Poems

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Man's Changeless Harmony

ISABEL I. HERRICK

Man's harmony is fixed.
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"Immortal fruits"*

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

Oh, deep shall I plant for the issue And pure be the seeds that I sow, That only the fruits of the Spirit My plentiful harvest shall know.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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Love is Calling Me

ANNE H. BROGAN

I HAVE walked amid the pleasures Which the senses claim to give; I have tried to serve ambition, With its phantoms tried to live; I have tasted fleshly morsels, And I know their bitter tang— While above me, and within me, Love was always calling, calling me; From the sense-dream, from the shadows Love was calling, calling me.

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Onward

ELIZABETH A. MALLORY

Love led me home; by surging waves I passed; Nor turned I back until I came at last To open spaces where bright flowers grew, And verdure sparkled in the morning dew; My eyes were holden by the dawning day! I cannot dream again since I have found the way!
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Our Leader

ELIZABETH B. CATE

She followed where the Master led With vision clear, and faith serene; She foiled the poisoned darts of hate, And rose to heights where God is seen.
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Renewal

HELEN WARD BANKS

Hast thou been sunk in sleep, Beset by dreams of weakness and of pain?

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Anthology of classic articles III

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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Perception

LAURA GERAHTY

I see Thee only when I look above, Far from earth's vanities and fancied rest; I see Thee best when, bathed in living love, My grateful heart responds to Thy behest.
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Obedience

GRETA PHILLIPS HIATT

Help me to always do Thy will, O Lord;Cast out of me all selfish thoughts and fears:Give me the grace to find within Thy wordThe light to guide me through this mist of tears.
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Release

RUBIE FORSYTH

Time was, when my heart was breakingFor the blue firth and the heather hill,And the gold hush of a Highland autumnWhen time stands still.
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The Meek

BEATRICE CLAYTON

"Quiet of meekness"!* Can there be A holier, happier state than this?
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Ask Not for Tomorrow

MARGARET MORRISON

Ask not for tomorrow, Lift thine eyes today, See Love's bow of promise Span the clouds of gray.
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"Desire is prayer"*

E. JEWEL ROBINSON

Ere dawn her saffron sails unfurled, Or timid night-wraiths fled away, The penitent looked up and cried: My Father, I would learn to pray.