Poems

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The Firmament

GERTRUDE E. MANSELL

The firmament, o'erspreading all,Displays Thy handiwork, O God;It is the firmament of Mind,Where all may understanding find—Thy firmament, O God.
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Standing in the Wind

MURIEL CULP BERRY

Far up the mountainside there stands a tree,Sturdy and gnarled, and marking timber line.

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These books healed me

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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Consecration

ETHEL WASGATT DENNIS

We read of Samuel that the Lord was with him,Nor let the words he spake fall to the ground.

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Goodly Heritage

FRANCES HILDA SHERLOCK

I came to Love, to beg a daily rate:A little meal, ah, just a little oil;And planned to give, from early morn till late,Full recompense, with uncomplaining toil.
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Safe with the Shepherd

MAXINE M. L. SCHROER

Lord , Thou art here, and I am safe once moreWithin Thy tender, all-protecting arm.
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Prayer

GRACE A. WARNER

Dear Father, when my footsteps strayThy Word points to the upward way;Thou givest strength throughout the dayWhen I for courage pray.

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Shared reflections

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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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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"The flaming sword"

ALMA G. V. HARRISON

Does then the flaming sword still guard the wayThat leads unto the blessed tree of life,And must Truth's pilgrims seek with pain todayTo reach that refuge from their woe and strife?
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Morning Light

FRANCIS BALDWIN

Lo, morning's joy dispels the gloom of night!Sing, O my heart, in joyous gratitudeFor Love's inestimable gift of light,That puts all fears and falstities to flight,Declaring all that is of Truth is good.
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Recompense

PEGGY YOUNG CLARK

O you who gaze with saddened eyesAt vanished, wasted daysMay now look up and see the dawnReflecting healing raysOf hope, and joy, and confidenceIn Love's design, always.
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How to Serve

ALICE MAUDE SCHUTTE

How shall I best serve needs of human kind?
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In Thy House

ROWENA A. MILLS

Oh, we would enter in Thy house, dear Lord!Outside the storms of grief and hate assailThe tired wanderer, and he shrinks in fearFrom lightning flash and roar of storm and gale.
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Growth

LAURA BROWN CROWELL

Lord, make me glad for little things,Those things which every day appear.