Poems

The Answer

BLANCHE C. FREDERIKSEN

At morn I pray,Whate'er to-day may ask of me,My love of Truth so pure may beThat it may ever point the wayTo prove His love divine, His tender care,For all His children everywhere.

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My Prayer

JANE ADAMS SELDER

Dear Lord, each hour of the day,Help me in all I do and say,That when the night fallsI may be Conscious of having walked with Thee!

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Victory

MARION STEWARD

Eternal as His light in the beginningRemains thy every victory toward the light.

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Omnipresence

SYDNEY KING RUSSELL

When you sleep,Rest as one who knowsGod's care still enfolds youAs it does the rose.

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To stand and know He leads,Though we cannot see the way;To stand through storm and stress,When darkness dims the day;When fear seeks to appall,And doubt to enter in;When hatred would enthrall,To simply stand with Him.

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The Heritage

MARION SUSAN CAMPBELL

O God, who gave such gifts to me,—Unending life and truth,—that I,Reflecting Thy eternal Mind,Might of Thy goodness testify;Who love unchanging did bestowThat I might all Thy creatures bless;Who gave me courage, health, and joy,Wisdom and strength and loveliness;Who while I closed my troubled eyes,Hast like a tender mother smiledAnd poured Thy blessings at my feet—Pardon a most ungrateful child!No more I stand in stubborn doubt,Heir of such wealth from endless age,I will reach forth my hands and takeThis fair and goodly heritage.