Poems

SOUL—FILLED YEARS

Maurine Hathaway

Of old I reckoned time by calendarsThat marked each fleeting day and month and year;I laid out tasks to crowd the hurried hoursAnd noted hindrances with haunting tear.

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TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Mabel Stuart Curry

Before you came into our homeDark corners housed a hundred fears.

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CHRISTLY LOVE

Edith Robbins

Some there were who loved him,hearing what he said,willing to be ledto the quiet placeswhere his spirit rested.

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WELCOME AT BETHLEHEM

Lena M. Hall

The Wisemen came from far to welcome Jesus;The gifts they brought were rare.

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CHRISTMAS SONG

Edith Coonley Howes

Now Love embraces earth and lights a starTo lift the eyes of men that they may seeThe holy birth, the Life that breaks the barOf death and lives eternally.

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THE STARS WERE BRIGHT

Grace Nixon Stecher

The stars were bright above Judean hillsIn that hushed hour before the dark gave way;And one moved low across the vales and rillsTo mark the place where little Jesus lay.

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SECURITY

Hilda M. Wells

Wait patiently and learn the pathThat all must take;Then silently, with footsteps swift,Old ways forsakeAnd see unfoldment clear and pure,The Father's plan complete, secure.

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Oh, may my words, like gentle rainThat lifts the drooping flower again,Arouse the fainting heart to learnIn confidence to God to turn,Knowing His bounty ever fallsOn him who asks or knocks or calls,And to a hungry wanderer's cryWill never bread of Truth deny.