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A MORNING SONG

LAWRENCE BRAINERD.

As we journey on the pathwayOf our course from sense to Soul,And behold with raptured visionLove's sure heritage, our goal,Let us then a gladsome greetingGive each brother on the way,Who perhaps may see less clearlyEvery blessing of the day;That his heart may take fresh courage,And may join us in our songWhich we sing with full assuranceOf deliverance from all wrong.
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A SONG OF DOMINION

MARY J. ELMENDORF.

I hear the calling of clarion voices,I feel the sweeping of wings,And the radiant heart of me, leaping, rejoicesAnd clearly, triumphantly sings.

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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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"NOT TO THE SWIFT."

WARWICK JAMES PRICE.

Last night, in the city's heavy heat,My ears were filled with the weary droneOf sullen sound from the restless street,Telling in ceaseless monotoneOf unending struggle for wordly place,Of the feverish fight for empty pelf,With the only meeds of the headlong raceThe wages of sin and the shackles of self.

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THE LARK'S ESCAPE

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH.

My heart is like a winged larkThat, from his cage escaping,Like arrow flies toward the mark,His upward pathway shapingOver the poplars of the park.
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I FOUND A PATH OF BLUEBELLS

MARY J. ELMENDORF.

I Found a path of bluebellsA-winding through my thought:The winter's frosty presenceIts russet robes had broughtTo fold the trembling grassesAnd mantle tree and hill;Yet there, amid the grayness,The sudden gusts and chill,Amid the lonely graynessWhere borean banners waved,I found a path of summerWith blue of summer paved.
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"PLUS ULTRA."

RENICE RADCLIFFE.

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Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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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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REALITY

MIRIAM ORMONDE SMALLWOOD.

There is no life but God!Across the surging waste of mortal strife,With luring rifts and shoals and glamour rife,The star of ancient days gleams radiant white,And truth, with feet unshod,Soars upward through the trackless night.
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WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS

CASSIUS M. LOOMIS.

Dost thou, dear one, still face an angry sea?
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STARLIGHT

MARY J. ELMENDORF.

What whisper you, stars of the eloquent night,What whisper you ever?
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GOD IS LOVE

LAURA GERAHTY.

Aye, God is Love! Repeat the restful wordsSo early learned, so oft, so lightly said.
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OPPOSING VIEWS

LILLIAN BARKER BEEDE.

Friends and loved ones from you parted,Are you sad and lonely-hearted,Longing for the days now flown?
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"THE DIAL IN THE ROSE-GARDEN."

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH.

I tell the toll of human weal and woe,While the wing-footed ages come and go:When the night dews are shaken,Soon as the sun doth waken,Hasting his footstep o'er the twinkling seaHe seeks the rose and me.