Poems

Prayer

ELLA M. KINSLEY

To pray is to aspire to holy thought,To hold to things by mortal eye unseen,To hush the voice of sense and calmly waitFor that which prophets hear, the "still small voice.

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"Behold the height of the stars!"

ROSE E. SHARLAND

How good to know that in the lucent heightAnd splendor of His presence we remainOne with that beauty of supernal lightInviolate, where darkness, sin, and painLike clouds before the dawn of day disperse —One with the God-created universe,

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Rest

HELEN GILCHRIST

"Come unto me," the loving words fell softly,"Come unto me,.

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Love's Recompense

NEVA W. GEER

Be not discouraged! Love divine,The sun of peace, will surely shineUpon your life, and bring the restWhich work well done at Love's behestMust always bring.

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Love

ELIZABETH SUDBOROUGH

How deep Love is!So deep that if brother's grief or sinShould seem unfathomed,Love's depth would fold him inThe everlasting arms thatUnderneath are strongly tender.

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A Hymn of Peace

IDA G. EVERSON

O Life! whene'er we turn to Thee, We feel Thy touch; our thoughts with newness fill; Oh, may our waiting hearts uplifted be, To know the calmness of the "Peace, be still"! O Truth! Thy voice is ever near, Speaking where doubt and darkness seem to reign.

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I Have Lived To-day!

MARTHA BAILEY PROCTOR

Oh, I have lived to-day — to me was givenThe Word that brought relief to one distressed,As, through the lens of Truth, a glimpse of heaven And Life eternal brought him peace and rest.

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The Reapers

ROBERT ELLIS KEY

Behold a mighty harvest Of golden grain at hand: And Science is the sickle, And love the binding band.

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Solitude

EVA M. CROSBY

In solitude thoughts have their birth, Hope heals the heart grief-bowed to earth, Love crowns the cross whereon our tears Have futile proved to vanquish fears.

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"The promises will be fulfilled"*

ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG

This is the song that gladdens all my day— The promises will surely be fulfilled: Think of the joy that echoes through those words! Hope is awakened, every fear is stilled.