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THE PEACE OF GOD

FRANCIS E. FALKENBURY.

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.
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HEAVEN HERE

JOHN CHICK MURRAY.

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.

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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

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"THE CARNAL MIND"

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH.

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

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PERCEPTION

MARION COOK

When birds are gone from bush and bough,God's music is not fled;Nor when embosomed in the snow,Are tiny green things dead.
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THE CHRIST-DAWN

LILLIAN MATHER LATHROP

The Love-light breaks!Across the deep of sin's black nightI see the priceless pearl of lightGleam tenderly with hope's soft ray—The far-off promise of the day.
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COMPLETE IN THEE

FRANCES MACK MANN

Complete in Thee, we do not seeThe petty things that gender strife;Broad grows the outlook, boundless, free:Eternal good the only Life.

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Changing your world

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'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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A HYMN

CHARLES A. STEBBINS

Like as the early autumn breezeGoes chanting through the hilltop treesIts joy and happiness,Let me my voice, like David, raiseIn psalms of thanks and grateful praise,And Thy great goodness bless.
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COMMUNION

JENNIE MAY MYERS.

This is a day of gladness, and my heartAccepts with joy and love the better part;Communes in secret with the One above,Omnipotent and omnipresent Love.
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HYMN OF PEACE

John Addington Symonds

These things shall be! A loftier raceThan e'er the world hath known shall rise,With flame of freedom in their soulsAnd light of knowledge in their eyes.
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"THY WILL, NOT MINE."

W. PETCH.

IN Thy pure sight, O wondrous eyes of God,Naught but the perfect thought is ever seen;For every serpent-fear, behold, a rod!On which the erring human sense may lean.
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THE VOICE OF TRUTH

MARY J. ELMENDORF

THY guiding voice, O Truth, in thought I hear, Rebuking error, stilling grief and fear! My heart its healing benediction shrines; And lo, like sun-surf purpling hillside vines, A rush of radiance ripens power and cheer.
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TEACH ME

S. GORDON THOMSON

TEACH me to watch when mortal night is deepest, Assured there comes a passing of the night, When I may open wide my Father's window And point the rousing dreamer to the light.