Poems

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Hope

RUBIE FORSYTH

You say the singing earth is still—frozen the rill?
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Giving Testimony

OMA OLNA MARTIN

If I have bread and break it not,Someone may hungry goFrom this rich feast which Love has spread.

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Shared reflections

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Fetters Fall

LAURA BOWLBY MASSEY

Long years ago, when Christliness was provedBy Jesus, who all sin and ill removed,And set the captive free, we read that heOne day was walking in his ministryBeside Bethesda's pool.

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Peter

EDITH A. WESTERBERG

Peter loved the Master.
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Protecting Wings

JANET C. HANSON

In the shadow of Thy wings,I wake to Thee,When day is dawning, and the morningBlooms silently.
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Taking Offense

LESLIE C. BELL

Cold and gray in the valleySullenly lies the mist,Till the sun comes over the mountainsAnd turns it to amethyst;Then it lifts and billows and lightens,And slowly it melts away,And the splendor of hill and valleyStands clear in the light of day.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

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 Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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A Prayer

RUTH C. FORTSON

God give me strength to live my lifeAs Thou intendest it to be—Not bound by avarice or by strife,From harshness and oppression free;Above the grasp of greed for wealth,Above the foolish urge for place,Above the bickerings and the stealthThat only lead to self-disgrace.
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Love Is with You

GRACE F. SNYDER

Give us patience, Love divine,If the waiting seem too long,Knowing that all power is Thine,Keeping on our lips a song.
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A Song

IDA FULLER MOORE

Oh , what a troop of gloomy, hateful thingsHave ofttimes passed before our dreaming eyes,That would have swept us on their ghostly wingsTo darkest haunts, far off from Paradise,Had not a measure, powerful and sweet,Rung joyously and clear within the heart,Till, waking thought, the tones would swift repeatAs each in heavenly chorus found a part;
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Give Me Understanding

ROSA M. TURNER

Dear God, I prayNot for illusive gifts of wealth or fame,For human power, or an illustrious name.
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"Of such is the kingdom"

MARION ALICE BOWERS

God bless the simple hearts who day by dayPerform their tasks with cheerfulness, whose playIs glad and just;Who, in the homely virtues of an honest life,Living the Golden Rule, avoiding strife,Show forth their trustIn Him who unto righteousnessAssigneth sure reward.
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"Thy kingdom come"

DOROTHY BAYLOR

"Thy kingdom come"—to lowly sons of men?