Poems

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Lead Thy Captivity Captive

E. B. SARGANT

Not in the paths of human peaceDoth Love proclaim the captive free;Nor where exultant crowds increaseHath Christ his hidden embassy.
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Awakened

LENA M. HALL

I came upon a violet—A little thing;Ah, but I thought, and thought again,That day in spring.

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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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Truth's Revelation

LAURA GERAHTY

Truth stood beside me, white and strong and clearIn the dim twilight, but I could not see;Bound by the chains of discontent and fear,I dared not move to claim such ecstasy.

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Brotherhood

JENNIE WALBRIDGE BRIGGS

What is true brotherhood?
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God's Messages

JENNIE WALBRIDGE BRIGGS

God's messages are holy thoughtsThat comfort and sustain;They fill the soul with happinessAnd banish fear and pain.
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There Is No Death

GRACE A. BOUGHTON-LEIGH

There is no death.

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Nearer to Thee

FRANCES BROWN SKINNER

I know there is no dimming of the lightToward which I turn.
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Look Within

WALTER WILLIAM KAMMERLING

Look within if you would findWealth and the richest store.
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The Power and the Glory

HAZEL V. C. FALLS

While struggling with a sense of doubt and fear,Quite forgetting Thou art ever near,A still, small voice whispered in my ear:For Thine is the power, and the glory.
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Without Haste, Without Rest

ADELAIDE KEITH MERRILL

Without haste, without rest,God's work in us is done.
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Return unto thy Rest

ADELA V. SCRIMGEOUR

Return unto thy rest.
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Reflection

MARION LODER WAGNER

Should a little sunbeam say:I have so much to do to-day—So much darkness to make light,So much glooming to make bright,So many hearts to warm and cheer—I am not strong enough, I fear.