Poems

Omnipresence

BLANCHE MURIEL FUNNELL

Not in the whirlwind—God; a still small voiceRevealed His affluence to the waiting seer.

To have no fear—To go about my work with footsteps light;To sing a song of joy from morn till night;To leave all care to Him who clothes the flower;To know that Love, and Love alone, is power;Oh, this is rest!

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"He that overcometh"

SYDNEY KING RUSSELL

As Jesus fasted in the wildernessAnd prayed for strength, the tempter came to himPrepared to overcome the pure in heart,And murmured, knowing him to be an hungered:If it be true thou art the Son of God,Command these stones that they be turned to bread,For truly thou hast fasted long enough.

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Recognition

EDITH L. PERKINS

Hath life become a seeming blank to thee,Devoid of love, where love did once abound?

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Stilled

ELIZABETH B. CATE

When heavy clouds of sense hang low,And restless thought runs to and fro, Not knowing where to look, I read the little book * Till faith unfolds her wings, Then soars aloft—and sings.

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The Voice

FLORENCE SHEARER

Across life's turbulent and angry seaA voice is carried on love's wings to me;In accents penetrating inmost soulIt tells of joy and peace and holy things,Of cruel thongs released and freedom won—The voice of Truth.

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From a Far Country

HELEN GILCHRIST

Whether you sail a foam-swept, lifting sea,Or broad wings lift you out along the air,Or thought runs troubled through a long, dark night,Remember this—that God is everywhere: