Poems

From the Hand of This Philistine

ROSA M. TURNER

I hear to-day the echo of a voiceThat rang in Judah's hills long years ago!A slender boy clad in a shepherd's coat,And in his hand a sling: from out the brookThat rippled in sweet purity alongHe took five stones—rounded, decisive thoughts;And with his face aglow, his courage high,He buckled on his armor of defense—The consciousness of God's omnipotence.

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When We Shall Know

GERTRUDE S. MC CALMONT

Free to express infinity!

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God is Everywhere

LOUISE A. BROWN

I stood on a lonely hilltopBeneath a wind-swept sky,And my weary thought asked doubtinglyIf God was really nigh.

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"Wait. and love more"*

F. MILDRED RICKMAN

Wait , watch, and work; in patience humbly pray;Wait for the blessings which Love sends each day;Watch over every thought, lest wrong creep in;Work to know Love is All, and false is sin.

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No Condemnation

FREDERICK STARR CAMPBELL

O troubled heart, with load of guilt oppressed;Accused by haunting error day and night;List to the Master's saying, and find rest,"Now ye are clean.

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The Haven

SYDNEY KING RUSSELL

The quiet thought that once has truly knownThe touch of comradeship with things divineMay be no more by winds of error blownFrom shore to shore.

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Moral Courage*

ELIZABETH HAYWARD GARDNER

I, who am of the tribe of Levi, saw!Saw the swift anger on the face of himWho toiled for erring Israel.

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The Upward Way

E. MADGE CARLESS

Why wander in the valley's mist, with eyes upon the sod,When right ahead a path leads up unto the hill of God?

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Consecration

CLARA B. STRICKLAND

Father, help me now to knowThat as garden flowers growBrave and gay,I may in Thy love expand,Quick to lend a helping hand,So that some may understandThy good will.

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The Coming Day

CHARLES W. WRIGHT

Another day for joyous work is mine;Each hour comes rich in opportunityTo learn God's gracious will, and to inclineMy heart to follow Him more faithfully.