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The Church of God

FRANCES MARION RALSTON

When sun shone high, a vision came to me—A great cathedral roseAnd spire and domeWere held aloft to heights unthoughtBy mortal man.

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Chains

ISLA PASCHAL RICHARDSON

Naught was ever gained by doubting,Fear has never climbed a hill,Ears attuned to evil's shoutingMiss the gentle, "Peace, be still.

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Serenely firm, thy task attend;Citadel be!Let pettiness its rancor spend;To higher thought do thou ascend,Thus constantly;By calm repose, not stress, not plight,Let others seeHow rest in Mind, not human might,Thy upward reach into the lightDoth profit thee.

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The Prayer of Faith

GERTRUDE I. STEEL

Thou hearest me always—this the prayer of faith,Once glimpsed, used, understood by mortal man,Doth raise him up until in thought he seesBut God's creation, knows reality,And lives and moves reflecting Life and Love.

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Sunrise

SARAH E. T. PELL

One waited for the dawn with eyes fast shut,Doubting the certain passing of the night,When Love's voice whispered, "Fear not;" eyes unclosedTo find the sun full risen, "and there was light.

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"O come, let us sing unto the Lord"

DOROTHY M. KINGDON

Songs ,

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"The Lord is my shepherd"

BERTHA H. WOODS

Within Thy care, O Love, I shall not want—Not want the things of earth, with envy rife;I shall not long, where runs the ceaseless crowd,To join them in the laughter and the strife;I shall be calm and happy and content,Nor feel the lust of eye or pride of life.

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The Multitude

VERNE E. TAYLOR

We were a multitude indeed who followed him that day!He, with his chosen twelve, had sought a desert place apartFor some sweet intimacies of their own.

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Transfiguration

MARY C. CAMPBELL

Behold the world newborn, newborn of Spirit!In radiant flowers, and dew-drenched scented air,

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Onward

EDITH L. PERKINS

I Do not ask to see the journey's way,But with a faith transcending sight would knowThat Thou, my God, wilt lead from day to dayBy chosen paths, prepared for me to go.