Poems

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UNFOLDMENT

Marjorie Pearson

To thought listening in stillness,Waiting, poised in expectation,Thought maturing, larger, deeper,By God's gracious preparation,Comes a dawning, surer senseOf divine omnipotence.
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TESTIMONY MEETING

Rita Jubien

So many spoke of Love's exalting power.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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TRIUMPHANT SONG

Gibbs Hofmann

Teach me how to sing.

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"SO SHALL I KEEP THY LAW"

Grace Lillian Snell

Father , when some seeming wrongLingers long—taunting, strong—Let me recall the many waysI have knownNo human problem ever willReverse Your law, so poised, so still.
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VOTE!

Godfrey D. C. John

Vote with the knowledge of this spiritual fact:God appoints, however men elect.
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GOD, MY ONLY RELATIVE

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

I am God's child, for His creationincludes me—whole, intact.

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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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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THE GOOD LAND

Vera G. Wright

How good it is to understand!To proffer Him an outstretched hand.
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"THE MEEK WILL HE GUIDE"

Kathryn Laney Veazey

I know God guides;
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THE BELOVED OF LOVE

Marjorie Pearson

Man the beloved, the blessed of the Father:Such richness here, such cherishing and grace!No dream-sense tiller of the soil but, rather,The royal son, secure in Love's embrace.
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TRANSFORMATION

Alan W. Thwaites

With confident, determined tread,Saul traveled the Damascus road,Sure of his rightness, proud to beA bearer of authority.
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THE HEART MAKES READY

Mildred E. Kendall

Here in this place of communion,swept clean and made ready,the heart grows quietobserving its own Passover,steady in prayer and hymns of praise,partaking of the bread of Life,forsaking sin,and drinking of the Master's cup—sign that the rebel will bends lowin humble tithe of sacrifice.
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IMPARTIALITY

Eleanor Pickett Hamrick

Peace had gone from my restless heart.