Poems

To-day

JOSEPHINE M. FABRICANT

To-day, I talked with God when morning brokeAnd birds their matins sang, the leaves among;And, in that sweet communion, my heart caughtA clear reflection of the radiant morn,And worshiped, with all nature at His feet.

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Purity

CHARLES W. WRIGHT

Because, O God, Thy glory I would see,I raise my daily prayer for purity;That all the crude, unsightly sketches tracedWithout Thy wise direction, be erased;And on the ready tablet of my thought,Only Thy faultless pattern may be wrought.

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Love's Touch

MARY KERN TIPS

How oft the saddening stress of earthHas crushed a heart, and hushed its mirthMid shadows grim and cold;And then, as oft, has Love's warm touchCome gently, with glad carols, suchAs angels sang of old,

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Mary Magdalene

A. JACQUELINE SHAW

Semi-distraught, perchance thou paced the night:Vain to seek counsel from the earth or sky—The town beneath thee dark, or dimly lit,Seeming as if earth's stars below did lie,And up above, the unseeing void of heaven.

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Loving

BUNYAN J. HUNTER

No ill from senses' dreaming,False lights in morass gleaming,If faithful thought is teemingWith love for God and man.

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"No death"

ROBERT E. KEY

They tell me he has died;But is he dead?

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The Father's Planting

ELIZABETH HAYWARD GARDNER

Ev'ry plant that my Father plantethMay grow in my garden fair;Ev'ry flower that my Father lovethHath His tender and watchful care.

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Omnipresence

CHARLES C. SANDELIN

Nay , be not sad: thou'rt not alone!E'er came the clouds, how brightly shoneThe sun o'er hill and valley fair:Behind those clouds the sun shines there!Ah, well we know, though mortal senseDoth hide God's holy immanence,Love still is here and guards us well.

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Mary Baker Eddy

EARL MC CLOUD

No thought of self, no seeking after fame;No love of ease or wish for worldly gain;No goal so low! but, striving in His name,She wrought for us; nor thought her labor vain.