Poems

Spiritual Understanding

I know, e'enwhen I do not see, Just as I know the mountain peakThough swathed in fog there still must be:I know—with joy then I may speak!

"No more sea"

Among the mighty sayings of the Book,It seems to meThan this none gives more comfort: "And thereWas no more sea.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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O friend, from out my little store I give thee truth, and more and more Would I impart, wert thou to listen.

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The Purer Sense

MINE eyes behold the teeming earth,— The brooks, the flowers, the trees, The aspiring hills, the valleys deep, Meadow and field and forest steep, Sunshine and shadow, calm and storm, Bird and beast : the human form Ruling o'er all of these.

Illumination

OPEN , ye gates of dawn, The sun of Love comes through! All mists of doubt are gone, And daylight shines anew.

A Table in the Wilderness

A TRAVELER on a lone and barren way Met one that hungered.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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Shared reflections

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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Green Pastures

O CLEAR blue lake and bluer sky, Gray rocks along the shore, Amid the roar of the city streets You call me evermore!

"He careth for you"

SEE how the lily grows, so pure and fair, As if to do God's will, His love express; With leaves spread out in mute, unconscious prayer, Nor toils to weave so exquisite a dress.

Prayer

"Our Father which art in heaven"— I paused and wondered where I could find that beautiful place, To rest in God's loving care,

Journeyings

A Child, with father hand in hand,

In Peace Secure

Divinely sweet the calm Thy presence brings! From out the sacred silence softly sings,

God Is Love

Greatest truth of all the ages— God is Love;Voiced by prophets or by sages—God is Love.