Poems

There Is No Night

HELEN GILCHRIST

Candles are we, our work to shine,Reflecting His clear light divine.

Love's Ways

EDITH A. WATTS

Hate meant it unto me for grief,To darken what had been all joy;Love straightway brought a sweet relief,And busied me in its employ.

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I Wish that I could write my thought of youIn lovely music ringing pure and true;Or that my vision, faithfully expressedIn words and phrases beautifully dressed,Might paint a picture so that all could seeAnd share the lovely thoughts that come to me,Of one whose light shines out so valiantly,In spite of threatening clouds of storm and stress,That those whose way seems dark may pause and seeReflected love, that seeks to heal and bless;Of one whose open hand and heart would giveUnstintingly and eagerly their all;Receiving gratefully, striving to liveHumble, alert, obedient to God's call.

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"Let there be light"

PEARLE M. WARREN

The mist that would obscure the rightIs false belief;God's first command, "Let there be light,"Still brings relief.

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Wisdom

WILLIAM P. MC KENZIE

Just to be quiet, just to be kind,Just to be patient a little longer—To wait a bit for the children's feet,And to hold their hands till they grow stronger;Then ripe age shall have memories sweet.

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Compassion

KATHRINE AAGAARD

What was your secret, Lord, when miracles you wrought,The secret when victoriously you foughtAll evil, or the little children caught     Into your arms, O Lord?

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Watching and Praying

OSCAR GRAHAM PEEKE

To live, dear Lord, as thou would'st have me live;To pray each day, "Thy kingdom come,"—to giveMy every thought to help, to heal, to bless,—Oh, may I learn this prayer of selflessness!

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Songs in the Night

MARTHA BAILEY PROCTOR

Another day, with its recurring roundOf good and ill, had slowly rolled awayUpon the wheels of time.

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Then Came the Dawn

FLORA B. BENNETT

As flowers droop beneath the pelting rain,So, in adversity's correcting showers,I bowed my face to earth and felt the painOf disappointed hopes and tear-filled hours.