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BUILDING THE WALL OF RIGHT

Maude De Verse Newton

I shall not come from this high placeTo temporize with wrong,For here I build the wall of rightWith faithfulness and song.

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STAND UPRIGHT

Alan W. Thwaites

"O man greatly beloved,Stand upright—yea, be strong.

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ENTRANCE

Mildred Kendall

Take heed, wayfarer, searching the rubble of old nightFor a star.

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I ask not petaled path and glory's goldAs years wing by—mine is a wider prayer,A prayer though much repeated, never old:God, keep my world from growing small! Let careBe nurtured that my vision's lengthened scopeWill find illumination, and in givingOf my freshened faith to others I may hopeFor broad horizons and a grander living.

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HIS BURDEN IS LIGHT

Fay Ross Ketterer

My heart was weary yesterdayBecause I bore another's grief.

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WHERE GOD IS

Blessing Ainsworth Brown

Home is here—where God is.

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SAY, "OUR FATHER"

Janie Fleming Lawrie

Dear Father, help me to declareThy sacred fatherhood:All Life, all Love, all power divine;Thy grace man's daily food.

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THE CHRISTIAN HEALER

Elisabeth H. Tolman

"Stand upright on thy feet!"What Love—renewing, irresistible—Inspired Paul's words at Lystra to the one born lame;And flamed in those of Peter to the manWho, daily at the temple gate, sat begging alms,Not yet aware that he might enter inAnd claim his God-bestowed dominion for himself.

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MY PRAYER

Nanette Nelson Melvin

Dear Lord, I prayNot only that I walkIn paths of righteousness today,But humbly do I askThat, as I go, I maySuch graciousness and joy expressThat others, too, may knowHow lovely are Thy paths, O Lord,Thy ways of righteousness.