Poems

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The Heavenly Home

ALICE JACQUELINE SHAW

"The Son of man," he said,"Hath not where to lay his head.
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True Employment

MILES BUCKSTON WATTS

Can I desire a greater joyThan that which flows from God's employ;In waking light to feel His love,And through each day His truth to prove?

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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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Reality

ANTOINETTE HOLBROOK

In Thy sweet calm my waking thought finds peace;False fears, false hopes, false landmarks slip away.

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Guidance

CECIL CAPPS

Lost in the wild was I.
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Divine Sonship

ERNEST CLARENCE ANDERSON

Love lies securely hid in every breast,Our common birthright of divine descent;And he whose every energy is spentClaiming his sonship, is most surely blest.
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The Morning Star

F. INA BURGESS

Soft silver shadows slowly creep across the grass;Tall trees are dusky silhouettes against the sky,Where tones of turquoise, rose, and saffron swiftly passBeyond the velvet curtain of the night.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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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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"An understanding heart"

W. ALLYN BUTTERFIELD

Dear Lord, I do not ask that Thou wilt give increaseOf wealth, possessions, earthly things, that soon will cease.
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The Sentinel

KATHLEEN HALL THORPE

Idly I scanned the page,Too sad at heart to read,When presently some words stood outIllumined, and I said,"Here is the living water thatWill quench my thirsting need.
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Come Ye Apart and Rest

VERA CONSTANCE HOWARD

Above sin's clamor, stress of pain—all turmoil—To weary warriors sick at heart, oppressed,There breathes a still small voice; with sweet persuasion,To thee it calls, Come ye apart and rest.
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Today

TERESA A. JENKINS

I will live a quiet life today,Sincere, serene, and fine;I will exclude impotent thoughts,And hear the voice divine.
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Gardening

FANNY DE GROOT HASTINGS

Let me uproot this acrid herb,Leaving no tendriled bitternessTo clutch the heart, and choking curbIts native impulse sown to bless.
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On Holy Ground

KATHARINE TEULON BINYON

Tread not with ruthless foot upon the tenderGrowing things: so small they are and slender,So hardly seen they must be sought amongThe stronger herbs—these tiny things so young!Look here again, where gnarled and knotted rootsBecome quite green with probing, fragile shoots!And some, being late, have not begun to showTheir growth, which may seem hesitant and slow—But it is there!