Poems

Springtide in the Heart

ELIZABETH EARL JONES.

In silence tender, magic, deft,The hand of Love transforms the earth,'Till not a barren twig is leftTo mar the joys of life's new birth.

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Radiance

MARY J. ELMENDORF.

My star is shining, shining, shining!The sweet, white joy that smiled on meThrough many a brent and thorny path,An arc of braver minstrelsy,And wider wings of radiance, hath.

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So Shall the Sun of Righteousness Arise

FLORENCE VILLERS BROWN.

A Tender flash eastern sky.

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Justice

W. D. MC CRACKAN.

Keep step, my brothers, hail the glorious fray!Together march to purify to-day!All for each, and each for all,And Love decrees that none shall fall.

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Unity

John Greenleaf Whittier

Forgive, O Lord, our severing ways,The separate altars that we raise,The varying tongues that speak Thy praise!

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Eventide

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH.

See how the sunset rays of gleaming goldHave lit their lamps on Israel's hills,And soon a solemn silence fills.

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Come

J. W. WALKER.

When in sickness, want, and woe,Wand'ring from my Father's home,Wilful oft, I answered, "No,"To His loving, patient "Come,Come, my child, your wand'rings cease.

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Three Gates

Beth Day with contributions from William Penn

If you are tempted to revealA tale some one to you has toldAbout another, make it pass,Before you speak, three gates of gold.

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Resolutions

JENNIE WALBRIDGE BRIGGS.

Resolved to live the truth I know,And by my words and deeds to showTo those in sickness, doubt, and fearThat God is Love and God is near,—

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"What think ye?"

J. CRADDOCK JONES.

Think ye of Mind as but a transient force,A temporal power within the human breast,Destroyed when sin has run its wanton courseAnd wayward man at last is laid at rest?