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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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Anthology of classic articles III

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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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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.
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Be Still!

FRANCIS C. GEORGE

"Be still, and know that I am God.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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God is Love

MAZIE SKILES SPOHR

While God is Love,Can skies be gray?
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"The secret place"

MARGARET PLUNKET RAPER

From seeing, hearing, sensing,I turn away, and seek an inner courtOr quiet, lighted place,Where neither sight nor soundCan change one lineIn all the structure.
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The Better Way

CASSIUS M. LOOMIS

Pledged to good intentions, secret though they be,Mindful of the pitfalls day by day,Ready with forgiveness, if a fault you see,—Is not this, indeed, the better way?
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Armageddon

SUSAN CAMPBELL

World , o'erburdened by your dreamings,Stumbling blindly in the night,Love alone can save you, brothers,Truth alone can give you light.
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Time's Overthrow

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

In dim, far-off, forgotten ages,Ere Clio yet had found her pen,Some one of earth's most cunning sagesInvented Time to mislead men.
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New Views of Thee

MARIAN J. COBB

New views of Thee, O God, new views of Thee,Goodness and Love divine, coming to me;In each experience, I may beholdNew views of Thee, O Love, ever unfold.