Poems

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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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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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A spiritual approach to mental health

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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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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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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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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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?
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Thanksgiving and Prayer

PEARLE M. WARREN

What am I thankful for to-day?