Poems

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A Needed Thought

LUCY GWENDOLINE LAMB

Cease now your anguished crying,The thought came clear to me;It stands not for God's goodness,It is disloyalty.
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"Stretch forth thine hand"

FREDERICK WILLIAM PRITCHARD LE SUEUR

Joyfully within the temple's portalsThe maimed man answered to the Lord's command,Never doubting him whose love had bid him,"Stretch forth thine hand.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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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If God Is All

BABETTE H. DEAN

If God is All, whence comes this veil of darkness;Whence come this terror and this starless night?

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Security

MARY WILLIS SHELBURNE

Although the path seems dark, the way obscure,And great clouds stoop above me, threatening,I need not fear these phantoms; safe and sureI can walk onward, never wavering.
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God Walks with Me

LUELLA A. BREWER

How good it is to knowGod walks with me.
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Love

GRACE M. FRANCK

O Love divine, all human love transcending,Unveil our eyes, that we may clearly seeHow omnipresent Love—like streams unending—Forever flows to bless humanity.

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Anthology of classic articles

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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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'OUR FATHER ...'

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

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A Daily Prayer

LUCY M. GOODENOUGH

O light divine, thou'rt ever nearTo guide our way,Out from the gloom of doubt and fearTo perfect day.
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I Thank Thee, Father

MILDRED NICKERSON HALL

From self-will's way, where briar and thorntear at my wayward feet from morntill weary night comes down, I turnwith deep humility to learnthe way that Thou wouldst have me go.
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"River. Channel of thought"*

JOHN WHITE

Once, in the Syria of a former day,There dwelt a soldier, honored and obeyed.
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Wayfaring Men

JOSEPH WALTER BATTY

I walk along life's common path,Knowing what love the Father hathBestowed upon wayfaring men.
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Our Only Preachers

MILLICENT J. TAYLOR

No earthborn dogma mounts the platform here;No mortal theory, temporal and frail;The Bible and our textbook we revere—Preachers of sermons strong that never fail.
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The Fourth Watch

M. FLORENCE RAPSON

Think not the way's all gloomy toil, unending,With hope still unfulfilled, your heart too sore.