Poems

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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.

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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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TIME AND ETERNITY

STELLA E. SAXTON.

Out of the darkness flames the light—A lark takes wing.

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JESUS—CHRIST

LAURA GERAHTY.

O Master , thou with the patient eyesAnd the brow that bore and strove;With the voice that ne'er a word conveyedBut was born of infinite Love;Men say, as they pass on their way today,Bending low neath the weight of care,Could they touch thy hem that their silent griefWould melt in the saintly air.
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THE LOYAL FRIEND

ADA J. MILLER.

To whom does thought first turn in pain or joy?
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REFUGE

MARY J. ELMENDORF.

Across the lonely moor of the sky,Wild and bleak and pale,When the fairy webs of frost are spunAnd the autumn wind-harps ring.

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Shared reflections

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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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 Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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LIFE, TRUTH, AND LOVE

L. A. WHARTON.

O Blessed Truth!Thou art the guide that found me,Depressed and weary, with a sense of pain;Banished all fear, with loving arms around me,Taught me of Soul, and made me joy again!
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GROWING

LAURA GERAHTY.

Not by the passing years or season's beautyMark we our growth, as sowers watch the seed;Not e'en in reckoning the hourly dutyWhich gains a goal or satisfies a greed.
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OUR KNIGHT

ADA J. MILLER.

Surely he'd come, this knight, and like the king,Arthur of old, redress the wrong and standFor honor, justice, and for stainless truth!In dream I saw him draw his sword,—the Word,Before whose power wrong shrinks, abashed and pale,Foreseeing doom in this one flash of light.
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UNFOLDING FAITH

FLORENCE CLEVELAND MC DONALD.

O Tend'Rest Love, that guides the stumbling feet,And keepest them in paths where Thou dost bide;I cannot stray beyond Thy watchful care,But always 'neath Thy shelt'ring wing may hide.
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ASPIRATION

AMY RUTH WENZEL.

Make me a savor of sweetness,A sweet-smelling savor of Love,To hearts that know not the repleteness,Of life that is breathed from above.
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IN LOVE I LIVE

EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH, JR.

In Love man lives, forever pure and fair,Forever free from things which seem to bind,His real life is within the realm of Mind,The power of Truth is here and everywhere;In Love, man lives.