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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.

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Love the Provider

JOHN WHITE

Come, thankful heart, God's near and dearAnd faithful care adore!Let joy too at the feast appear,In radiant thought hold bright and clearLove's ever present store.

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Gratitude

FLORENCE AYLWIN

I thank Thee, God, that Thou art Life,And that I live in Thee;For as I see this, I shall haveLife more abundantly.

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Lessons from the Flowers

ELLA A. STONE

How oft in memory we turnTo that bright morning long ago,When Jesus spoke to yearning hearts,And taught them God's dear care to know.

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Obedience

LILY BOYD

Life calls me to awake, whilst I would sleeping lie;Truth bids me work, for joyous tasks are nigh;Love whispers: These thy brothers, every passer-by;Life, Truth, and Love obeyed, all needs supply.

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A Supplication

BERNICE M. WELLS

O God, with humble heart I Thee beseech,Guard Thou my every thought, my deeds, my speech;Help me to think Thy thoughts, to do Thy will—To heed Thy sweet, assuring: Peace, be still!

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O still small voice that came in stillness of the Horeb height,That hushed to silence earthquake, wind, and flame,Come whisper now, that we forget the hour of shameful flight,When evil menaced him who loved Thy name!

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Close to Thee, O God

IVA B. LINEBARGER

O, May I walk so close to Thee, from hour to hour,That ever on my upward way,When doubts or fears my path assail,When evil claims my footsteps fail,I then may have the grace to say:I walk with God, and know there is no other power!

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Heritage

LORNA BURROWS

God's peace is mine; I can be stillAnd know that right prevails.

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Happiness

PEARL G. ANDREWS

There is a peace which passeth understanding;There is a joy no man can take away;It is in knowing God, the one creator,And man, His image, as the Scriptures say.