Poems

Trust Thou and Know

ANNE MACKINTOSH

THE Lord hath said, Be not afraid! Fear not! Thy heart, bowed low beneath its load of grief unutterable, Shall learn a sympathy so great, so broad, That thou shalt clasp His hand, and know That Love alone is God!

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A Song of Joy

ADA D. COLBY

OUR God is good; our loss means gain, When earth has dropped its fretting chain, And mortal cares have ceased to sway O'er hearts too troubled, oft, to pray.

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One Who Loved

MATTIE E. SIMPSON

"THY will be done"! Can it have been I ever feared to say These gentle words, that still my restlessness Like mother-touch to-day?

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"He is our peace"

BEATRICE CLAYTON

SWEET words and clear, the great apostle penned, Of him whose teachings bid all woes surcease, All human hate and enmity to end,— "He is our peace.

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A Prayer for To-day

BIRDIE LEE LARCHE

DEAR Love divine, help me live to-day,From start to close,In just the kindly wayWhich friendship knows.

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The Exchange

FLORENCE A. GUBBINS

The question:

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Light

JESSIE ELLIOT

HAST ever watched the dawn of lightSteal o'er the hilltops, out of night?

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Confidence

LILLIAN B. WATSON

Dear Father, Thou alone dost knowThe way that I should tread.

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Victory

LAURA GERAHTY

There are those moments when the voice of GodComes to our clouded thought in accents clear;When our poor human striving for the bestLeaps out and up to claim the love of Love,Returning not in empty loneliness.

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God, Our God

A. D. NELSON

Through the gloom of our doubt, and the chill of our fear,When we find earthly power unavailing,Gleams the light of Thy truth, and Thy love comes to cheer,O'er our doubt and our fear all-prevailing.