Poems

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Thy Word

RUTH VICTORIA INGLIS

We of ourselves can nothing do,Thy Word alone has power, is true.

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Awakening

GERTRUDE DEANE HOUK

I slept ! Fear lay upon me, shadowlike,Filled with the dark foreboding of the dreamsOf finite sense.

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Footsteps

LAURA BOWLBY MASSEY

All through the night he prayed,Wrapped in the thick darknessAnd density of fear;Prayed to be deliveredFrom gnawing pain and lack,Beseeching the God of loveAnd infinite compassion.

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How lovely is the soft gray dusk,When all the earth is still,When flowers are closed, and birds are hushed,And pearl-mist veils the hill!Then turns my heart to thoughts of peace,To God, who tenderlyEnfolds all nature in His arms,—Our loving Father He.

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"Be still, and know that I am God"

CATHERINE M. CLISSOLD

"Be still, and know that I am God"!O Word, so fraught with calm and peace divine,Enter into my thought, and dwelling thereMake it like Thine!

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Worship

ELIZABETH LINCOLN BUSH

Our Father-Mother, Love divine,Grant us Thy peace, Thy joy impart,That we may worship Thee arightWith purified and grateful heart.

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The Gospel of Love

MAUDE MARY CLARKE

Held within Thy boundless love,Joyously we rise aboveError's way.

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The Seamless Dress

REUBEN POGSON

As she, amidst that thronging crowd,Was rudely jostled and delayedBefore she reached the Christ-endowed,And, touching, found her issue stayed;So we amidst the whirling throngOf mortal thoughts that daze the mind,Seem hindered, as we press along,When we the God-idea would find.

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Prayer

JESSIE I. PIERSON

OH , not for added blessings,     Dear Father, would we pray;We know Thy gracious presence     Is with us all the way;But to the truth of being     Open our eyes to-day!