Poems

EARLY STUDENT IN SCIENCE

How beautiful a thing the calm that comesWhen God reveals His truth to human mind!Then vanquished are the images unkindThat plague all quiet thought with restless drumsOf earthly strife.

WHEN MY HEART PRAYS

When my heart prays,It says no wordAnd asks no thing.

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From Freedom from addiction

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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GRACE

Dear God, we come to Thee in prayerWith gratitude; Thy tender careProvides us with our daily foodOf Love divine, Truth understood.

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DEMONSTRATION

Today you have threshed a mountain andbeaten it small,

LIFE'S GAUGE

The measure of our life is love,Not length of days or years;And in proportion as we loveEternity appears.

NO SEPARATION

My loved one does not dwell apart from me,Although his presence here I cannot see.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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From Freedom from addiction

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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HE SENDS HIS ANGEL

The chains, the prison watch and gates gave wayBefore the angel that bade Peter riseAnd follow him.

LIVING ART

Living art is living love;Living love is loving life.

DEDICATION

With joy we dedicate our church this day,Completed work of love, from debt now free—Not only stately walls and pillars dear,But structure built within our hearts to Thee.

"WOMAN, BEHOLD THY SON!"

I thought I was too burdened.

FULFILLING THE LAW

The burdens that have bowed the backAre nothing more nor lessThan sorry concepts borne for lackOf seeing perfectness.

ETERNAL SUPPLY

God's daily gifts come flowing downLife's waterfall—The living waters of His Word,Supplying all.