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Confidence

SARAH H. COLLINSON

Father , I lift my heart to TheeWhen clouds are dark and shadows fall;I touch Thy hand, and know Thee near,For Thou art All.

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Reflection

MABEL CONE BUSHNELL

I climbed my weary way,The jagged rocks were rough along the road,The fog hung low:I climbed my weary way with lagging steps,Halting and slow.

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Daily Bread

KATHARINE NORTON PINKHAM

Who hath not found Thy tender graceTo glorify the commonplace,Or in his everyday routineSome glimpse of beauty hath not seen?

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My High Desires

MYRTLE ELLA ROBERTSON

"Like to the mountains are my high desires,"I lift mine eyes unto the hills and pray,And strength baptizes me and hope inspires;God owns both heaven and earth, I cannot stray.

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Prayer

VERNE TAYLOR BENEDICT

Oh, may no heart be turned from TheeBy any deed of mine;And may I ever steadfast beTo point Thy love divine.

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Demonstration

JAMES DOUGLAS GOSNEY

Our lives are sweetened with Thy love; our eyesOnce blind, are open—gone our tears and sighs;No longer by the adversary bound,Our doubts dispelled—we walk on holy ground.

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Within thy walls God's light, now clearer grown,Fills every place with radiance and cheer;Though day without may lowering be and drear,Within no reflex of this gloom is shown,For where all space is filled with love aloneNo place is left for boding fear or gloom,And darkness finds no biding place or roomWhere trenchant light its glorious rays have thrown.

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A Prayer

ROSA M. TURNER

So may I love, that Love shall shine through me;And shining thus, with clear and undimmed ray,Shall reach another's human miseryAnd softly light its unillumined way.

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Confidence

BEATRICE BRADSHAW BROWN

Thank God for His merciful kindness,Thank God for His wisdom and might;He saveth from flood and from fire,He guardeth by night.

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Peace

JOHN F. WADDINGTON

Protect us, O our Father, from the swordOf whispering tongues, which poison and defame;Keep us obedient to Thy precious Word:As our loved Master was, make us the same.