Poems

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"To day if ye will hear his voice"

BERNICE M. WELLS

"To day if ye will hear his voice," The Scripture reads.
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Spontaneity

MABEL M. THIBAU

The skylark on his upward flight Pours forth his gladsome lays;

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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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Security

DOROTHY MARY HUTCHINGS

How can I fear when God is All-in-all, Omnipotent?

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Reflection

MARGARET MORRISON

In the midst of sickness, Just to gain Thy peace, and there remain! Till Thy dear presence, known and loved, Shall vanquish pain.
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"There is lifting up"

MINNY M. H. AYERS

She made her way amidst the Sabbath crowdThat thronged the temple—weary, crushed, and bowed;A toilsome climb she'd had o'er steep, rough road,Yet now in pain-dimmed eyes a glad hope glowed:To-day she was to see him—Son of God!What mattered all the rugged road she'd trod?
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Pilgrimage

DOROTHY JACOB

Dear God, let me walk with Thee all the day,For when alone, how steep the path and drear,What hills of doubt and valleys deep of fear!But by Thy side, how easy grows the way!

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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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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Awakening

WILLIAM P. MC KENZIE

Awakening out of one of the little dreams of sleepI wonder a moment is it night or morn,But through this resurrection my sense of being I keep,And with refreshment arise as one newborn.
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The Call

ALICE BARTHOLOMEW

Oh , little child of long ago,Awaking in the fitful glowOf temple lamp, a-burning low,To hear the voice of God!
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Our Father's Care

ELLA A. STONE

Soft meadows green in Galilee,Bright lilies blooming fair,So gently swaying on their stemsIn glowing sunlit air!
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The All-in-all

ABIGAIL DOROTHEA BAKER

All the lovely things we love in lifeAre only symbols of divine perfection.
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The Lesson of the Bird

EUNICE M. BRONSON

A little bird mistakenlyHad darted from a spreading treeThrough doors that hung asway,And seeking then the precious lightHad flung himself in rapid flightAgainst a windowpane.
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Listening

GWEN M. CASTLE

As the child Samuel waited in the darkFor God's command,So may I listen for the voice of TruthAnd understand.