Poems

Wayfaring Men

JOSEPH WALTER BATTY

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

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.

Poem

The Fourth Watch

M. FLORENCE RAPSON

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

Poem

"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.

Poem

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.

Poem

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.

Poem

Love Never Faileth

ANNA STANTON LAY

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

Poem

Daystar

LESLIE C. BELL

When to the earth our Saviour came,This guide to all the world was given—A splendid star of living flame,Burning in the height of heaven.

Poem

Messiah

LAURA BROWN CROWELL

The Judean hills still stand immovable,As on the night that stranger star appeared,And a triumphal angel host declaredThe advent of a Prince to Israel.