Poems

Love's Care

LILLIE MARY CARTER

Love leads!And with faltering, burdened steps,And slow,I follow on to knowAn ever brightening wayThat points to God's unburdened day;BecauseLove leads.

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In the Way of the Master

IDA MAY ABBOTT

The sun may sink into the glowing west,And twilight deepen into darkest night,And earthly joys and all we thought the bestMay pass us by and quickly fade from sight;

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The Spoken Word

VIOLA I. WELLS

The spoken word, inspired by love,And blessed with kind intent,Is strong to save, and lift aboveThe earth, the penitent.

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Secret Prayer

CHARLOTTE M. ROBERTS

I crave a higher sense of TheeThan poor thought-models would allow,A purer consciousness that feelsThy holy presence here and now.

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Let Earth Bring Forth

MAUD M. HYDE

I ask not other time or space,God's time is now; here is His place.

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Safe in God's Care

HELEN WINCHESTER HARVEY

Art anxious, thou, belov'd of God?

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Heavenward

EDITH L. PERKINS

Now closer to the Christ divinely driven,More patience as the constant race is run,A sin destroyed, a cherished wrong forgiven—The way to heaven, harmony, begun!

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Availability

GEORGIA B. SKAER

To-day a tiny window in a closèd houseWas opened.

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Aspiration

DORTHA KILLIAN

The flying swallow spreads his wingsAnd spurns the earth, as skyward bentAnd on some certain mission sent,Soars unconfined by lower things.

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The Ageless Song

MARY C. CAMPBELL

From topmost boughs of ancient trees a layOf liquid music, flowing melody,Poured forth from dawn to hush at close of day,Filling the air with joy and harmony.