Poems

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Had I the Mind of Christ

E. JEWEL ROBINSON

Had I the Mind of Christ,How changed the world would be!No longer then would sin or fearWithin my heart strange phantoms rear;But I would feel Love's presence near,Had I the Mind of Christ.
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Songs in the Night

MAMIE T. JOHNSON

When purple shadows deepen in the vale,And twilight darkens into dusky night,When earthborn mists envelop hill and dale,Oh, let my thought in song take upward flight.

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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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Hope

FREDERICK STARR CAMPBELL

The steadfast anchor holds your ship, wind-swept,Wave-tossed, unswerved from its appointed placeThrough the long tempest's night, till welcome mornBreaks on the untroubled sea.

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Companionship

HERSCHEL P. NUNN

What would I ask of Thee in prayer that ceases not,O Love divine?
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Christ-Healing

RAY G. BROWN

O Thou who hearest ere we call,     Wilt heed the pray'r of my desire;In loving mercy over all,     Wilt chasten as with cleansing fire,—     Wilt chasten as with fire!
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Protection

GERTRUDE ELIZABETH SIMMINS

I heard an angel singing in the night,—The night of doubt, confusion, and dismay:Fear not! Thy God is with thee; thou art His.

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Changing your world

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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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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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Give Me an Understanding Heart

BERNICE MADELINE WELLS

Give me an understanding heart,O Lord,—this is my prayer;Thy healing strength would I impart,To ease earth's weary care;Clasp Thy kind hand,And understand;Ah—this my prayer.
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Recompense

CLARA H. HEARN

One comes, a tiller of the soil is he,And finds a heart o'ergrown with weeds;His words plow deep and reach that troubled heartFor those who follow with the seeds.
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Love

FREDDA R. GRATKE

If to Love you are appealingFor your health or for your healing,Ask yourself: Does love divineIn your heart for others shine?
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To an Easter Lily

NANCY JOSEPHINE GUTHRIE

Lovely Easter lilyRobed in purest white,Unto Spirit yielding,Speaks to us of light.
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At Morn

IDA FLORENCE SAWYER

I was awareOf faint, brief rustlingsAnd things astir,As aspen leaves set quiv'ring by the breezeAnd low, sweet murmurings among the trees.
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Opportunity

GRACE M. PUTNAM

How often do we idly wait for something big and grand!The opportunity we want seems ne'er the one at hand.