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My Task

LELA E. ROGERS

To work in earnest; watch and prayTo keep my conscience sound;To ask each day for strength; and takeThe manna handed down;

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"The song of Christian Science" *

HATTIE JOHNSON BONNELL

"The song of Christian Science"!How it rises!Higher, higher;Sweeter, clearer! Far and near!It is, "Work—work—work—watch and pray.

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But now my footsteps firm and steadfast clingTo Thy dear law of Truth; in joy I singThy praise, as onward pressing in Thy light I walk;And, every foe suppressing, graciously I talkWith Thee, my Comforter, forever near.

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"Be still, and know"

MARGARET L. WINCHESTER

"Be still, and know that I am God.

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The Shepherd

EVA B. ROWE

The Shephered of the flock is Love!We rest refreshed, secure,By living waters, calm, serene;No distant fields allure.

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Message of the Dawn

MARY STONE WALLACE

The night was long to one who dreamed the dreamThat he was ill and held incurableBy those who came with earnest wish and thoughtTo give relief by means material,And sadly went their way with fading hope.

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The Abiding Place

EDITH T. YOUNG

Within the kingdom of God's thoughtI find content.

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My Talent

CAROLINE L. DIER

A little talent, Lord, Thou gavest me;It proved a sunbeam in my heart.

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The Way

PERCY WAXMAN

Our days with trouble are besetWhen solely for ourselves we live,Until we learn that what we getDepends in turn on what we give.

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The Broadening View

CASSIUS M. LOOMIS

Our bards of old have told in charming rhymeOf unrequited love and chance misdeed;Of loss of friends and fortune at a timeWhen they of peace of mind seemed most in need.