Poems

LET US THEN

Lorraine Wilson Hays

This is the way it reads: "Let everything that hath breathpraise the Lord.

SHAKE OFF PRIDE'S DUST

Vere Baillieu

Why flinch at evil's cruel stavesOr whine at much to meet,When he who could command the wavesEndured pierced hands and feet?

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LISTENING

Edna Henderson Strayer

Father , thank YouFor this hour,This quiet listening time.

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SIMPLICITY PROFOUND

Mary Creamer

"Be still, and know," the Bible says.

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THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM

Lillian Turner Marks

May the open books invite them in—Those who stop at the window today.

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THANKFULNESS

Thelma Brooks

Thankfulness is thoughtfulness,and joy and hope and praise,acknowledgment that God is good,and gladness for His ways.

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RIGHT PLACE

Alan W. Thwaites

I shall no longer look afarFor opportunity.

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VISIT TO THE MOTHER CHURCH

Jacqueline O'Brien

A pure, sweet calm of restful silence cameTo hold my thought, and from the dome a glowAs soft as moonbeams wrapped me in the sameDeep love the Master gave to friend and foe.

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM

Mary Stone Wallace

Here we find a thought removed from fear,And from mortal strivings gain release:Purpose, progress, faith, and hope are here,Mind's dominion, quietude and peace.