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REVELATION

Emma Lee Hohstadt

I asked myself the questionWhy trouble seemed to abound.
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"THE BABE WE ARE TO CHERISH"

J. Margaret Andreae

Like Hagar, doubting and downcastWhen fount of hope seems spent and dried,Would we let fear deplete our trust,And let despair and anguish hideGod's love?

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Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

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LOVE IS ALWAYS

Priscilla A. Okie

When God is Love—And "when" is ever, always—Can man be loveless, lonely?

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LOVE'S ANSWER

Helena A. Cramer

In glad submission, Lord,I looked to TheeAnd, humbled, foundI was made free.
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BETHESDA

Meredith Russell

"Rise," said Jesus.
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CHANGE OF HEART

Peter J. Henniker Heaton

The heart of Love is always strong and sound:God knows no other heart.

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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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MY WORK

Gladys Clarke

Wherever evil seems to be,My work is simply to unseeThe error and behold the manFashioned according to Love's plan.
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PRAYER

Elizabeth Peitzsch Diez

O Father-Mother God,Unself my thoughtThat I may see,Not poor humanity,But Thy divine reality.
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DESIRE IS PRAYER

Madge Elder

So, Father, would I bring my heart's desiresInto Thy sanctuary, Thy house of prayer,Nor fear again Thy temple to profane—Unholy thoughts can never enter there.
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"GIVE YE THEM TO EAT"

Marion Alice Bowers

Hungry and tired, they fainted by the road,And on the grass the little children lay.
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MORNING PRAYER

Vera M. B. Williams

Dear God, O restful, omniactive Mind,May I go forth into this busy dayReflecting Thee.
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HEALING

Adrienne Haigh

Love, did I doubt that You were here,That goodness reigned supreme?