Poems

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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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Trust

FLORENCE ELIZABETH BUCK

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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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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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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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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Shared reflections

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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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.
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Witness

EDNA H. HOWE

Witness of one eternal God,Children of constancy,Untouched by either time or spaceIn Mind's infinity.
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"My speech shall distil as the dew"

BEATRICE FURNISS

As the dew at morning's dawningShall Thy Word distill,Giving hope and fresh endeavorTo obey Thy will.