Poems

A Moment's Prayer

LAURA GERAHTY

Though occupied—One moment I can standUnoccupied, heart open, empty hand,To realize in Thee I live and move,Protected by Thy grace, bound by Thy love.

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Assurance

MARY MARGARET SHIPHERD

So near to me the Father's love abidesThat reaching out I cannot find a placeWhich is not filled with overflowing bliss,And healing harmony's reflected grace.

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Easter

MARGUERITE MORRIS HAWKSLEY

Joseph and Nicodemus, what felt they on that dayWhen, secretly and sorrowful, they carried him away?

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The Interim

HAZEL HARPER HARRIS BRANDNER

An early April dusk came down uponJerusalem and tragic Golgotha.

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Help me to give today from out the storeThat Thou hast given me; help me to soarAbove the sordid things that seem to claim my day;Help me to be about Thy business sweet, to watch and pray;Thy peace apparent in the morning hush, the robin's song,Help me to keep within my heart the whole day long.

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Invitation and Promise

WILLIAM COLWELL BARTLETT

Come unto me! Thus does the Christ inviteNot those alone who heard the words of old,But they who, meekly, yet with courage bold,Accept, and, leaving all, receive God's light.

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The Good Shepherd

GERTRUDE GOODING MC CLOUD

How can I want more than I have of good,Since Love my Shepherd is, and I the sheepThat, though it wanders, seeketh still the roadWhere all the flock of His their feet should keep?

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Remembrance

ALICE TROXELL MC COUN

Would you remember one alway, alway,Then call to mind the times his thought was kind,Forgetting self that love might be enshrined.

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Testimony

IDA MARIA HANSON

You who have touched his garment's hem, Why falter you, why wait?

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Urim and Thummim

MILES BUCKSTON WATTS

For Aaron holy garments did they make,For glory and for beauty, long agoThat, thus enrobed, in deep humilityHe might approach the inmost sanctuary,The secret place beyond the wreathed veil,Within the temple's close-encircling courts—High priest before the altar of the Lord.