Poems

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PRAYER FOR A SOLDIER

Ednah A. Parr

Go forth in strength, my son.
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GOD FIRST

Ruth Catherine Jones

Flower before the seed,Fruit before the flower;God before the need,Omnipresent power,

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HOUSEHOLD OF GOD

Margery Todahl Blokhine

"God is love.

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LOVE OWNS ALL

Effie Valo Bair

If Love owns all the hours that wait,Standing outside tomorrow's gate,Then need I ask the morrow's task,Or need I fear a prospect drearIf Love owns all the now and here?
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EMPLOYMENT

Eleanor L. Shepherd

Today I shall approach my workWith ceaseless trust and confidenceThat Mind alone directs and guides,And I reflect intelligence.
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TRUE MEANING

Gerald Stanwell

As flowers unfold,So come the sacred meaningAnd substance of a truth, each morning mealBringing to lightWith every prayerful gleaningThe messages of God that help and heal.

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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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WHEN?

Florence Irene Gubbins

When shall we rendThe veil,That frailPhantom of mortality?
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SANCTUARY

Alan W. Thwaites

Upon the world's horizon broodsThe challenge of an unspent storm,And over troubled nations spreadsThe shadow of the old alarm.
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HOW GOOD TO KNOW

Roberta Joan Seiferth

How good to know,Wherever we go,Love has prepared our place;No circumstance,No idle chance,Can govern any case.
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IN THE BEGINNING

Fanny de Groot Hastings

In the beginning God beheldCreation and pronounced it good.
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SECURITY

Mary A. Haddow

On land, on sea,Or borne by air,I know I haveLove's constant care;And thus I findSecurityThrough childlike trust,Dear God, in Thee.
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THE PRESENT DAY OF MIRACLES

Jane M. Crisp

In full accordance with God's lawthe miracle fulfills His plan.