Poems

"Herein is love"

JAMES DOUGLAS GOSNEY

God sent not His dear Son to us in vain!From out His heaven, He bids us love alwayOur neighbor as ourselves, and Him obey.

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Flow on

GRACE A. PETERSEN

Flow on, my life; flow singing like a stream,Braving the rapids and the waterfallsTo seek the beauty that forever callsBeyond the bend.

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Freedom

MARGARET MORRISON

No shackles can be placed on graces of the mind,Nor fetters ever bind an action that is kind.

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Mental Tillage

ROSAMOND CHRISTABEL RASHLEIGH

Too long the furrows of my thought have lainFallow; and I must rise and till, and sow,Asking Thy guidance and Thy loving help,That seeds of right desire and love may grow.

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Our Reading Room

ELISABETH G. ROBINSON

A quiet resting place, a haven sure,Where wanderers may come and rest secureBeneath the shadow of His mighty wing,*And listen for the song the angels sing.

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To learn the truth concerning God and man,And with this truth in mind, if need be, standUnwavering, with pure triumphant faith,Through days or even months of strife, or faceWith undisturbed serenity and calmApparent victory of sin or wrong,And with assurance say, Thy will be done,Because you know His perfect law of loveCannot be mocked—to silence self and fear,And wait in peace His way and hour—is prayer.

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Love is Nigh

LAURA GERAHTY

I know no darkness if the light of LoveIllumines me;I am not fearful what the years shall proveWhen I can see,Reigning beyond this present sense of wrongThe eternal right,As certainly as I await each mornAfter the night.

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Looking Up

ADELAIDE EDNA SCHAEFER

Each day through countless little tasksI walk with strength and joy;No unkind words, no thoughtless acts,Have power to annoy.

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Unfoldment

FREDDA R. GRATKE

He worshiped at Minerva's shrine, and drankFull deep at the Pierian spring.

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Omnipresence

ANNA EMANUEL WILLIAMS

There is a quiet hush at early mornBefore the noises of the day are born,When skies grow pink; a little wandering breezeJust stirs the branches of the nodding trees;While through the gentle quiet may be heardThe morning note of some new-wakened bird.