Poems

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Glad Assurance

MINNA MATHISON

I will be glad, I said; but in the roundOf daily trivial tasks and anxious thought—Of days with care and bitterness full fraught—Never my heart a cause for gladness found.
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The Way

MARTHA WEBSTER MERRIHEW

Thou needy, pining,Not yet diviningThy God's behest,Ne'er wilful strivingToward self-outlined arrivingCan truly gain thy rest.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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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Benedicite

WARREN C. KLEIN

Boundless as the vast blue skyIs the thought when lifted high;Fragrant as the spring's sweet scentIs the mind that doth repent;Nurtured as the beauteous flowerIs the life that knows Love's power;Joyous as the lark in MayIs the sense that learns the way;Peaceful as the gentlest seaIs the heart at-one with Thee.

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Communion

AGNES FLORIDA CHALMERS

A quiet hour at dawn of prayer and light;A day alone with Truth amid earth's throng;A silent song of triumph in the night,—Such sweet communion hours to heaven belong.
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"Songs of deliverance"

M. ROSAMOND WATSON

Glad hymns of praise from out a dungeon's depth Burst prison bars long centuries ago, And proved the might of Mind's omnipotence, The right of joy to cast out seeming woe.
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Thine and Mine

WARREN C. KLKIN

Amid the clamor of the day, In common walk or solitude, An inward song a soft prelude Enjoins, then drives all care away.

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Anthology of classic articles II

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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 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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The Healer

RUTH INGRAHAM

To him who failed, one came in duty stern,Reproaching and admonishing by turn,And swift resentment caused thereby to burn.
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Into the Light

IDA F. W. FOSTER

The way seems dark, my Father;Cloud upon cloud seems drifting slowly o'er my headAnd loud the thunders roar about me;When lo! above these clouds of fear I see Thee stand,And hear Thee say, in voice of sweet command,"Fear not," and, "Take my hand.
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Cheerfulness

HON. CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK

Our lives are in keeping of Love divine,—What need to be downcast and fearful?
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Love's Way

LAURA GERAHTY

Speak kindly.
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When Love Sways

CHARLES C. SANDELIN

Soft breezes stir, and lo! the solemn dellAwakens as to being: to and froIts mute inhabitants do lightly blow,And may perchance a tale of gladness tell.
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All for Thee!

EDWARD FREIBERGER

When night to morning's beams gives way.