Poems

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Reflection

R. BRIDGET KASSABOVA

In the quiet stillnessOf my thought at rest,There will I know Thee,Lord, forever blest.

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Security

GWEN M. CASTLE

Within the covert of Thy wings I rest;No human shelter can include such peace.

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Security

EMILY C. WHITELAW

Within Thy shelter, Love divine,No evil thoughts assail;In Thy pure presence, peace is mine;No error can prevail.

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The Staff

EDITH SHAW BROWN

Discouraged sense would sometimes try to talkOf labored efforts and far-distant goal,Though step by step I pray and strive to walkThe path our Master trod from sense to Soul.

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The Victor

MABEL STUART CURRY

"Lord, if thou hadst been here," she said,"My brother had not died,"Forgetting that he raised the dead,Walked on the waves, the hungry fed,The sinful sanctified.

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God Requires the Past

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

Our God requires the past of manIn His eternity:No time for death or woe or sinIn His domain can be;

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Exhortation

REUBEN POGSON

When on some lane that seems to have no turning,To reach its end our best has not sufficed,Try then to feel, with those whose hearts were burningUpon that twilight road, the presence of the Christ.

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Home at Last

RUBIE FORSYTH

Down the paths of a dream long deadA man's sad heart goes wandering,So sunk in its piteous ponderingThat the very light of his day is fled.

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When first I heard the "still small voice,"I did not heed its gentle plea,But went my wayward, willful way,Rejecting signals sent to meBy Love, the Father-Mother, God,Who shields from harm and mortal lureThe child that in realityHas never been aught else than pure.