Poems

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Faith's Blessing

EDNA L. EARNEST

A hopeless heart, despairing,Sends out a cry for help;The answer comes in Love's own way,—The Love that never fails.

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Spirit is Substance

MABEL A. SALT

Spirit is substance; dwelling in light,God knows nor discord, sorrow, nor night.

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Confidence

CAROLINE L. DIER

In peace apart—to ponder this—My God is All-in-all;My friend, my counselor, my guide,Who hears me when I call.

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I stood on the sands one summer day,And watched a white ship that sailed awayFrom sheltering shores within the bay,Out to the great gray sea,Proudly her flag to the breeze unfurling,Cleaving the billows around her curling,Speeding away from me.

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Praying

WILLIAM P. MC KENZIE

Does not prayer mean the mental glad ascentTo higher visions of the heavenly grace?

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A Prayer

ALICE JACQUELINE SHAW

Oh, lift mine eyes above the sons of men,That they may fasten on the things of Thee;For I am weary of the strife of kingsWhich wars against Thy law unceasingly—Kings, but whose crowns are made of worldly dust,That crumble at Thy word and sink to naught:Pride and the lust of power and place, which reachAnd fret for what can ne'er be sold or bought.

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Impartial Love

ESTHER L. HILL

God, the Father, loveth all,Watcheth over, careth for,Leadeth, guideth all alike,—No one less and no one more;Each His son and heir beloved.

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Faithfulness

FLORENCE LILIAN NEELY

Just to know that Love is all,To turn from error's thrall,To hear Truth's trumpet call,—Is faithfulness.

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The Garden of Thought

E. JEWEL ROBINSON

The Father hath given each child of His careA garden implanted with seedlings so fair;The buds and the blossoms are molded above,Their petals all perfumed with meekness and love;Oh, blest is our God-given garden!

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Consecration

EDITH MARGARET HOLMAN

Once when the daily round seemed dull and drear,This message came to me, divinely clear:Know, child of Mine, that all I askIs that thy daily taskShall with such loving care and tendernessBe wrought, that all who seeMay feel and recognize 't was done for Me.