Poems

The Sower

OLGA CYPRIAN COOMBER

A sower went forth to sow one day,His step was light and his spirit gay;Freely and fast, from his open hand,The golden grain bespread the land,For the sower strewed from a boundless storeThat, scattered abroad, increased the more.

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"The secret place"

MARION CRAMPTON MORGAN

Not only in the woodland solitudeOr mountain fastness do we find our peace;Our hearts find anchor in the love of God—In glorifying good comes sweet release.

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Everlasting Guidance

MARGARET TROILI CAMPBELL

Moses heard the voice of God:Wait by day and wait by nightFor the pillar's cloud and fire;They will lead to Horeb's height.

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God's Presence

ROSE SHAW FENNING

What matter if the way be dark?

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Our Inheritance

ERNEST CLARENCE ANDERSON

There is a love of Love that we must eachStrive to reflect, that we may emulateThe works of him who mastered sin and hate,Sickness and fear—our Lord, who came to teachGod's perfect love, putting within our reachThe power to conquer.

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Humility

JASMINE MC ILVAINE LIPKA WARE

Dear God,Let me not forget,When called to aid my brother man,The years I spent in the vestibuleOf Thy house,AwaitingThe ripening of consciousness,To see and do Thy will.

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The Guest

FANNY DE GROOT HASTINGS

Martha prepared the supper and served himWhom the Pharisees scoffed at and mocked;Precious to her were the shining curved rimOf his glass and the lintel his hand had knocked.

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Prayer

ANNIE BONNER MARLEY

Give me the strength to meet, dear Lord,Whatever may betide;Help me to silence human will,To cast out stubborn pride.

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Progress

HON. MRS. FRANCES PORTER

"Thy will be done.

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Silent Prayer

LAURA GERAHTY

Collectively, exclusively, for these, dear Lord, we pray:Not for ourselves alone to meet a need or clear a way,But for each suppliant gathered here, we know Thy will is done,For Thou art in the midst of us, and Thou and Thine are one.