Poems

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Now and Forever!

GRACE E. BURTT MARTIN

God has only good in store for me,Now and forever.

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O Heart of Mine

ELIZABETH B. CATE

O heart of mine, be still!Thy God is here;In all His holy willThere's nought to fear.

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At dawn, the tired world not yet awake,I rose and sought the quiet water's edge;And on the placid surface of the lakeEach purple ridge, each cliff and rocky ledge,Each silent cedar, pine, and paling starReflected lay, and imaged forth, sereneAnd still—no breeze to ruffle or to marThe calm and beauty of the encircling scene.

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The One Hundredth Psalm

WILBUR EDGERTON SANDERS

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, ye lands;Unto Him, O nations, truth and love be bringing;Serve the Lord with gladness, good His purpose stands;Come before His presence, praise His name with singing.

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The Lambs and the Sheep

ELIZABETH EARL JONES

Lovest thou me?

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The Christ-Way

MARGARET WINGFIELD

Dear shepherd of us all,Thy words ring clear:Beloved, feed my sheepAnd lambkins dear.

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The Will of God

LOUISA MARY COADE

Sweeter than honey in the comb,Sweeter than song of bird on tree,Sweeter than cheerful fires of home,Sweeter than eve's tranquillity—Thy will, O Lord, to me!

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In Faith Serene

BONNIE DAY

Oh, not with striving came the demonstration,The answered prayer, the blessing I had sought;Not by the mind's intensive concentrationHeading the marshaled regiments of thought,Through the sheer force of my determination—Not by such efforts was the healing wrought.

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Fulfillment

WINIFRED MABEL CANN

The wilderness and lonesome moorOffer glad psalms of praise to Thee,And deserts drear rejoice, and pourAt Love's dear shrine, their symphony.

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The Awakening!

SUSAN F. CAMPBELL

"Inspiring discontent,"*That will not let us restSupinely self-deceivedIn this false world of shades,But urges us to riseOn wings of holiness,Where freed thought sings and bathesIn chastity and light!