Poems

Recompense

LOUISE P. LAWRENCE

DEAR God, may I, as recompense for Love,Give tithe of tenderness, some kindness show;Help lift some thought to quietness, above!Dear God, may I, as recompense for Love,Thy ever present help to someone prove,That here and now Thy healing waters flow!Dear God, may I, as recompense for Love,Give tithe of tenderness, some kindness show!

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Service

LUCY M. GOODENOUGH

ONLY to hold a cup of water coolTo lips that thirst for welling drafts of Life,Instead of earth's salt pools of bitternessBrimmed with illusions—This is what I ask,Leaning on strength divine to do my joyful task.

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Today

H. CLARA BUCK

Today is mine!An opportunity supreme to do His will,Forget this human sense of self, and be so stillThat I shall recognize my Father's voice,And in irradiance of Life rejoice!

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What Things You Need

MARY I. MESECHRE

What things you need the Father now is knowing—By sense unrecognized—Yours to receive in measure overflowingLove's bounty realized.

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Sanctuary

CAROLINE L. DIER

No earthly food can satisfy his hunger,Nor waters quench his thirstWho has been ledOnce only to Love's banquet table,And there with other starving onesBeen warmed and fed.

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The Overflowing Cup

PETER J. HENNIKER HEATON

When in the face of thoseWho seem thy foes,A table Love prepares,Bid them first eat; divine compassion knowsThou hast no foes,Thy need is one with theirs.

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Reclothed

OLIVE M. FLETCHER

Clothed and in his rightful mind,'Tis thus the maniac they find.

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Gratitude

LEILA SMITH GRIFFITH

Rich blessings fill my every hour,Love's power protects me from all harm;I walk secure from every ill,Held by God's everlasting arm.

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Present Praise

JOHN WHITE

The breaking morn, refreshed with sparkling dew;The busy noontide too;And radiant evening, coloring the west,With night, for needful rest,Are not, as heretofore, mere fleeting time,But cycles for sublimeAnd ceaseless thanks to God, wherein to bringOur instant praise, and sing!For now, unfolding to our inward sightBy Scripture's unlocked light,Is seen a nobler man, gracious and kind,Likeness of perfect Mind,Reflecting love, joy, goodness, peace, and health—Spirit's unfailing wealth!In man's glad sonship, then, let us rejoiceWith heart and ampler voice,And thanks unceasing to the Father giveIn whom we ever live.