Poems

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"The hearing ear"

MADGE ELDER

"Hear me, O God!" how often would I plead;"Answer my prayer, for urgent is need.
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Trusting

MILLICENT COLEMAN

What if the seas be dark and drear,Our little craft be tossedWith angry winds that conjure fear!Trust Love, and nought is lost.

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Anthology of classic articles

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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Petition

HELEN KNAUS

OH, make me glad for everythingThat Thou hast given me:Rekindled hopes enlarged to faith;Love poured unceasingly;

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"Who is thine enemy?"*

DORIS ANNE PEEL

I CANNOT look to time, to place,to see his face;he is not thereor anywhereoutside the door,outside the inmost privacy of me:for sure as suremy anger builds his height,my pride and hate and frightdefine him, part by part,and while he lives in heart,while looms in mind,there is no peace, no certainty,for he is meand I am he.
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The Secret Place

ANNE H. BROGAN

WE have a secret place, Love-lit, serene, and calm,Prepared to meet the heart's deep need;'Tis our guestchamber, lovely, garnished in and outWith holy thought and gentle deed;Here Love's disciples, angel thoughts, abide by dayAnd at the eventide may draw us close to God,That Love the hungry heart may feed.
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After the Storm

ALICE TROXELL MCCOUN

SWIFT is the wind that sweeps the sky;From over the hill the rain swirls by.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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Oh, Blest Are They!

MARGARET PLUNKET RAPER

OH , blest are they who trust in GodThroughout the long dark night;Who feel the morning of His love,E'er they behold its light!And blest are they who wake with Him,And find their faith renewed;Who quench their thirst at living springsLove points along the road;Who do not doubt God's promisesMade new from day to day,But take sweet comfort to their hearts—Oh, calm and blest are they!They wait in quietness and peaceTill God reveals His plan,And strive with patient faith and hopeTo see the perfect man.
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Love's Purpose

MILES BUCKSTON WATTS

I Will be still and know that God is here,When trials come, and so present their testsMy thinking to becloud.
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Right Desire

CONRAD EIERMANN

May I have courage to refuseThe falsities that would confuse,And wisdom always but to chooseThat which is right.
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Christmas Gifts

CHARLES V. WINN

AGAIN glad Christmastide is here;Again the angels sing.
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Nativity

LAURA BROWN CROWELL

How vibrant were the hills of BethlehemThat Christmas morning when the angels sangOf peace on earth; how roundly echoes rangUntil it seemed the mountains spoke with them!How truly wise those sages who discernedThat gleaming star set in the eastern sky—Who recognized the star of prophecy,And homeward to the Christ their footsteps turned!
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"I am the way"

SYDNEY KING RUSSELL

The way of Truth is long, the path is steep;But he who bravely perseveres shall reapThe full reward of courage.