Poems

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STANDPOINT

Benjamin Sturgis Pray

"In the beginning God.

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LIGHTED DWELLINGS

Lena M. Hall

In Egypt, darkness settled on the land.

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DESOLATE HEARTS NEED LISTEN

Amy G. Viau

I stood where hearts so desolate must stand,On barren ground;And chilled by fear of darkness just aheadI turned around.

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THE READING ROOM

Florence Mayer Houghton

The feast is spread;The oil, the wine, the bread,With love enshrined,Are here to meet each need;And all who come to seekWith humble heartsShall read,And find.

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I CANNOT WALK ALONE

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

I cannot walk alone.

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WATCH!

Annette Jean Hornstein

Watch ! when shadows seem to fallAnd comes the darkest hour of all;Watch! when joy seems near at hand,To follow rightly Truth's demand.

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BUILDING ANEW

Lillian M. Carter

Sometimes we stand amid the wreck of hope—Our crumbled houses built upon the sand.

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When you have reached in prayer the Horeb height,Washed you and made you clean from every blame,When you have seen the Father's face alightAnd heard Him call your new and lovely name,The shattered golden bowl will be forgot,The silver cord be taut in that chaste hour;And though the earth road seem again your lot,You cannot be a bondsman any more!

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WORDS IN SEASON

Aimee Mckinnon

Too few, too late?

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HUMILITY

Carrie A. McLeod

It takes the lowly shepherd thoughtTo see an angel vision;When Jacob's head bent low to earth,The ladder rose to heavenWith angels passing up and down.