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TRUTH'S CALL

M. B. CROWE

Through long, long years I stumbled, deaf and blindTo all the truths thou camest to unfold:Poor, blind, and self-imprisoned; with vain criesAnd eyes perverse, looking afar to findBlessings that groping hands, by taking hold,Might more than overflowing fulness know.
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'TIS SUMMER

HARVEY HADLOCK.

'Tis summer, and the fragrant airWafts incense of the flowers:'Tis summer, and the tuneful worldAllures to woodland bowers:'Tis summer, and my heart is gladThat winter lost his reign:'Tis summer, and my sense is freeFrom every mortal pain:'Tis summer in my joyful heartFor I have found the "better part.

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Anthology of classic articles

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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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THE GREAT PARENTAGE

MARION COOK STOW.

As flowers growing each on separate stalk,Yet springing from a common soil, so weRoot deep in God, tho' near our lives may walkThe jealous years.

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WILDERNESS BLESSINGS

GERTRUDE RING HOMANS.

With me 'twas evening in a desert place,And hungry thoughts in a great multitudeQuestioned earnestly each his neighbor's face,—If they should not depart by slow foot-paceInto some village to buy needful food.
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A SONG OF PEACE

LUMAN A. FIELD

If in hushed stillness of the starlit nightThou givest rest,Or in the well-filled hours of joyous lightWork'st Thy behest,It matters not, since Thou, O Love, art ev'rywhere,Enfolding me in Thine unfailing care.
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PROTECTION

JOSEPHINE VAN HOUTEN

REST , O heart, the Father leads us All the way! Love divine protects and feeds us Every day.

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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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Get to know God: The “omnis”

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

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 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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THE CAUSE OF GRATITUDE

JOHN M. DEAN

In fervent penitential prayer,A conscience-stricken sinner bowed;Nor pomp, nor ceremonial riteWith hollow form his words endowed.
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THE CROWN OF DAVID'S LINE

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH

Know ye the noble crown of David's line,Bearing the thirteen stars and sacred sign,—(1, 2) The tribes of Jacob, and the vow divine;
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Him evermore I behold...

Longfellow

Him evermore I beholdWalking in Galilee,Through the cornfield's waving gold,In hamlet or grassy wold,By the shores of the Beautiful Sea.
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IN ÆTERNUM

MARY J. ELMENDORF

There is a deep grave in the heartOf time, unmarked, weed-grown, apart,Where seas of fog are creeping.
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MY KINGDOM

SEBA M. CHRISTIN.

With thought attuned unto the perfect Mind,My heaven within my consciousness I find;There hope and health and happiness abide,To Christlike guests the portal opens wide.
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WATCH!

KATHARINE T. PORTER.

With trailing wing I fluttered low,Along the ground in sorry plight;I heard the voice of Truth, and lo!It broke the darkness of my night:No poison dart had laid me low,But praise of friend,—an ambushed foe.