Poems

THE BATTLEFIELD

Gerald Stanwell

The guns have flashed; swift shells have passed.

BACK FROM CHURCH?

Benjamin Sturgis Pray

We hear the benediction's onward blessing,We hear the organ's postlude majesty,And out into more confident expressingWe feel God's power unfolding, making free.

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"THY GENTLENESS HATH MADE ME GREAT"

Lina Plumer Clingen

Greatness lies not in stubborn human will.

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FREEDOM

Ruby M. Drogseth

"You are too ill," the tempter said,"To study, think, or read.

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TO REMOVE MOUNTAINS

Adele V. Hildebrand

How often, when across my pathA mountain seems to be,I find within my outstretched reachThe truthWhich makes men free.

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"FEAR NOT"

Ednah A. Parr

Fear not: only believe.

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PURITY

Gladys Hutchinson

In robes of whiteMy thought beholdsThe pure ideas of God.

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Green grass of gratitude, uplift my thought!Transform the dust heaps and the wintry earthOf loneliness, self-pity, hurt, and prideWith your compassionate growth and tender green,And I will water with repentant tearsAnd tend the shoots with love and kindliness;Reach deep into the warmth of kindling earthWith fingers quick to find the envious weeds,The clinging growths of fear and self-conceit.