Poems

DEMARCATION

Miriam Dean Blackburn

Troubled , troubled, are the watersThat would keep the ship from landing;But Christ's "Peace, be still" can calm themWith the might of understanding.

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A BOY SOLDIER'S PRAYER

Mary Rachel Parrish

O God , our Lord, who draw all to Your light,You called Moses, Your shepherd, and he sawA mountain bush enfold Your flaming might;On Sinai Your truth shone forth as law.

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VOICE OF TRUTH

Nelson M. Beach

That still, small voiceI always hearWhen talk of warWould fill my ear.

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OUR BOYS' DEFENSE

Alice E. Chatfield

God is their refuge and their strength,A present help in time of need,A beacon of unfailing lightTo all who His commandments heed.

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THE ARTIST

Verne L. Waymire

Let me help each to uncoverThe thirst in his own heartFor holiness.

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A PRAYER

Mary H. Oliver

I would be quiet, Father-Mother God,And hear Thy voice,And, hearing, do Thy will.

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SUPPLY

Edward F. Devol

Our needs were filled when He first willedHis likeness in expression.

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SHEPHERD PRAYER

Edith Coonley Howes

Bright star of hope, O glorious focal pointOf all awakened thought that marks this day,Here with our sheep we stand, each in his field,Watching your rising.