Poems

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My Prayer

GEORGE D. ARTHUR.

Teach me, O God, to see and knowThe light the Christ has shedUpon our path, to walk in love,The way our Master led.
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My Ambition

E. B. M.

O, were it mine to sing a songWhose sweetness, at my feet should holdThe spell-bound thousands, all untold,—I'd rather far it were my partWith comfort e'en one life to fold,—Bind up one broken heart.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

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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"In Time of War and Tumult."

HARRY DOUGLAS ROBINS.

I sought to eat life's bread—and lo!The loaf turned to a stone.

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Simple Trust

J. G. Whittier

No picture to my aid I call,I shape no image in my prayer;I only know in Him is allOf life, light, beauty, everywhere.
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Hold Fast

W. D. MC CRACKAN.

The cause of good shall win,The side of right shall gain,For Love must blot out sin,And health will laugh at pain.
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Requirement

J. G. Whittier

We live by Faith; but Faith is not the slaveOf text and legend.

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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.

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Shared reflections

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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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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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Success

WM. ORDWAY PARTRIDGE.

If thou hast struck one blow for liberty,Be it of slave or shackled intellect,Thou hast not failed.
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A Discovery

REUBEN POGSON.

I STRUGGLED oft with an unseen foe.
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Jubilate

MRS. R. H. KERR.

O, HARP of Israel! mute so long, I sweep thy rapturous strings: Thy cadences of praise are mine! My soul in gladness sings:
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Clothed Upon

ROSE SEELYE-MILLER.

The earth was bare and dun and sere.
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Safe Keeping

CLARA L. DOANE.

In night time deep,When I'm asleep,I am God's child,And God doth keep.
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A Smile

Emily Dickenson

They might not need me—Yet they might—I'll let my heart beJust in sight—