Poems

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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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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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The Wine Press

ROBERT ELLIS KEY

Whither, we ask,Shall progress plant our feet?

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The Anointed

EDNA J. PHILLIPS

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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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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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.
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Such as I Have

MINNY M. H. AYERS

My pennies may not take thee far,O passing friend with piteous plea,But like to Peter long ago,Such as I have give I to thee.
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God is Love

ROSA D. STOCKER

Oh , sing! and praise! ye righteous captive,Oh, list to Love's sweet call!Your heavenly Father waits to bless you,For He is over all.
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Beauty and Goodness

MYRTLE ELLA ROBERTSON

Burgeoning trees and singing brook,Full, bounteous harvest, all proclaimHow great the goodness of our God,How great the glory of His name.