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"A little coat"

ROSE E. SHARLAND

O tender mother-love! We like to markHow the child Samuel served in deed and thought,Tending the glowing flame before the ark,Wearing the coat his mother's hands had wrought.

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How little children, free from every qualmOf carking care, to happy rest time yield,Content with that day's joy, serenely calm;Nor strive to know their parents' thought will shieldAnd keep their children with unloosening hold;Enriched by ceaseless wealth of careful loveAnd sure providing, safe as in a foldThe lambs unheedful rest, or as the doveIn its wood nest secure! So clouds of fearHave never dimmed the child's sweet heaven of peace,Or stirred a dread he might become less dear,Nor roused a wondering thought if love could cease.

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Before We Call

LILIAN LAUFERTY WOLFE

Before we call He answers,And while we speak He hears;Our faintest supplicationRises to listening ears.

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Thankfulness

OSCAR GRAHAM PEEKE

He came to Bethany to wake his friend;Deep gloom was there.

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God Is Everywhere

ELLA A. STONE

God is everywhere;I know it from the bird's glad singing,And from the dewdropsSo closely to the blossoms clinging.

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Love

JEANETTE C. ASH

'Tis Love distills the sparkling dewOn herb and tender flower,And tints the sky in rainbow hueAfter the summer shower.

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"Why weepest thou?"

ESTELLA M. STETSON

It is a shattering thing to see our joy,Our fairest earthly hope, lie dashed and dead;To stand beside the sepulcher and weep,And feel the baffled weariness of grief.

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Teach Me to Wait

FAY LINN

Teach me to wait, dear Lord, and so restrainThe hasty wordThat only brings regret, and should remainUnthought, unheard.

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Communion

BEATRICE CLAYTON

As the chime of the golden bells,When Aaron entered the Holy of HoliesIn the ancient Hebrew tabernacle,O'er listening silence, purest melody—So is love divine within the heart.

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Love's Plan

AMY A. CHOISY

A rose unfolds its petals day by day,Its growth invisible to mortal eye;So opens out for us God's ordered way,Already settled, while we vainly tryTo plan our lives.