Poems

"Fret not thyself"

LUCY BALIAN

"Fret not thyself"!What matters it to theeIf evildoers work iniquity?

God's Care

JOY BENNETT

I am not poor, forgotten, or alone,All that God has is mine to use and share;I can receive these riches gratefullyAnd use them in His service everywhere.

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Prayer

CHARLOTTE M. ROBERTS

Dear Father-Mother God, I turn to Thee;O Thou, the only Mind, teach me to pray;O Spirit, Soul, direct my path awayFrom thralls of sense.

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On Fearless Wing

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

On fearless pinions let me rise—On wings of Truth—and strongTo mount above the cruel claimsOf pride and grief and wrong,

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Brother!

KATHRINE H. WILLIAMS

Have you come to the Red Sea, brother,Are you stricken with fear and dread?

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Inventory

ETHEL COLWELL SMITH

Count your garden by its flowers;Count your days by joys, not fears;Welcome all the passing showers—Count the rainbows through your tears.

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Our Daily Prayer

ROSA M. TURNER

There is a prayer which circles all the nations;A prayer of peace whose voice is mightier farThan all the din of fear's reverberations,Whose power is swifter than the swords of war.