Poems

The Reading Room

ELIZABETH G. MC KINSTRY

Within thy quiet walls a soothing calm is found,A refuge from the turmoil of the day.

"I will be as the dew unto Israel"

ELLA A. STONE

When the rose and gold of sunsetSoftly fade from out the sky,Gently falls the dew from heavenOn the earth so parched and dry.

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At Sunset

MARY H. CUMMINS

At even, ere the sun had setThey came—the halt, the lame, the blind,The sinful.

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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!