Poems

"Thy Will Be Done"

"Thy will be done," I read one careless day, And thought, if thus I pray a slave I' ll be;
We search the world for truth; we cull The good, the pure, the beautiful, From graven stone and written scroll, From all the flower-fields of the soul: And, weary seekers of the best, We come back laden from our quest, To find that all the sages said Is in the Book our mother read.

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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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Life and Death

So he died for his faith.

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The Burn

Go forth upon thy journey, little one, Make haste and run; Long miles on miles thy liquid foot must creepEre thou have leave to sleep.

Why Should'st Thou Fear?

Why should'st Thou fearWhen God is near?
By ea and plain and mountain will spread the larger creed,The love that knows no border, the bond that knows no breed;

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Anthology of classic articles III

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Anthology of classic articles III

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Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

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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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Sincerity

Waste not thy being, back to HimWho freely gave it, freely give.

June

June , thou month of roses and fragrance sweet,When nature's offerings on every side we greet,O'er hill and dale, the wild flowers scattered free.

The Real Man

Out of all mists,Into all Light;Out of all wrong,Into the Right;Out of things false,Into the true;Out of death's clutch,Into Life new.

My Offering

Dear God, how can I serve Thee best?

Three Penitents

One tarried by the gatewayTo listen for the call;One stood within the portalTo chide a faith so small;
Not what we give, but what we share—For the gift without the giver is bare;Who gives himself with his alms feeds three,—Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.