Poems

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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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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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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.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

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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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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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A Morning Prayer

LULU B. MC ALLISTER

Dear Father, as I face the mornAnd watch the rising sun,I pray for light to do Thy will;I pray my thoughts may injure none,But bless them, every one.
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Redemption

JOHN ASHCROFT

"Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,"My heart's desire Thou wilt not scorn;For Thou, who doest all things well,Dost know my longing, newly born.
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The Standard

FREDERICK STARR CAMPBELL

When , like a flood, wrong thoughts would o'er me roll,Threat'ning to overwhelm, shall I, resigned,Bow 'neath their sway as to a master mind,Admit their right to cruelly oppress,Of health and happiness exacting toll,As ancient Hebrew bent to Egypt's yoke?
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Appeal

ERNEST PETERS

God, my creator, Life divine,Thou art all good, forever mine.
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My Need

PEARLE M. WARREN

I need to see the good that's all around me;I need to feel God's tender love and care;I need to know His angels still surround me;That Life and Love and Truth are ev'rywhere.
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A Prayer

SARAH WILSON MIDDLETON

Dear God of life, raise Thou the dead,—In sin and false beliefs asleep.