Poems

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God's Perfect Protection

FLORENCE E. GLASS

In olden time the prophet Abrahamwas called upon to sacrifice his son,or so he thought, but truly God's commandmeant not what he interpreted, but ratherthat he must give up his false sense of son.
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The Fourth Beatitude

JAMES MONTEITH ERSKINE

Whoever hungers for the bread of TruthOr longs for water Love alone supplies,Sinner or saint, aged or but a youth,He shall receive the food that satisfies.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Be of Good Cheer

JAMES TOWNSEND MAC VICAR

Be of good cheer! The Master calleth you!And Bartimaeus cast his robe away.

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Petition

CHRISTIANA WILLINK

Teach me how to yield, dear Father,To Thy great and holy power;Humbly do I ask it of TheeAs I listen hour by hourFor the holy inspirationWhich to man Thou dost impart,That which purifies and cleansesThe repentant human heart.
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"While it is called To day"

LAURA LEE RANDALL

Lord, Thou hast given us this dayIn whose clear light,Showing Thy might,We can most gratefully believeThat all the good for which we prayWe shall receive.
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"Glory to God in the highest"

EDITH COONLEY HOWES

Except my lips first learn to sing,"To God the highest glory be,"I cannot hear the "Peace on earth"His messengers would bring to me.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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Anthology of classic articles III

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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From Freedom from addiction

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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Sufficient Grace

MYRTLE DAUGHERTY

Three times in prayer Paul sought releaseFrom the harsh thorn of painPricking the ease of the flesh.
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Prayer

ANNE BONNER MARLEY

O guide my footsteps in the path that leadsTo peace, and may I chart the way with deedsOf simple kindness wrought with selfless love.
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"The cup of blessing"

Mary Mortley Hays

Dear heart , you have a cup to drink.
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I Am Reflecting Thee

JESSIE B. SHEUERMAN

Look up—beholdThe presence of the Lord;For He has blessed youIn this very hour,This 'now" that isAnd was—shall ever be.
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"Thanksgiving, and the voice of melody"

MAUDE WELLER SCOTT

Let doubt be stilled, fear be destroyed,Trust take its rightful place;The love outpoured be amplified,That all may serve Thy grace.
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Joy

TWILA M. CLARK

Joy dwells within each consciousness.