Poems

Just a Look

MARY A. MACOMBER

Just a look, but, oh, the sweetness—Patience with a brother shown;Forgiveness without touch of censure—Fruit of struggles, prayer, alone.

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Yesterday and To-day

ANNA M. CHATILLON

When now I think of yesterday,Its burdens, and horizon gray,When all to me was dreary,And every moment wearyWith fear that the to-morrowWould bring new pains and sorrow—

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Understanding God

LAURA REBECCA LONSDALE

No brighter thought sheds beacon gleams to cheerEach pilgrim journeying through earth's drear,Than this—that God is Light.

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Gratitude

CHRISTINE EMERY

I thank Thee, Father, for the light,That shines effulgent on my way,Helping me see and solve arightThe problems of the day.

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Thy Likeness

ETHEL E. ROCKWELL

A sleep men dream, and dreaming seeA world of pain and misery.

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Awake Thou

BERTHA TRABAND MYERS

Doth thy way seem lonely, tired heart,Thy way seem far from other men apart,No friendly far out-reaching hand,No one near to understandThy hopes, the good that thou wouldst know?

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Make straight His road so interlaced,So covered o'er with self;Let me but see amid the gloomThe vision of Thyself,So lowly sweetThat, in the seeing, I may graspSomething of love to help me passUndaunted on my way.