Poems

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Our Task

FREDERICK STARR CAMPBELL

The sculptor, hewing from the shapeless rockEach fragment foreign to his pattern fair,Transforming with deft touch the stubborn block,Or ringing blow, works only to lay bareWhat long the granite's heart held unrevealed.
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Busy Praising God

MINNY M. H. AYERS

They said, "The road is danger-fraught,Each one has failed who trod.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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Light

Anna Olmstead

When Truth first sheds its light upon our path, The light that leads to where the young child lay, It finds us wrestling like the man of old; Like him we, too, let go at break of day.

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Siloam

MARY ROBERTSON BECKETT

"Siloam,.
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"Blessed are the meek"

ELIZABETH HAYWARD GARDNER

The creeping grass that heals and mends and sootheswith gentle touchThe scarred and ragged turf till one may say,"What lovely sward!"The lichen, with its orange finger tipsStaining the stone,And lending color to the frowning cliff,Till one may marvel at the beauty shownin rough gray rock;
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My Shepherd

LELIA BARRETT GREGORY

With tender care He leads meOut of my starless night.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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"Pray without ceasing"

RAY G. BROWN

The shepherd sleeps!The sheep all grazeIn pastures green, on sunny hill,Near running brook—Their needs supplied.
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My Offering

ESTHER L. SAMPSON

Out of the fullness of my heart,Out of the joys Soul doth impart,I give Thee thanks!My only need to love Thee more,To share with all mankind my store.
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With God

AGNES V. SINZ

Begin the day with God;Know His presence doth surround thee,Know His arms are round about thee,Know no evil can confound thee:Thy life is hid in God.
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"Charity suffereth long, and is kind"

EUNICE M. BRONSON

I would be kindTo all who cross my path;To all who cross my thought,I would be kind.
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"I love your promise"*

FLORENCE ELIZABETH BUCK

What is your promise, as you clap your hands,O graceful treesThat in the forest and the meadow landsRustle your tender song to every breeze;What do you sing?
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"Peace, be still"

WARREN CHARLES KLEIN

There comes a stillness in the heart,Like twilight after rain,When gloom is gone, and mists depart,And new hope smiles again.