Poems

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Overcoming

Mary I. Mesechre

Whoso proceeds in ordered wayAnd holds unshaken confidenceIn God's directing, day by day,Shall fear no dizzy eminence;Nor shall the hordes of mortal senseCause him to falter in the fray,Since midst the clouds of darkness denseGod is his changeless strength and stay.
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Assurance

NELLE A. SMITH

How shall we overcome the fearThat all's not well, when days seem drear;When tempests rage and wild winds blow?

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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"Because he first loved us"

MINNY M. H. AYERS

We love him, because he first loved us.

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"Stretch forth thine hand"

VIOLA I. WELLS

"Stretch forth thine hand"!Man is not bidden to receiveOr sin or sorrow, pain or fear;Our God is not a God afar;His ever-presence dwelleth near,And blesses all.
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Coworkers

MABELLE C. PERKINS

Herein the grace of God must be,That all may work with Him, and seeHis law unfold as harmony.
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Transparency

ELENORA E. PIKE

Here I would hold my light on high,With steady hand, and true,That down some darkening way its gleam May guideA faltering step that gropes to find,Mid shadows closing in,A refuge, where in peace it mayAbide.

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These books healed me

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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Aspiration

FANNY KINDER GRIBBON

"By faith he [Moses] forsook Egypt.
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A Prayer

EDITH L. PERKINS

To be as trusting as a little child,In calm assurance of the promise sweet,—By thought of limitation unbeguiled,To prove that Love our every need doth meet.
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Great Possessions

SARAH MILDRED SPARKS

My great possessions lie before me spread,With all the dear associations:Treasures of by-gone days;Things I learned in childhood; took to my heartand lived with; fought for;Some whom I loved and shared my treasures with.
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Watch, Work, Pray

EMILIE HERMINE LOVELL

Ask the gardener, he will tell youThat he reaps but what he sows;That the soil must be in order,Or the seed is dwarfed by foes;That the tares in good soil prosperAs the seed that aims to bless;That the good kind, he must nourish,Guard its growth with tenderness;True discernment is most needful—Sprouts bespeak the ripen'd fruit;That with prudence he must severBaneful waste from worthy root.
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To-day

MAY TRIPLETT BELLAIRS

I do not mean to pass this dayIn stupid sense of ease,To smile on evil, fawn on fear—Thus mortal mind to please.
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Roses of Memory

ANNIE S. PEEL

Love gave us memory,That roses fair might in December bloom,With fragrance rare.