Poems

Teach Me, I Pray

PEARL B. PERSONS

HELP me, O God,To loose these boys and girls in my own thoughtAnd let them go.

Love Divine—A Hymn

ELIZABETH B. CATE

Our Father-Mother, Love divine,We laud Thy hallowed name!Our hearts shall be a living shrine,Where burns Thy sacred flame.

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Acknowledgment

CAROLINE L. DIER

How oft and eagerly we plan—Deeming our way is right!Forgetting this—"Thy will, not mine"—We stumble through the night.

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The promise is, "Great peace have they which love thy law,"A peace that stands unmoved as worldly sagas roll;Enduring peace, a faithful, forward-pressing peace,That moves unhurried and unshackled to its goal.

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Fallow

W. GORDON MILLS

THE heart fears fallow hours; the painOf plowshares, and the long still daysOf purging, when the neighboring fieldsFling gold encirclements aroundIts barrenness.

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Refuge

EDITH DOYLE

I LIFT mine eyes unto the hills;Their grandeur, strength, and calmBid anxious, restless thoughts to cease,Revealing God's eternal peace,A blessed healing balm.

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Easter

MARION STUART HOWE

When it was dark, ah! that was long ago,When grief and sorrow sore oppressed the heart,And night did seem as if it ne'er would end,With willing hands they made the ointment rare,Prepared the fragrant spices sweet and pure,Their service last to him they mourned as dead;Then patiently they waited for the dawn.

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Love Unfailing

EDITH L. PERKINS

O thou who through the test of years hast knownUnnumbered proofs of Love's protecting power,Rejoice in this thy seeming darkest hour,God now no less is caring for His own.