Poems

Demonstration

FRANCES HILDA SHERLOCK

I will not fear, nor cease my upward climb,Because some pilgrim toiling on aheadHas slipped and fallen by the way again,And weeps, despondent of the road we tread.

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The Day Breaketh

CAROLINE L. DIER

Be not impatientThat the way seems dark,The path you tread so steep!Your God has set His markUpon each blade of grass,Each singing bird, each stone.

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The Wine Press

ROBERT ELLIS KEY

Whither, we ask,Shall progress plant our feet?

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In gentle firmness she unflinching stoodWhen God's voice called her to a godly work—Then moved in poised meekness, did not shirkThe task that Love had given, but stilled the broodOf evils in the encircling gloom with prayerAnd labor in an upper room.

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Thy Will

LOLA ALICE DUNNAVANT

I do not choose this way, I said,In which my race to run.

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Inseparability

LUCY BALIAN

Dear Father, wheresoe'er Thou artThere I must be,As sunbeam to the glowing sunAm I to Thee.

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The Realm of Love

WILLIAM COLWELL BARTLETT

Man does not live unto himself alone,In consciousness divine he acts and moves,Nor hates, nor fears, but hears God's Word—and loves.

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My Supply

LEILA SMITH GRIFFITH

To understand, each day, a little moreOf God's dear love,To feel His sacred presence ever near,All fear remove,To know I am His well-beloved child,And that in peace and safety I abideBeneath the shelter of His gracious wing,The while my footsteps He doth gently guideTo heights above;

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My Prayer

MARY F. KINGSTON

Help me, dear Lord, to speak the kindly word,And leave the harsh retort unsaid;Help me, when error argues loveless deeds,To do the loving thing instead.