Poems

THE BURNING BUSH

Fanny de Groot Hastings

Still in the lone, the desert place There grows the bush that burns with fire And yet is not consumed; no trace Of heat or smoke has singed its spire.

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A LESSON FROM MICHELANGELO

Pierrepont E. Twitchell

He was the greatest sculptor of them all.

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RELINQUISHMENT

Robert Oliver Shipman

Be patient, be still.

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DEDICATION

Grace K. Sticht

Dear God, Thou art the builder.

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A SONG OF BETHLEHEM

Gertrude E. Velguth

A village humble, still,The guiding star above;A shepherd on a hill,The mother-heart of love;The child of truth and grace,A world to pacify;An angel song of praise,And God to glorify.

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A SIMPLE TRUTH

Elsie Babcock Pearce

God is the source of every healing thought.

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SYMPHONY

Mae Tucker

The music of the spheres is heardAs thought is stilled,And all the pathways of the mindBy Love are filled.

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OUR PART

Elizabeth Rogers

Life is expressedby manin joythat nothing can diminish or destroy.

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As I begin to see in Science perfectBeing, one All, encompassing each placeAnd filling space: the overbrooding Spirit,Impetus of earth and universeAnd man; and as I glimpse the mighty spanOf Mind's omnipotent unfolding, thenI pause, and trembling, wonder, "What am I?

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A LIVING FAITH

Jennie Baird Schooley

With childlike faithI take God's hand;With trustful heartAnd prayerful thoughtI listen and obey;The path is shown,The light springs forthThat leads the wayTo light of day.