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FAITHFUL

Doris A. Lewis

Ready to speak the word in seasonOf the hope within us, and the reason,To all who'll hear;Living the truthWhich frees from fear;Lifting the burdened thought to feelThe buoyant power of Love to heal.

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GOD'S BOUNTY IS FOR ALL

Esther M. Scheck Moore

When my brother, like the prodigal,Has strayed far from the foldAnd wasted his inheritance, then,Like the brother of old,Should I bar my door to the wandererOr his repentance spurn?

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POWER

Lillian M. Carter

O Israel , forgetful of the cloud,The pillar of fire, the manna—was the rodOf unselfed will so readily disavowed?

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AGAINST INSOMNIA

Benjamin Sturgis Pray

Rebuke the stressOf bitter restlessnessWith hymn by hymn from your remembered store.

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HOME

Lillian Turner Marks

The truth that we have made our very own,And any talent we have tended well,We have and hold as a foundation stoneTo build upon.

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GIVER OF GIFTS

Leone L. Schulz

God's children, born ofLove divine,Reflect His love.

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"THE LORD OF HOSTS HATH PURPOSED"

Maude De Verse Newton

Let no man with a burdened heartWait vainly by the mounting road;Let him not bow, with weeping,Beneath an earthly load.

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PRAYER

Dorothy Davis Armstrong

Teach me to pray with constant, new desire,As only fresh communion can inspire,And find in primal cause needed effect;Then, in this holy oneness, just reflect.

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Great Teacher, give to us thy flawless visionTo see the perfect man whereverHuman thought is longing to be shownThe truth; to lift sincere endeavorFor purity and freedom to a fresh,Unclouded point of view.

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THE SWEET NECESSITY

Dorothy M. Kiddoo

With willingness and joy let meapproach the sweet necessityof yielding to redemptive Truthuntil the unreal sense retiresand I am filled with pure desiresto be my real and only self.