Poems

Safety

BESSIE EVANGELINE MURCH

His tender care the bees and birds all know;Love guides them through the shadows to and fro.

How brave are they whose task it is to keep the small lights gleaming:The mother sitting, book in hand, in some high mountain home; The sailor sending forth the truth into the storm's fierce seeming;The patient farmer waiting for his harvest time to come.

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Let us Say—Godspeed

MARIAN J. COBB

Whene'er a valiant soldier of the crossWrestles, like Jacob, till the break of day,Waiting the angel's touch, which comes to smiteThe thigh of error till its strength gives way,Perhaps in such an hour it may enhanceHis courage as he wrestles through the night,To know that other soldiers think of him,And wish him Godspeed in his holy fight,Rejoicing with him in the certaintyThat Truth's all-power will vanquish every foe,Knowing that victory is assured to thoseWho with the sword of Spirit armed go.

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Gratitude

LESLIE TAYLOR STOW

I'm truly grateful, God, to TheeFor countless times of clearer sight,Wherein the rays of Truth divineMake bright the watches of the night!What though the shadow may bring doubt?

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Love

WILLIAM W. PORTER

Not by feature, stature, nor by garb,May we know Love: things shapenOr defined by mortals' sense,Have not the substance of divinity.

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Love Divine

THEODORE ALBERT SCHROEDER

Oh , Love divine! Supreme o'er all,Thou hearest every heartfelt call;In Thee God's child is safe embraced,All sin, disease, and death effaced.

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The Goal

MINNY M. H. AYERS

At eventide my thought goes outTo Thee in praise and prayer;All day, untouched by fear and doubt,I've rested in Thy care.

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"Unselfed love"

IVA B. LINEBARGER

"Unselfed love"!Oh, thought so often phrased while still unlived!And yet, through thy expression true aloneMan doth receive directly power divine.

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God is All-in-All

ROBERT WATSON

Fear not the darkest hour,There is no night.

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There is to be a Dawn

MYRTLE ELLA ROBERTSON

Neighbor no more shall teach his fellow-neighbor,Brother no more shall teach his brother-man,Saying, "Know the Lord," for all shall know their Saviour:There is to be a dawn.