Poems

THE MORNING LIGHT

Methought I saw a hill and heavy cross,And error crying, "Crucify!"Then on that cross the "perfect man" was nailed,While all the earth was black and heaven wailed.

"THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN."

It gleams as lightning in the lurid shade;'Tis like the leaven that the housewife laidUnseen among the meal, till all was made;Like fisher's net, filled from the weltering deepWith bad and good, to cast aside or keep;It comes in silence, thief-like, while we sleep;Like the small mustard-seed, uncared, that fellAnd grew the mightiest of the herbs, untilThe birds of heaven upon her branches dwell;'Tis like the king who for his marriage-feastCalled rich and poor, the peasant and the priest;But all men made excuse, the greatest as the least.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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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AFTER ALL

Our sobs and our laughter may follow each otherAs swift as our heart-throbs, many's the time;Our smiles and our tears may neighbor each otherBehind our quick eyelids, many's the time;Hide-and-seek may be played by the clouds and the sunlightAcross the blue spaces forever above us;Yet we know, after all, there is always the sunlight,And we know God is Love and is ever above us.

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UPWARD

A little thought in dark seclusion dwelt.

"BE STILL, AND KNOW"

The day no more seems gay and glad,Instead, the time is sorry, sad,And full of woe.

THE UPWARD LOOK

Lift up thine eyes!The act alone will give thee strengthTo brave the trying grief-time's length,To meet thy woes,To find a peace 'mid worldly strife,And win the race of human life,In spite of foes!

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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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Changing your world

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From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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From Freedom from addiction

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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INFINITIES

A drop of opalescent dewReflects entire the varied hueOf rainbow, sun, and sky;The fine essential fragrance sweetOf nature's perfumed store replete,Is the violet's supply.

RISEN WITH CHRIST

When he, the God-anointed, gently steppedFrom out the rock-ribbed tomb that Sabbath morn,Where'er his foot alighted blossomed forthA virgin lily; thus was Easter born.

PROTECTION

When God leads, though earth darkness shroudWith foemen close at hand,'Twixt you and them His flaming cloudWill never fail to stand.

THE PEACE OF GOD

Under gray skies the wind blows keen and cold—The day is bleak, the world seems dead and old;But all within me glows a soft, strong light,For God is here and in Him is no night.

HEAVEN HERE

When, upward turned our longing eyes,We pray that God be near,—E'en then, while soaring to the skies,Our God is pleading here.

"THE CARNAL MIND"

Farewell forever, evil counselor,Henceforth be separate thy ways and mine.