Poems

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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.
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Stay On

JOSEPHINE HAWKS

O angel messengers that bless,And gently tarry to caress,Stay sweetly long;Stay closely, lest this heart of mineShould so forget as to repineFor want of song.

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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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Ripened Years

MARIAN J. COBB

Christians should ripen with the passing years,Mellow and soften, sweet and tender grow,As orchard fruitage mellows on the bough,When autumn breezes laden branches blow.

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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.
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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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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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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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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.