Poems

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Now

KATHRYN LANEY

There is no past to cause regret or tear, No future fears to which I needs must bow, For day by day the truth unfolds to me That in God's universe there's only now.
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"Why art thou cast down, O my soul?"

ESTELLA M. STETSON

I must resolve this doubt, this indecision,That seems to cloud my concept of true being.

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Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

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True Service

FLORA PHILLIPS MC KINLEY

Wake us to see the pillar of Thy fire!Let us not sit, O God, in dotish ease,Lest liberty and courage may expire.

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"Thy will be done"

MAURICE MC C. CHURCH

Give me the grace to pray, "Thy will be done,"That, trusting, I may find my love in Thine;That I may place each hope in Thee alone,Nor heed this will of mine.
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The Meek

ANNA STANTON LAY

Yes , mighty are the meek who walkeach day in blest obedienceto Truth, who humbly listen, talkwith Love, and know no vain pretense.
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Answered Prayer

MARY E. COOK

Restore, dear Lord, the joy of Thy salvation,The bonds of sense remove and set me free,That I, like bird full-winged, with jubilation,Thy Word may carry over land and sea.

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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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Obedience

ROSE WILHEL FISHER

I know not, Lord, I cannot tell,Where this day's work may be;But if I listen for Thy voice,It is revealed to me.
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"Come to Zion with . . . everlasting joy"

VERA CONSTANCE HOWARD

Joy springs from sweet conviction based on God's omnipotence,And, blooming, makes a fertile vale of desert ways of sense.
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Omnipotence

ROBIN A. WALKER

It is enough to knowGod is,That nothing can existWhich is not His.
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God's Promise

NORAH M. COSTERTON

The promise stands forever sureTo those who humbly wait on God;Whose thoughts uplifted are and pure,Who tread the path the Master trod.
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"No night there"

LILIAN ABIGAIL KING

Father , I thank Thee at this eventimeThou knowest not night.
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Protection

DOROTHY M. THORNTON

Father, be it day or night,In the darkness or the light,May I not forget that LoveIs around, below, above.