Poems

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.

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Victory

MARY SELENE BARTHOLOMEW

I Give to God this will of mine;And in exchange His will divineDecrees, as to His only Son,Reward for well-fought battles won.

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Peace Is Mine

GRACE M. PARKER

Before Truth came, my heart knew naught but sadness;Until I learned of Love, my world was drear.

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The Responsive Heart

BEN HAWORTH-BOOTH

O Heart of mine, that I have deemed of yoreInconstant arbiter of flesh and bone,What dark deceit, what code of barbarous loreHave thus conspired to rob me of my own?

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"Arise! Shine!"

CHARLES C. SANDELIN

Rejoice! The light of Truth is come!Awake, O voice that long was dumb!Thy heart's dried channels shall be filled,And earth's dark terrors all be stilled.

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The Cross

CHARLES C. BUTTERWORTH, 2d

I Call that bravery—Despite its weakness—That spends the ultimate of strengthAnd scales the pinnacle of meekness,Enduring slavery,And conq'ring it at length!

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Christ's Ever Presence

LAURA GERAHTY

I am the Way! E'en though thy pathWith countless dangers seem beset,Lo, in the midst of all I standUnmoved, all-knowing, with a handOutstretched to thee.

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Truth's Final Peace Offer

AGNES F. CHALMERS

AT night, on Mount of Olives, Jesus keptA faithful vigil while earth's nations slept.

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The Shunammite

BEATRICE CLAYTON

"He sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

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One morn, one summer's morn, I sawA little child who stood and weptMost bitterly; and asking why,He said that ever near him keptA shadow, dark and deep, that went beforeHis steps, by field or stream or sanded shore.