Poems

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"In quiet resting-places"

LUMAN A. FIELD

Within Thy gentle solitudes,O Love, I come and wait and rest,Knowing Thy pure beatitudesWill well reward my weary quest.
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Truth's Ministry

D. E. JACKSON

I sowed a little plot of life with weeds,Nor ever dreamed that they would bring me sorrow,But fateful winds arose and blew their seedsFar out across the fields of my tomorrow.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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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In the Mountains

GWENDOLYN THOMAS

I heard a lonely shepherd wind his hornUpon the stillness of an alpine morn,And heavenly fantasies from rock and dellPoured down in echoes to his humble cell,As though upon some organ strange and fairA seraph played, in the pure upper air.

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"The Prince of Peace"

FRANCES A. HALDANE

He comes! The world may clamor as it will,And war's wild tumult sound its loud alarms,Till nation after nation hears the shrillInsistent echoing, "To arms! To arms!"He comes! Already that fair morning's charms,When Spirit's mandate bade the darkness flee,Unfold, dispersing every mist that harms,And fear that gendereth dread enmity.
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The Widow's Son

PERLEY A. CHILD

Through darkness to the underworld I sank,And all the way was thronged with those who thereMade outcry, as of some long-dead despair,
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From out the Mists

MINNIE TINGLE

The day, to mortal sense, was dark and drear;A mantle gray enveloped earth and sky;From o'er the dim and distant mountains highThe rain-clouds swept, dispelling light and cheer.

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Shared reflections

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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Aspiration

F. WINIFRED S. BLOXHAM

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True Freedom

MARY G. SCRIBNER

Know you the song of the captive birdFinding itself set free,Soaring aloft into freedom glad,Singing in ecstasy?
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True Comradeship

ELIZABETH EARL JONES

Climbing a rugged road,Bowed down by sorrow's load,Doubting the end,I turned from dark despair;My hands reached out in prayer,When, lo, heaven's help was there,—A friend.
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Rejoice

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

When the good you desire seems so far awayThat your hope grows dim in your heartAnd your faith less clear, it is time to pray,And awaken and do your part.
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Assurance

TEDA M. EARLE

I heard a nestling crying in the dark;The mother hid it 'neath her brooding wingAnd quickly hushed the frightened little thing.
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Fidelity

JAMES N. HATCH

A rosebush grew by a crumbling wallAt the end of a lonely lane,Where a solemn silence ruled o'er allAnd the tangled grass and the weeds so tallWithered for lack of rain.