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Poems

Seek not the same steps with the crowd; stick thou...

Henry Vaughan

Seek not the same steps with the crowd; stick thouTo thy sure trot; a constant, humble mindIs both his own joy, and his Maker's too;Let folly dust it on, or lag behind.

True Gain

BY M. P. H.

When another injures you,"Let it pass!"If you hate because you're hurt,Then alas!It hurts to hate, while to forgive is gainTo all who quickly actAnd make the Golden Rule a living fact.

Rest

Goethe

Rest is not quittingThe busy career;Rest is the fittingOf self to one's sphere.

A Hymn

BY M. P. CAMERON

LORD, I was blind, I could not seeAught in Thy life's sweet purity;But now, Truth shining on my nightGiveth eternal sight.

Now our wants and burdens leaving...

Samuel Longfellow

Now our wants and burdens leavingTo his care who cares for all, Cease we fearing, cease we grieving; At his touch our burdens fall.

I Will Not Fear

BY IDA FULLER MOORE.

What though there be dark, lowering sky?

God's Requirement

John G. Whittier

We live by faith, but faith is not the slaveOf text and legend.

Teach the Children

BY MRS. J. N. WHITE.

Teach the children Truth's pure lesson,Lead them gently day by day,In the straight and narrow pathway,Love illumining the way.

Rules and Lessons

Henry Vaughan

When first thy eyes unveil, give thy soul leaveTo do the like; our bodies but forerunThe spirit's duty.

Reply to "If We Knew."

BY IDA HODNETT.

If we felt the bitter anguishThat our thoughts and words have sentTo the brother we are judging,The cruel bow might be unbent.

Watch Your Thoughts

You never can tell what a thought can doIn bringing you hate or love,For thoughts are things, and their airy wingsAre swifter than carrier doves.

Sunshine

BY MRS. BELLE B. COLEMAN.

Brightly beams the morning sunshine, Rolling o'er the eastern hills, Tingeing ferns and brakes with brightness, Clustered round the mountain rills.