Poems

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Spiritual Vision

RUTH BURDEN BABCOCK

Beneath the crust of grime, the snow is pure;Beyond the cloud, the sky is ever clear.
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"My presence shall go with thee"

MILDRED NICKERSON HALL

Help me, O God, to learn Thy way;To find Thee as I go each dayAbout my round of routine task.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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True Gratitude

CHARLES W. TOWNSEND

My sorrows have been turned to joy,My wants supplied with good,My health restored; I would returnTo God my gratitude.

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Assurance

BABETTE H. DEAN

There's only God to meet me,There's only good to know.
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"I will lift up mine eyes"

VERA CONSTANCE HOWARD

When mortal sense would force its claims,And doubts and fears arise,When hope sinks low, and cares oppress,I will lift up mine eyes!
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"Be still"

MABEL E. MOUDY

Once when the storm clouds gathered, dark and chill, And lightning split the heavens with its flame, Upon a troubled sea disciples came With Jesus, in a little ship—he still Asleep, despite the thunder of the storm.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

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

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Anthology of classic articles

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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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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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Triumphant Peace

EDITH GADDIS BREWER

All unafraid our Master stood; His strength, to do God's will.
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The Secret Place

ROSE E. SHARLAND

Ambition, hatred, fear—the dreams of night—Aggression, lawlessness, the deed uncouth,Are as the darkness swiftly taking flightBefore the bright, illuminating truth"Why stand aghast at nothingness?
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Supply Precedes Demand

PEARLE M. WARREN

I do not need to know the wayThat Love will meet my need;I only need to trust each day,And on Love's bounty feed.
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My Prayer Today

IVA B. LINEBARGER

I long had prayed that God might see my wayAnd take from me my earthly bonds and giveMe better things.
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Humility

ELIZABETH A. MILLER

Oh, let me be more childlike, Lord,More humble, meek, and mild,And let me put my hand in ThineAnd trust Thee as a child.
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Christmas Bells

ELSE L. A. BUCHENBERGER

Ring, Christmas bells, ring loud and clear,Ring words of Truth to far and near;'Tis Christmas Day—a babe is born!Ring clearer, bells, ring soft, ring loud,Dispel the dark and misty cloud,Ring in the truth, ring in the morn.