Poems

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A Morning Song

CECILIA GREENWOOD

A thrush was singing by the seaHis thankful little melodyFor earth's sweet loveliness reborn,For wavelets sparkling in the morn,For pearly drops on springing cornFor snowy bloom on wayside thorn.
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Dreams

GRACE M. FRANCK

Frightened of dreams!The little child that shrieksWith terror in a nightmare—haunted sleep—Wakens to find the tender mother-loveEncompassing.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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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Dear God, I Thank Thee

PHYLLIS BEAUFORT YOUNG

Dear God, I thank Thee for the sunThis happy day,I thank Thee for the fragrance sweetOf flowers so gay.

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Prayer

ELIZABETH KING

I Long to live in that high secret placeWhere I may grow in gentleness and grace;And where I may transcend all mortal thought,Seeking God's verities, and fearing not
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Security

LAURA GERAHTY

I know not what today will bring to meIn work or play,But this I know, I have Love's companyAll through the day.
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God's Will

ISABEL I. HERRICK

As , silently, the steadfast starsReign in the realm of night,So, potently, God's will of goodReigns through the thoughts of right.

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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Peace

ALICE W. EUBANK

When darkening shadows rest upon my heartAnd subtly vex me and confuse my day,I know the light of Truth is where Thou art;And seeking Thee, I find my peaceful way.
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The Song of Angels

FLORA LION

Have ye heard the song of angelsAs ye listened in the peaceAnd the quiet of the eveningWhen the strife and tumult cease?
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The Star of Bethlehem

MARY KERN TIPS

O vision bright, thou Bethlehem star,Appearing now to comfort thoseWho blindly grope and wayward are,Through ignorance, that worst of foes,Be thou our guide.
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Liberty

JEANETTE C. ASH

When earth-born shadows fade awayAnd good alone I see—God's will is mine, and I obeyThe truth that makes men free:
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Courage

MARION SUSAN CAMPBELL

Bridle every vain excuse,Plead not age nor youth;Use what lies within your hand,Grasp the sword of Truth!
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Unfoldment

MADELYN G. COBHAM

I tried to reach, to talk with God,Yesterday, yesterday;I knelt upon a hill's damp sod,And all my lips could sayWas: I have pain, and I have woe;'Gainst sin I long have fought.