Poems

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Lift Up Your Heart and Sing!

FREDA GIBSON POWELL

Friend, lift up your eyes and seeHow wide the clear skies are.
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Love

HELEN WARD BANKS

BELOVED Father-Mother—The only power I own—With Thee so close beside me I never am alone! From Thee come inspiration And light more clear than day; Thy hand points out the path to me, 'Tis Thou who lead'st the way.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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God's Little Ones

JOAN SOLOMON

THEY follow winged with joy, those little feetPlanted so early in the narrow way;With tiny hands in His they go to meetAnd face the passing shadows of each day.

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Supplication

MARY F. RICHARDSON

Dear Father, make me patient as the stars,That banish purple shadows from the sky;Teach me to uncomplainingly fulfillThy law, by loving those who pass me by.
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"He that believeth shall not make haste"

JOY BENNETT

Let me be poised and calm and still,This is my prayer each day;Alert to hear and do Thy willIn Thy appointed way.
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God's Will Is Done

LELA E. ROGERS

God's will is done in heaven and earth!If we should learn the eternal worthOf this forever truth,How much of worldly woe and strifeWould disappear from human lifeAnd leave a living proof.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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At Last I Know

MABEL RISELING

I pondered oft in silent hoursAbout His wondrous love divine,And thought, Ah! would it meet all need When trials came to me or mine?
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"And after the wind"

KATHRINE H. WILLIAMS

I Thank Thee, Lord, in this gentler hourThat the strength of the storm is gone,That daylight waits at the windowpaneAnd the clouds are hued with dawn.
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Praise

ETHEL CARY GILBERT

Larks winging upward,Filling the heavensWith praises of God and love to mankind,So lift our hearts, Lord,That we too may love Thee,And know Thee as Life, Truth, Love,Infinite Mind.
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Returning

MARTHA BAILEY PROCTOR

My Father's house has plenty and to spare;I hunger in a country far away.
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"Pray without ceasing"

EDMUND R. CUMMINS

Unceasing prayer! Dear God, how may one prayEach moment of the busy working day?
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At Sunrise—Easter Day

IDA M. INMAN

A first faint beam of morn,A thread of gold,And dimming shadows clear awayTo let the light unfoldA winding trail,Where countless steps still climbTo praise the risen Lord,With love and faith sublime.