Poems

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Today

MARIE RUSSELL

Today the gentle violetA soft assurance bears,Because the morning sun arose,And dried her dewy tears.

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Creation

MARY JAMES ARNOLD

Darkness upon the deep,—bowed down with sorrow,Discouragement, and grief, and bitter tearsFor all that seemed to be.

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THE PILGRIM

BESSIE RUTHERFORD TWIGG

His banner over me is Love,And daily on my way I proveThe sureness of His leading;A cloak invisible it is,In which through midst of enemiesI pass unseen, unheeding.

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"HE FEEDETH AMONG THE LILIES"

FRANCES A. HALDANE.

Why feed upon the bread of sorrow,The bitter griefs, the memories of the past,When here and now, today and each tomorrow,Christ giveth thee fresh food to break thy fast?

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SYMPATHY

GERTRUDE GOODING MC CLOUD

When sorrow comes to one I love,I would not dareTo send mere words of sympathy;I need must careEnough to send a message of good cheer,To tell the loved one that all good is here.

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Oh , work for the love of work, my friend,If joy your heart would know,For work, true work, is a thing divine,—God's love in its overflow!Like to a bird in flight and song,Like to a child in laugh and play,This to your life is work, my friend,—God's blessing on each perfect day!

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MY CHOICE

LUCY HAYS EASTMAN.

My God, no human touch I crave,But oh, may I Thy presence feel,Closer than clasped hands,In selfless love that stretches wingO're fear-bound hearts, and works to heal!

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AT EVENING

LUCY NICHOLSON.

The master artist, with sure hand,His long brush-strokes of rose and grayHas swept across the evening sky;A hush falls on the evening landAs daylight slips awayIn perfect blend of tint and tone;The little vagrant breezes sigh:How soft the shadows are!Above the tree-tops, bright and lone,Out slips one star!