Poems

Offertory

EMILY HOUSEHOLDER

O new-born day, my chalice filledI bring unto thy shrine,Repentant dew from night distilledTo be transformed to wine.

What peace and gladness they attain Who perfect understanding gain, And cast from thought the false, but hold The facts of being that unfold! They journey no uncertain way— Love is their guide and Truth their stay.

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Compelling Love

BEATRICE CLAYTON

The eagle stirreth up her nest,To which the frightened fledgling clings;She drives it from the mother breastOnly that it may find its wings.

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Our Home

MARY MC DERMOTT SANTLEY

The golden beech and cedar tree,The lily and the rose,The all-o'erfolding azure dome,—Each gift Thou dost disposeWhere it may best reflect Thy thoughtAnd make of Thy vast universeA home that knows no tear;Truth's changeless law the corner-stoneAnd Love the atmosphere.

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When Shadows Fled

MANDIUS J. MUNSON

Into a deepened gloomA burst of sunlight gleamed,And beckoned forth to bloomA faith where darkness dreamed.

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Let justice hold her scale, and truth divide...

Whittier

Let justice hold her scale, and truth divideBetween the right and wrong; but give the heartThe freedom of its fair inheritance;Let the poor prisoner, cramped and starved so long,At nature's table feast his ear and eyeWith joy and wonder; let all harmoniesOf sound, form, color, motion, wait uponThe princely guest, whether in soft attireOf leisure clad, or the coarse frock of toil.

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Fantasy—Reality

ADA JANE MILLER

Imprisoned?

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Our Father

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

Yussuf Ben Orem went to pray,And one he met upon the waySaid, Whither goest thou, my friend,And may I on thy way attend?

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Love's Gift

NELLIE B. MACE

The Christ, Truth, whispered yesteryear to me,Low, tenderly;I listened, then I heard—'tis clearer grown—God's thought of thee.

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"Where no fear was"

GWENDOLYN THOMAS

Father, all through the dreary night men callTo Thee from earth's wild phantom plains of woe!I pray for one, yet Thou in truth dost knowThy little ones, and brooding over all,Dost cherish them.