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"THOU GOD SEEST ME"

Thelma Brooks

When Hagar in the wilderness,Weeping, and blinded by her tears,Lacked water for her only son,An angel message calmed her fears:

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I SHALL SING

Annette Jean Hornstein

I shall sing psalms as David didOf God's true love and power;And then I shall, as David did,Find refuge in His tower,Where mortal woes and whims are still.

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Remember the old story, the boy at workIn his father's field of corn, the fiery sun,The sudden cry, "My head," and how he was carried inAnd given into a tearful mother's armsTill, held upon her trembling knees, he died?

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"TEACH US TO PRAY"

Bessie L. Doherty

"Lord , teach us to pray"In gracious, wordless ways—Glad lives expressing every dayAll that our eager lips would sayIn gratitude and praise.

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MY NEIGHBOR

Estella M. Stetson

Who is my neighbor?

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LOVE'S BOUNTY

Margaret Osborn

God has prepared the way for me,and humbly I have sharedthe bread of Lifewith those I greetbeside the road.

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PROGRESS

Pierrepont E. Twitchell

The place where you are nowIs where you need to be.

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LIFE

Ada Kathrine Lampet

Life is not measured out in solar years,Includes no crippling limitations or sick fears,No loveless longings and no loved ones lost,For Life is God.

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CONSOLATION

F. Ina Burgess

As I observed a little ladAt play with all his gaudy toys,A pyramid of colored blocksErected by his baby handsWith slow and patient carefulnessWent crashing in a brilliant heap.

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THE FEEBLEST STEP

Doris L. Crandall

I thank Thee, Father, that the feeblest stepToward Thee is guided, strengthened by Thy hand;The humblest cry for Truth is satisfied,The water turned to wine at Thy command.