe!To choose our stone, washed pure and smoothFrom any taint of fear—And use our sling, the Truth upheld,And know that God is near!

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FULFILLMENT

Mildred Lincoln Russell

In Soul's completeness grows no might-have-been,No blighted blossom powered to beginBut not fulfill the loveliness of Love;

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PRAYER BEFORE PUBLISHING

Mollie Ruth Bottoms

Let me consider well what I would saybefore each word leaves facile tongue or pen;let what I publish humbly point the wayto healing Truth for suffering, seeking men.

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COMBAT ZONE

Harriet L. Bossard

Rid me, God, of tendencyTo fight my wayPast evil giants of the day;Mere human thrustNot strong enoughTo catapult the stoneThat renders error prone.

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MEASUREMENT

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

"How tall are you?

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DIVINE POWER

Donald Heisler

Mistake, penalty—all mortal talkCan be erased, if one will walkWith Christlike thoughts of love, in light,Denying self and human plight.

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TRUE SERVICE

Imogene McCaig

Story of Martha! Still it speaks to usWho seem—so often!—in her very case,Cumbered and troubled about many things,Our thoughts, as hers, tread their harassing round:Cannot the Master see how hard our tasks?