Poems

The Power of Prayer

Lord, what a change within us one short hourSpent in thy presence will prevail to make,What heavy burdens from our bosom take,What parched grounds refresh, as with a shower!We kneel, and all around us seems to lower;We rise, and all, the distant and the near,Stands forth in sunny outline, brave and clear;We kneel how weak, we rise how full of power!

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"Doe the Nexte Thynge!"

Anonymous

From an old English parsonageDown by the sea,There came in the twilightA message for me;Its quaint Saxon legend,Deeply engraven,

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Speak and Do

Mary C. Billings with contributions from Geo. R. Lowe

If you have a word 'gainst wrong,Say it now and say it strong!Never hesitate; who knows?

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Three Little Rules

St. Nicholas

Three little rules we all should keepTo make life happy and bright—Smile in the morning; smile at noon;And keep on smiling at night!

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A Prayer

Washington Gladden with contributions from Henry W. Crosskey

O Master, let me walk with theeIn lowly paths of service free;Tell me thy secret; help me bearThe strain of toil, the fret of care.

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Mental Might

JULIA W. MICHAEL.

A world of suffering nations has weighed the might of acrown,A thinking, free-born people has cast the conqueror down:Yet voices, choosing a leader, grow harsh to slander hisname,And holy hearts are broken upon the altar of Fame.

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The Echo

Aloysius Call

A Thundering tone, hard driven down a glen,Broke on the granite at a mountain's feet,And tremulous, and soft and lowly, thenReturned, a finished echo, pure and sweet.

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Heart's Ease

GEORGE I. WOOLLEY

OF all things good on earth I am most sought, And yet, albeit, I am rarely found; I cannot be with countless millions bought, And bootless ye may search earth's farthest bound.

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My Refuge

MARY I. KEITH

HARD pressed on every hand, Yet not dismayed.

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Memory of Good Deeds

Edwin Markham

The memory of good deeds will ever stay, A lamp to light us on the darkened way, A music to the ear on clamoring street, A cooling well amid the noonday heat.