Poems

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Desire

LAURA GERAHTY

If God we could but understandInstead of just believe,And take from out Love's proffered hand,What gems we might receive!
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Eventide

LAURA E. SARGENT

The fading glow of roseate lightStill lingers in the distant west;It touches gently haze–clad hillsAnd glimmers from their opaled crest.

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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 Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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The little cares that fretted me,...

Anon

The little cares that fretted me,I lost them yesterdayAmong the fields above the sea,Among the winds at play,Among the lowing of the herds,The rustling of the trees,Among the singing of the birds,The humming of the bees;The foolish fears of what might come,I cast them all awayAmong the clover-scented grass,Among the new-mown hay,Among the hushing of the cornWhere drowsy poppies nod,Where ill thoughts die and good are born,Out in the fields with God.

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I leave with God tomorrow's where and how,...

Anon

I leave with God tomorrow's where and how,And do concern myself but with the now.
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Press On

MARY HORNIBROOK CUMMINS

Press on, for the sake of those hungry onesWho are looking to you for bread.
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Birth in Truth

ROBERT WATSON

The sun dips down behind the hills, far in the west;A drowsy calm creeps o'er the land,—all is at rest.

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Anthology of classic articles

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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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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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Dawn of Truth

G. BRUCE STAUFFER

Wearied am I of chasingThe fleeting phantoms of sin,That lured me onWith wine and songLife's pleasures gay to win;Yet in my roundNo peace I found,But misery and sorrow's kin.
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Revelation

GWENDOLEN EDWARDS

We put our trust in men and things,And men and things do fail us;Our hopes sink down with broken wings,And bitter doubts assail us.
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Right Reckoning*

MARY I. MESECHRE

Grouped quietly near the window,Some little ones, tired of play,Were conning again the lessonsThey had learned in school that day;While indoors I, with my problemUnsolved at the set of sun,Heard, "Three times nothing is nothing,And one to carry is one.
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True Success

EDITH C. CARTER

Man cannot fail!
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"As the waters cover the sea"

FRANCIS E. FALKENBURY

The other night, while swimming in the seaAmid a flame of phosphorescent light,I turned face upward, through the lovely night,To that great symbol of infinity,—
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Love "thinketh no evil"

ISLA PASCHAL RICHARDSON

Love knows no fear, no anxious dread.