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"The Prince of Peace"

FRANCES A. HALDANE

He comes! The world may clamor as it will,And war's wild tumult sound its loud alarms,Till nation after nation hears the shrillInsistent echoing, "To arms! To arms!"He comes! Already that fair morning's charms,When Spirit's mandate bade the darkness flee,Unfold, dispersing every mist that harms,And fear that gendereth dread enmity.

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The Widow's Son

PERLEY A. CHILD

Through darkness to the underworld I sank,And all the way was thronged with those who thereMade outcry, as of some long-dead despair,

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From out the Mists

MINNIE TINGLE

The day, to mortal sense, was dark and drear;A mantle gray enveloped earth and sky;From o'er the dim and distant mountains highThe rain-clouds swept, dispelling light and cheer.

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Aspiration

F. WINIFRED S. BLOXHAM

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True Freedom

MARY G. SCRIBNER

Know you the song of the captive birdFinding itself set free,Soaring aloft into freedom glad,Singing in ecstasy?

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True Comradeship

ELIZABETH EARL JONES

Climbing a rugged road,Bowed down by sorrow's load,Doubting the end,I turned from dark despair;My hands reached out in prayer,When, lo, heaven's help was there,—A friend.

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Rejoice

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

When the good you desire seems so far awayThat your hope grows dim in your heartAnd your faith less clear, it is time to pray,And awaken and do your part.

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Assurance

TEDA M. EARLE

I heard a nestling crying in the dark;The mother hid it 'neath her brooding wingAnd quickly hushed the frightened little thing.

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Fidelity

JAMES N. HATCH

A rosebush grew by a crumbling wallAt the end of a lonely lane,Where a solemn silence ruled o'er allAnd the tangled grass and the weeds so tallWithered for lack of rain.

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City of the King

DAVID E. ANTHONY

O royal city of the glorious King,Thy radiant splendor, born of Love divine,Nor sun nor moon to thee can changing bring,Since God's own everlasting day is thine:As boundless are thy beauteous jasper walls,Thrice iridescent as the shimmering seaWhen on each crest the noontide sunbeam falls,And limitless as His eternity.