Poems

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Reach Out

EDNA HENDERSON STRAYER

Dear one, be still and knowThe day is but begun;Sorrow and despairCannot be written there.

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Understanding

EMILY M. HENDERSON

Dear Father, give me here and nowAn understanding heart,That in this world of conflict IMay learn to do my part,

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Standing on the Promises

BESSIE EVANGELINE MURCH

It is not love unto our God,Nor to a brother, friend,To see as real, and having power,As growing stronger every hour,The evils that portend.

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Sacrifice

LULU A. REID

To lay my earthly all upon the altar—This sacrifice seemed more than I could bear,Until I thought of Abraham and IsaacAnd of our heavenly Father's tender care.

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"Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters"

FAYE L. COMSTOCK

Sometimes we hesitateTo say the word or give the smileThat flows from our heart's overflowOf good, and as we handleCarelessly the while the gift of giving.

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Leaving Idols

GWENDOLYN I. MEALY

Jesus said, "Follow me,"And straightway then they left their nets and followed him.

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Bethesda

LAURA BROWN CROWELL

Beside Bethesda's pool a cripple lay,As he had lain for many a weary year,Watching while others in a similar caseWere helped into the pool by willing hands.