Poems

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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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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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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!
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Love Meets Our Need

ELLA A. STONE

When worldliness would strive to makeMy thought confused and slow,My heart goes back to that fair timeIn the glad long ago,
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Our God Is Love

ADA E. DESLER

Is there a brother man whose needIs a loving word, a kindly deed?

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Changing your world

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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A Prayer for Our Sons and Daughters

ROSA M. TURNER

Oh, that our sons may be as stalwart as treesPlanted beside the river's verdant brim;As trees whose boughs shall never lose their leaves,Whose roots reach deep into the living stream.
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I Thank Thee!

MARY ANN WILLIAMS

I thank Thee, Father, for Thy love,That knows of naught but good;I thank Thee for Thy constant careThat gives me daily food.
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Immanuel

ETHEL TRESSLER MERCER

Lift up the eye and gratitude express;Seek now with prayer thy brother man to bless;In quiet meditate on God's command;Find in God's law the writing of His hand.
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Silent Prayer

J. LILIAN VANDEVERE

The congregation hushed in silent prayer.
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Teach Me to Love

GISEL A. BAUMGART

Teach me to love,    Forget illusive wrongs;Teach me to praise    With grateful, joyous songs;Teach me to think    A gracious, kindly way,Teach me, dear God,    In Love alone to stay.
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Awake, Thou That Sleepest

ALMA G. V. HARRISON

AWAKE ! for light saileth abroad on the wings of the morning;Awake! for life reigneth, and cometh with joy hand in hand;And with clarion voice, Truth speaketh of wisdom and warning,And love, over all, at the portals of heaven doth stand.