Poems

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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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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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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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A spiritual approach to mental health

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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 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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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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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.
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Gratitude

ORA M. MON

"It's heaven to be thankful,"Said a woman at the gate;"It's heaven when you're seeingThat you've really learned to wait;It's heaven—the forgiving,And the blessed standing still;It's heaven when you're listeningAnd you're trusting to God's will.
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THE SUNSET HOUR

ELLA A. STONE

The sky is flushing gold and rose,And twilight shadows fall;A tender peace that comes from GodGently enfoldeth all.
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The Wilderness

ANNE H. BROGAN

I went into the wilderness that day,With heart bowed down and eyes so filled with tearsI neither saw nor knew I had but passedThe portal to the narrow way that leadsTo Life—abundant Life.
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Love Never Faileth

ANNA STANTON LAY

Though there be prophecies, prophecies shall fail,Though there be knowledge, 'twill vanish away.