Poems

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Prayer for Compassion

MARTHA MAY SMITH

Compassion wears soft robes of tenderness,And seeks to bless humanity with peace;Enfolds each struggling thought consolingly,And whispers promises of sweet release;Blinds up the broken ones and bids them lookFor comfort in the precious "little book.
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"As a little child"

EDITH DE CHAIR

The sweet, receptive thought of childhoodOpens like a blossom to the light;With eyes of innocence and wonder,It sees and takes all goodness as its right.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

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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Patience

MARIE STUART TOWNSEND TAYLOR

If thou but learn to wait,How great will beThe harvest gathered through thy work!Thine eyes shall seeLife's joys anewAs Mind thy fear abates;Then shalt thou learn to live!

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The Treasury

FLORENCE A. ALLEY

The rich men threw in their coins that dayWith scarce a thought, and went their way;But the widow paused, methinks, to prayAs she cast in all her living.
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"Here and now"*

FREDERICK STARR CAMPBELL

These words, grown dear, oft read with thanks profound,Gleam bright with hope for weary men, earth-bound.
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Love's Store

EMILY PATTERSON SPEAR

We may not always know how life shall beMade best for us, but He unfailinglyWill meet our need.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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 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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Thou Leadest Me

FLORA B. BENNETT

Thou leadest me!What matters then the loadOf seeming burdens?
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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.