Poems

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Reality

FLORENCE E. HOUGHTON

Help me, dear Lord, to see this cloak of matterFor what it is—an unreality—And help me, Lord, to don the snowy vestmentsOf Truth, as understanding sets me free.
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Light

MARY L. CHEWNING

Beyond the cloud's opaqueness,The sun is ever bright;So, hid by human weakness,Stands Truth's enduring might.

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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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The Open Door

VERA CONSTANCE HOWARD

Are all the doors about thee closedBy sickness, fear, or care?

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Now Is the Time to Be Grateful

MILDRED NICKERSON HALL

Now while the clouds conceal the sun,and the tempest roars, by wild winds driven,sing now a song, O struggling one—a song of joy.
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"Thy light is come"

HAZEL W. ALLEN

A passing cloud obscures the dawning day,And for a moment darkness seems to claimThe reigning power.
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Silent Prayer

S. ELLA SHELHAMER

O sacred silence, moments briefIn which to abrogate false fears!Forsaking sin, forgetting grief,We rise above the mist of years;And in that momentary spanBehold anew God's perfect man.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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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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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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The Little Things

F. INA BURGESS

Speak understandingly to other heartsIn language sweet with comfort and with peace,And bring to tired eyes a happy light,And to the burdened breast a quick release.
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The Infinite Unseen

LORENE H. TROUSDALE

Beneath the raging of the waves,Under the lashing of the sea,Ever abides, in depths serene,Perfect tranquillity.
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Confidence

EVELYN MAY SCOTT THAIN

Mind is directing me;I have no need to plan.
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I Will Let Go

HENRIETTA IRWIN HARRISON

I will let go—let go of human planning,Entrust myself to Love, who holds me dear.
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The Law of Jesus

E. MADGE CARLESS

They brought her to him in the temple court;Their work it was to read and write the law,And punish those who sinned against that law.
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The Christ-Way

DOROTHY LOUGHBOROUGH

O troubled heart, cease fret, and toil, and struggle—The joys, long sought, are e'en now at thy side;For God, the source of all, is ever with thee,And will, through all eternity, abide.