Poems

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NO SMELL OF FIRE

Adelaide Rothenberg

Were we afraid, you ask.

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EMERGENCE

Corinne C. Jacobsen

I wandered in a night dreamdistraught—held by some vague,intangible power,when suddenly I awoke.

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"THE ARM OF THE LORD"

Mary Lucretia Barker Franklin

God's arm gives righteousness and power,And we can never lackHis might.

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There is a glory in the midnight skies,A song to still all fear,A wondrous promise if we lift our eyes,A word if we will hear;For God's pure love is proving faith's increaseAnd bringing forth the Christ, the Prince of Peace.

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MANHOOD'S FLOWER

Myrtle A. Cash

In quiet faith I pray.

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NOT AS A BEGGAR

Audrey A. Mersereau

Not as a beggar did blind Bartimaeuscome to Christ Jesus to receive his sight,but, casting on the ground his beggar's garment,he ran in joyful haste to claim his right.

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TO THE ARTIST AND WRITER

Evelyn Ring

In your hand, the brush or pen,On the page, your name,But by His power the work is done;No lesser power claim.

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HERE WHERE I STAND

Olive Scholes

Here where I stand is holy ground,No matter what the mortal seeming;In every place God's love is found.

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THE READER

Annie Lorena House

When , after judging how the Word should sound,He gave the reading in a practiced way,Profuse in praises, many hearing himSaid, "A good Reader, this, who read today.