Poems

The Mind of Christ

JOHN L. NEWLAND

Give us the Mind of Christ that weShall, like the Man of Galilee,Reflect Thy goodness all complete.

Gratitude

AGNES M. ABNEY

Father , I lift my joyful heart to TheeIn loving gratitudeThat I can sometimes, though but faintly, seeThy ever present good.

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Reflection

JANE POLSON SPEARIN

I stood beside a lake of crystal water

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Strength

ALICE T. MC COUN

O whispering pines! Your swaying graceHas strength enoughTo hold you firmly in your placeThough storms be rough.

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The Ballad of Mary Magdalene

MARION SUSAN CAMPBELL

I saw him first in the market placeWith a child against his knee,And when he said, "Forbid them not,"I thought he looked at me.

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Our Dwelling Place

AMY CAROLINE THROSSELL

Our dwelling place in Thee, O Lord,Before the mountains were,Before the hills and valleys bloomedIn radiant joy secure!

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A Prayer

LEILA SMITH GRIFFITH

Lord, grant me patienceTo bear the little things that seem to irk —The petty hates, the jealousies that lurkIn daily contact with my fellow man—These cannot hurt me, if I only canMore patient be.

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Stronghold

MARIA LOUISE BAUM

Go publish ye the glory of the Lord,His uninvaded power;So publishing and praising, tell the newsOf man's exhaustless dower.

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Freedom

KIMMIS HARTLEY HENDRICK

Sin has no power to bind you,Child of God.

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Faith

CORNELIUS JAMES FITZGERALD

Be thou content with one step at a time And, seeing it, walk thou the way God leads;He will make plain the purpose of His plan; Doubt not that He will furnish all thy needs.