Poems

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"GREATER WORKS THAN THESE."

CASSIUS M. LOOMIS.

O Bounteous legacy! what promise this!Could we neglect or take such word amiss?
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THE BETTER PART

H. OLIVER WISE

How maz'd and drear, amid his sticks and stones,His color'd pebbles and his bits of glass.

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Shared reflections

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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

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CONSTANCY

MARY I. MESECHRE.

Ofttimes the daily current of my lifeDoth seem so clogged with error, that I fainWould break a clearer channel, where the strifeAnd fret of endless conflict, and the painOf beating 'gainst the rocks that long have lainWhere now my way appears, are all unknown;Where, free from every hindrance, I might gainIn depth and breadth, till perfect I had grown.

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"AS A LITTLE CHILD"

KATHARINE T. PORTER

Remember childhood's ways—the pure, unsullied heart,The ready sympathy, affection, impulse true.
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THE NEW YEAR—A FRIEND

JOY E. R. ZINT.

A friend has depths of character.
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JOY

ADA J. MILLER.

A full, clear note with the 'cello's depth and powerSounds in the word that means to mortals moreThan fullest thought can tell in verse or song.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

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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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Two sorrie thynges there be—...

Willis Boyd Allen

Two sorrie thynges there be—Ay, three—A neste from which the fledglings have been taken,A lambe forsaken,A redde leaf from the wilde rose rudely shaken.
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WHEN WAS CHRIST BORN?

GERTRUDE RING HOMANS

When was Christ born?
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A CHRISTIAN'S GREETING

ELLA CLEMENT DAVIES

Just to greet youIn the dear old words the angels sing;Just to meet youWhere the shepherds found their baby King.
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WHEN IT IS DARK

AMY RUTH WENZEL

As one who rises while as yet 'tis night,And at his window waits to seeThe first faint rays of dawning light,So wait I, healing Word, for Thee.
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OH, DID THEY KNOW

MRS. F. L. MILLER.

Oh, did they know that God is All-in-all,That love alone the measure of that allness is,Then with what zeal they'd seek to knowThe height, the depth, the length, the breadthOf that which measures Love.
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LIMITATION

MARION COOK

What argues that we find dire limits setTo strength and sense and sight and all man hath—To comprehension of the one true pathGod's love marked for His image?