Poems

THE UNIVERSE, INCLUDING MAN

T. E. SCANTLIN

The heavens declare the glory of God.

OCTOBER

E. E.

What radiance lies on every side!The mellow earth is crownedWith golden promise multiplied,From farthest bound to bound.

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TRIFLES

CASSIUS M. LOOMIS.

A crumb from the Master's table,A tear from the love-lit eye,A pang from the mother's bosom,A beam from the noonday sky.

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GUIDANCE

AGNES G. SMITH

How glad the dawn of each new day,Since I have learned to knowThat Love doth ever point the way'Tis right for me to go.

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SHOW ME THY FACE

AMY RUTH WENZEL.

No man shall look upon my face and live.

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COMFORT

Elizabeth Allen Mallory

Love , little children,Meaneth comfort in the doing,Comfort from the Father-heartSent to those who do their part.

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STRENGTH

GERTRUDE RING

"If thou hast run with the footmen,"—Aye, Lord, and the way was so longThat only Thy presence among usCould hearten us into song.

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"THY WILL BE DONE"

MAUDE A. RICHARDSON.

My God, my Father, Love divine,Help me to blend my will with Thine.

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THE MASTER

AGNES FLORIDA CHALMERS.

The victor over sin and fear and strife,The Nazarene who taught all men the way,The Master of the verities of Life,—So often went apart alone to pray.

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The stubborn will and blind,The engine deemed a pow'r by mortal sense,That works within us—who can fathom whenceIt comes, or who can findThe reason of its spell and seeming thrall,That we should fail to hear or heed the call—Thy will be done?