Poems

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RECOMPENSE

LILLA ELLEN BOWLEY.

Gone! all the struggle and the vain regret.
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I am in the midst of some marvelous reading

Anon

I am in the midst of some marvelous reading.

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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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SELF -QUESTIONING

FRANCIS E. FALKENBURY.

Have I no faith today,That I go halting on the road to God ?

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THE FALSE AND THE REAL

LAURA GERAHTY.

I Thought I loved — but when the sun was shiningI caught the shadows only, on the grass.
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"REVELATION."

VIOLET KER SEYMER.

A heav'nly  yearning rises in my heartTo pierce beyond the shifting veil of sense,To see all Thou beholdest, all Thou art,To know what underlies this frail pretense.
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CONFIDENCE

KATHARINE J. SMITH.

Night found me in a pathless way and drear,Halting before the temper of the hail;I looked to train my steps, but groped in fear;I prayed with hapless patience to availOne favor of the beam-bestowing moon.

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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PROTECTION AT NIGHT

JANE DRANSFIELD STONE.

We cannot be alone, for thou art near!What though the midnight shadows close us round,And terror seems to lurk in sight and sound:Still are we safe, since thou, O Christ, art here!
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PRAYER

HON. CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK

If I in pride and arrogancePresume to judge God's ways,And seek to better them perchance,The while my lips may praise;
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OMNIPOTENCE

MARION COOK STOW.

ABOVE the battle's din and mortal fray, Love holds its own; Amid beliefs that mock and cloud our day, Mind rules alone.
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SEPTEMBER DAY

ISABEL LEE.

My heart is thine, fade not away, O beautiful September day! Thy calm is mine—Love's message clear Comes gently to my list'ning ear; It heals all grief and soothes all fear.
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PILGRIM, PRESS ON

EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH, JR.

PILGRIM, press on: the path seems dark, And stones of mortal sense have cut our feet, But gentle breezes waft a perfume sweet, And, lo, I hear the singing of a lark!
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So stood of old the holy Christ...

Whittier

So stood of old the holy ChristAmidst the suffering throng;With whom his lightest touch sufficedTo make the weakest strong.