Poems

Love

OSCAR GRAHAM PEEKE

How little knew that Pharisee of Love,Who gave his honored guest no welcome kiss,That guest whose heart reached out so yearninglyTo bless mankind—to heal its griefs and pains!Even cool water for his sun-drenched feetUnproffered was, because of selfish pride.

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Lift Up Your Hearts

ALEXANDER DUNCAN NELSON

Just as a child its mother's call obeys,Yet waits not always for her call to hear,But unreproven to that presence comesAnd comfort finds, as mother's lips bestowThe kiss which heals alike pretense or hurt;So we, O Father, hear Thy call and find,In our obedience, brighter glows the lightWhich leads on through the long day's chastening.

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"Thy will be done"

LAURA GERAHTY

Father, forgive me, that I could believeMan in Thy likeness met me to deceive;That I was prone to see my brother's illAs real, as his, and he Thy image still!

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A Prayer—Before Our Lectures

DOROTHY DAVIS-KYNNERSLEY

O Life! Athirst for Thee earth's children come,The maimed, the halt, the blind, the deaf, the dumb;And Thy pure Word is here for all to-day,Not one who hears, need empty go away;Ne'er shall Thy Word be spoken, Lord, in vain;It shall accomplish, time and time again.

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Fear Not!

ERNEST BEAUFORT

Fear not, dear child, Though night is dark, For Love is there.

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A Loving Wish

EVELYN M. PINNELL

There is no need to ask for thee God's blessing.

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I Thank Thee, Father

DOUGLAS ROBERTS

I thank Thee, Father, that I smiled to-day And saw that smile reflected in the way, As I passed by.

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Peace

HELEN WOOD BAUMAN

O SILENT Father! How I once did longFor quiet places where the clashing hasteOf men had never dinned; where hills reached upTo touch the cooling sky, the cattle lowedDistant, in calming, muffled tones; where sangThe thrushes with their single, mellow note,And grasses humbly whispered in the winds!