Poems

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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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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.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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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—
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Answered Prayer

CAROL NORTON.

I am nestling, Father, nestling,Safe within Thy loving care.

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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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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.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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Love's Ministry

MARY J. ELMENDORF.

The hand of Love supernal rolls the heavy stone awayThat marked my sepulchre and, leading forth into the day,Bares to the sabres of His sun my shadowy bonds of clay.
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Omnipresence

ELOISE CAMERON MC GREGOR.

I Know in all Thy world there is no place Or cause for pain;Within Infinity there is no space Evil could gain.
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Resolved

AGNES FLORIDA CHALMERS.

To know a little more of good each day;To hourly cast some cherished sin away;To give each thought to Love, and keep no partOf any will of mine within my heart;To do, without complaining, every taskLife gives to me, while pausing not to askThe why or wherefore; just Thy will to know,Trusting in Thee to guide me as I go,Father.
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The Smile of God

WILLARD MUDGETT GRIMES.

[The Indians named a very beautiful lake "the Smile of the Great Spirit.
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The Sculptor's Prayer

WILLIS VERNON COLE.

Let every thought that guides this hand to-day,Be song of praise, O God, unto Thy name,And every chastened chisel-touch a layOf selfless love that seeks a selfless fame.
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Faith

HARRY T. FEE.

There is no woeBut what we make,There is no gloomBut as we takeGloom's vagrant view:God's all-wise love will not forsakeHis truth in you.