Poems

Prayer

WARWICK JAMES PRICE

'Tis not self-justifying, eloquent refrain,Nor skeptic asking, nor the empty mightOf repetition, long and loud and vain;It is the constant striving to do right.

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Sunlight

MABEL HYDE

Fast racing clouds enveil a wintry sky;Through trees down-bent the storm winds moanand sigh,

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Communion

PEARLE M. WARREN

Prepare my heart, O God,To worship Thee aright;Then shall I sing Thy praiseHowever dark the night.

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The Secret

EDITH F. MUNROE

This is the secret of the joyful heart:To know, beyond the shadow of a doubt,True happiness and peace are quite apartFrom mortal seeming; Love is round about.

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A Joyful Outlook

ADELL LONERGAN

There is no death!We push away the veil, and standEntranced before the infinite and grand.

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God Revealed

CAROLINE L. DIER

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

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The floodgates of the Truth are open thrown,And one blessed beam, superb, divinely bright,Streams on the startled night!No moan, no cradle cry beclouds the birthOf this Redeemer, at whose gentle voiceThe deserts and the wilderness rejoice,And angels whisper, Peace, good will to earth.

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The Christian Science Reading Room

LAURA GERAHTY

Here in the silence of this quiet room,All undisturbed, with Love I find my wayThrough paths of danger and through nights of gloom,Far out into God's sun-filled, perfect day.

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"My thoughts"

BEN HAWORTH-BOOTH

My thoughts are not as Thine; but I would fainSo cleanse my mortal sense with sense divine,So strive to wash away the worldly stainOf earth's contagion, that this heart of mineMay seem a temple meet, a fane, a shrine,A cloister pure for Thine all-cleansing SpiritThere to abide; so may Thy flame refineMy fitful thoughts until at length they meritA sinless heritage, such as Thy saints inherit.

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Victory

EDNA L. KELLEY

I Thank Thee, God, for Thy correcting voice,Which guides me tenderly throughout each day;For, chastened by Thy love, I can rejoiceIn sacrificing self to gain Thy way.