Poems

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THE REAL WORLD

MAXWELL ARMFIELD

When all the ways were gold with sheaves,Or green within a patterned tent.
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THE "HIGH AND HOLY PLACE"

LYDIA B. MC KINLEY-HAY

Pilgrim, dost seek the high and holy place,Summit of glory, temple of God's grace?

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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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THE BUILDERS

STELLA E. SAXTON

Just a little game of life, dear—The children building houses out of toys—Block towers rise,'Most to the skies,And then they fall—oh, sorry little girls and boys!

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HUSBANDRY

KATHARINE J. SMITH

For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
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ON A FLY-LEAF OF SHAKESPEARE

HON. CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK.

Were there no other proofs for us to see,O mighty Bard, thou and they like to thee,Like th' rainbow proves the sunlight, prove to meThe stature of man's immortality.
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MY SHIP

MARY EMILY MUIR.

Midnight, and the angry, storm-rocked sea;The mad, wild pageantry of dashing waves.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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 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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TRUE SEEKING

J. E. BREED.

To Him who stays the waste of winds and waves,Who shapes the tender forms of flowers and leaves,And in the glow of sky at dawn and nightReflects the vision of a lovelier light,I make my prayer.
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DAY BY DAY

HAROLD SUSMAN.

As you go upon your way,On your duties day by day,Be you grave or be you gay,—Speak a kindly word!
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THE SEAMLESS ROBE

BLANCHE BLOOR SCHLEPPEY

It was my hour of need.
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"THINE IS THE GLORY"

MARY WHEELER.

To Thee alone the praise,O Love divine!I did but know Thy truth,And let it shine.
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THE MORNING

STOKES ANTHONY BENNETT.

I look to Thee, Thou God of right,My refuge, fortress, my delight,Each breaking day.
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THE PRACTITIONER

GERTRUDE RING

He dips, and gives from out the well of TruthA quenching draught, when straightway life and youthQuicken to being, as the springtime shootStirs all a-tremble in some brown old root.