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To grow a little wiser day by day,...

Dorothy M. Porges

To grow a little wiser day by day,To school my mind and body to obey,To keep my inner life both clean and strong,To free my heart from guile, my hands from wrong,To shut the door on hate and scorn and pride;To open them to love,—the windows wide,To meet with cheerful heart what comes to me,To turn life's discords into harmony;To share some weary worker's heavy load,To point some straying comrade to the road;To know that what I have is not my own,To feel that I am never quite alone;Be this my prayer, my task from day to day!
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Into the heaven of Thy heart, O God,...

Lucy Larcom

Into the heaven of Thy heart, O God,I lift my life like a flower;Thy light is deep and Thy love is broad,And I am not the child of an hour.

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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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Thank God! that I have lived to see the time...

WHITTIER

Thank God! that I have lived to see the timeWhen the great truth begins at last to findAn utterance from the deep heart of mankind,Earnest and clear, that all revenge is crime!That man is holier than a creed,—that allRestraint upon him must consult his good,Hope's sunshine linger on his prison wall,And Love look in upon his solitude.

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LOVE'S MINISTRY

MINNA MATHISON.

The Love that fed the multitude,Rebuking doubt and fear,Will yield today its store of good,Will bless the now and here.
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HAVE FAITH IN GOD!

WILLIS E. BLOOMFIELD.

Have faith in God! So spake a still small voice.
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Always with us, joined hand in hand,...

E. McCann

Always with us, joined hand in hand,Walks even now an angel band.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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 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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"A CUP OF COLD WATER"

CHARLES C. SANDELIN

Come , brother, thirsting in a barren land,Drink from this flowing stream where now I drink;Turn not in sorrow, faint not, give thy hand,Pause not from pride upon the very brink;Drink, brother, drink, and on thy knees with joy,Pray ne'er again that earthly thirst annoy.
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Who drives the horses of the sun...

John Vance Cheney

Who drives the horses of the sunShall lord it but a day;Better the lowly deed were done,And kept the humble way.
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LOVE'S FLOCK

BELLE A. MUNDY.

Shepherd our thoughts, O loving One!That they may follow Thee—A white flock, treading in the stepsOf Christ's own purity.
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LOVE'S SUNSHINE

CHARLES C. SANDELIN.

The tender flower throughout the hours of dayUplifts its face before the sun's warm lightWith grateful joy; but with the fall of nightIts petals close till comes the dawn's glad ray.
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TRUE CHRISTIANS

CLARIBEL SCHOFIELD.

The workers in His vineyard—blessed band!Their lamps are ever trimmed, and brightly glow,Shedding the light of Truth o'er every land;Illuming all the paths where mortals go.
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THE PUBLICAN

AGNES FLORIDA CHALMERS

Is there some one who comes to you todayWhom you have thought unworthy and untrue—Some one the world has judged a castaway?