Poems

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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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Anthology of classic articles III

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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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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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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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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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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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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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Benevolent Association

JAMES N. HATCH

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.