Poems

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EASTER TRIUMPH

Pearl Strachan Hurd

Was he a king then?

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A PRAYER

Anna Coykendall Bowlby

Dear Father, oh, forgive them.

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LET SILENCE SPEAK

Fanny de Groot Hastings

He answered Pilate not a word.

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DISTRIBUTION

Richard Carver

Our bread of Truth we now send forth to heal;Our wine, Love's inspiration, we now shareWith all receptive strangers everywhere,Through distribution of the Word.

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OUR READING ROOM

Ann Vandenberg Dunshie

We welcome all; within this quiet roomFor us the table of the feast is spread,And placed thereon abundantly is bread,Sustenance from heaven; he to whomThis bread is given shall be satisfied.

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AT TESTING TIMES

Edith Harris Siegfried

Acceptable to God, sole source of wisdom,Let my conclusions and responses be,Relying not on chance or human judgment,But based on Principle unerringly.

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SPACE-AGE QUESTION

Francis Ward Grubb

What will men do, out in the starry deepsOf far-flung universe, if they meet lifeIn form unlike their own?

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ASPIRATION

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

I am not a Mary;yet I aspire to be—to change my Martha naturefor loving grace to freefrom earthly tasks that cumber,from worldly cares, and findsweet peace in understandingmy God, eternal Mind.