Poems

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Love's Requirement

MARION STUART HOWE

Has thy brother aught against thee?
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The Witness

ALICE JACQUELINE SHAW

These things have fallen away, and here I stand—The world, the flesh, and all the flesh can bring—And I look down on them as some dead thingThat cannot reach me now, nor touch my hand!Prolong this moment, Lord, ere I descendThe mount; ere lictors of the EmperorHale me again before Cæsar, or beforeThe lions of the arena! Send, oh, sendThine angels once again, that I may dwellIn heaven, and know—e'en in th'arena—it is well!

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Anthology of classic articles

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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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Self

LEOTA EDYTHA ST. JOHN

O self, that blindeth till I cannot see;Till pains of sense encompass me!O self! without thee thought might flyOn pinioned wings, to dwell on high.

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Bethlehem To-day

FLORENCE IRENE GUBBINS

On a night of stars and singingA babe is born,Wrapt in humility,And cherished tenderly,And safely carried into EgyptFrom the wrath of Herod.
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"Blest Christmas morn"*

FREDDA R. GRATKE

Now dawns within my consciousnessThe first faint gleams of light —The star of Bethlehem rising;Its beams dispel the nightWhose clouds of sense would seem to hide God's presence from my sight.
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As are the Silent Stars

ESTHER BRINTON

As when some person, city-worn, has comeUpon an open space quite suddenly,And there has felt the freedom of the windUpon his face, and blessèd touch of stars,Silent beyond the pointing poplar trees;So I, this present hour, bound all about—Or as it seemed—with mist of many minds,Have come upon a breadth of space, and thereHave caught a sudden, starlit glimpse of Truth,Have felt the glad caress of angel-winds,And tasted of reality.

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Shared reflections

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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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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I Know No Care

WILLIAM WATKINS VAUGHAN

I know no care,For Love is here;My only thought,To prove Him near,That I may daily sow Truth's seed,And help to meet a brother's need.
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Divine Love

GRACE A. BOUGHTON-LEIGH

Love divine!Long years I searched the meaning of these words.
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Our Prayer

LAURA B. DOORLY

When we think of mighty MosesAnd the tribes of Israel,How he led them unto CanaanFrom the very depths of hell;How he smote the rock for water,How he talked with God untilAll his countenance was shiningAnd his very soul was still—Oh, we want to be like Moses!Give us grace, O God, to beMeek and mighty, just like Moses;Give us, Lord, humility.
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Receiving

ROSE E. SHARLAND

The lilies at the dawn of dayHeld lovely faces up,Where fragrance, beauty, color.
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Thou Art All

LESTER F. LEWELLEN

Oh, Life! Oh, Love! I know,If in Thy presence I would be,Dwell in Thy love forever free,Reflecting truth that is of Thee—I know that Thou alone to meMust be my All.
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True Seeking

KATHERINE WRIGHT

Am I loving the sweetnessOf those who are near?