Poems

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COMMUNION

EVELYN SYLVESTER KNOWLES

Communion with thy God is not to standWith eye uplifted and outreaching hand;Communion with thy God is this—what more?
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THE PURPOSE

LEBARON P. COOKE.

Take all thy hidden talents.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

From Free from Contagion

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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SHADOW

JOSEPHINE W. HEERMANS

My heart was full of rapture yesterday;Ecstatic joy my being overflowed,For Love with me sojourned.

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A PROMISE

GERTRUDE RING HOMANS

"Their works do follow them.
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PRAISE

R. E. KEY.

When the soft falling wind has ceased to stirThe tendrils of a thousand restless trees,When the slow humming-bee has ceased to lieCaressingly within the clustering leaves,When the gray twilight falls—a silver sign—Upon the path the woodland torrent cleaves:Then, 'twixt the parting of reluctant dayAnd gentle advent of approaching night,I bow a humble head in thankful prayerFor blessings infinite.
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LOVING AND LIVING

RUTH INGRAHAM

As the window, clear and bright,Letteth in the warmth and light,Bringing gladness to the sight,

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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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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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"WITH THY LIKENESS."

LAWRENCE BRAINERD.

When I awake in that glad morning light,And find myself in harmony with God,—Freed from earth sense, and one with good,—I shallExultant rise to walk on holy sod.
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FRET NOT THYSELF!

E. W. SMITH.

Fret not thyself! Be patient, strive to proveThe depth and vastness of our Father's love;When waves break high and winds blow fierce and chill,Our God who rules the storm cries, "Peace, be still.
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THE CALL OF THE MOUNTAINS

ADA J. MILLER

The mountains call! Their heights in azure bathedSpeak of a broader view, of peace, of rest;But as we climb, sometimes, confronting usIs rock,—sheer, dark,—across the narrow way;And, looking back, the valley seems a heaven.
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THE VICTOR

MARY J. ELMENDORF.

He lifts his lyre on highIn the heavy stillness around;He lifts his lyre on highAnd smites it in fervent emotion,Singing with sweetness new-found.
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THE UNSPOKEN PRAYER

CASSIUS M. LOOMIS.

There is a prayer of thanks no child of earthCan voice in words.
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RECOMPENSE

MARY J. ELMENDORF,

My hands that were reaching so eagerly outHave closed on the hilt of a star;My eyes that were scanning the waters of doubtHave visioned the harbor afar.