Poems

Liberation

JAMES MONTEITH ERSKINE

"Not by might"—The force of argumentLaunched by the battering ram of human will—We storm the gates of light,

Until all thought of hurt is blotted outWe cannot truly say we have forgiven;And if there still remains a single doubtThat aught but good was ever real, we needTo pray for patience and humilityAnd greater love for God, that we may knowThat man is God's idea, forever free.

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Through Length of Days

MARY STONE WALLACE

Good comes to us in countless ways:In light of Truth through length of days,In right endeavor, God-sustained,In sorrow healed, with peace regained.

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Being

EDITH GADDIS BREWER

Thou art.

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Evening and Morning

BENJAMIN STURGIS PRAY

In Genesis, the chart of revelationGroups evening and then morning as the day;Make this your calendar of demonstration,Make this the rising sequence of your way.

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The Voices

VIRGINIA THESIGER

They will call to you with soft singing voices,Come back! They will beckon, Come back! They will call,Walk with us where the human heart rejoices,Down twisting lanes that lead nowhere at all.

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"Speak, Lord"

RUTH E. PUFFER

As spoke a little childIn bygone year,So say I now,Expectant, too, to hear.

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Completeness

MARY MORTLEY HAYS

I HAVE Life,I have Soul,I have Love that comforts me;I have Truth that makes me whole,God, who is all these to me.

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God's Thoughts

RUBY ROSENBERG

I saw at set of sun how mountains layAs jagged patterns penciled on the sky,And their profile in granite seemed to tryTo reach beyond the end of fading ray.