Poems

I Thank Thee, Tender Shepherd

EUGENIA M. FOSBERY

I thank Thee day by day, O Lord, my God!For Thou hast led me all the darkened wayAnd o'er the jagged rocks, to heights of joyOf which I had not dreamed in valley paths.

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Reliance

GLADYS GARDEN

Because I know Thy guiding handIs holding mine along the way,I ask no question, voice no fear,Content to listen, day by day.

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Child's Morning Song

LAURA GERAHTY

Father, I thank Thee for the night,I bless Thee for today;I rise and know the morn is bright—Thou art with me alway.

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A Prayer

HELEN B. TAYLOR

Almighty God, whose might is love,Whose wisdom is a boundless sea,In grateful adoration bowedI lift my heart in praise to Thee.

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Giving

ANNIE M. BARTHOLOMEW

Give, ever give,And never mind the getting.

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If Only We Could See

VINTON A. HOLBROOK

If only we could always seeThat these great mountains which appearTo bar the path for you and meAre insubstantial mounds of fear!

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Bartimaeus

DOROTHY LANE DOYLE

Of skies at dawn men's voices tell,Of sun-drenched meadows, blossom bright,Of moonlight's white, enchanted spell—The while he walks through moonless night.

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Morning

ELLA A. STONE

Sometimes the night seems long and drear,But morning brings the sun's bright beams;Then we forget the hours of nightWith all their troubled thought and dreams.

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My Prayer

ALICE MAUDE SCHUTTE

Oh, wondrous inner flame that lights my way,That guards my every faltering step and guides,That ever in my heart of hearts abides,And gives me rest and comfort day by day.

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Communion

ELIZABETH B. CATE

Up to the infinite source of our being,Faith is ascending, triumphant, today;Bright are its visions of God, ever present,Lifting our thought from the clod and the clay.