Poems

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I Will Not Fear

BY IDA FULLER MOORE.

What though there be dark, lowering sky?

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God's Requirement

John G. Whittier

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

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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.

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Rules and Lessons

Henry Vaughan

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Thy Best

WHATE'ER thou dost, do well—it may not stand An hour, it may for centuries endure; But thou shalt have performed thy Lord's command, And thy reward shall be forever sure.

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Transitions

BY AMY ALLEN.

Out of the noisy tumult,Out of the fevered heat,Out of grewsome fancies,Out of self-hood's cheat.

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The First Evil Step

BY IRWIN J. MUSGROVE.

I muse and think and ponderOn what the sages said,And as my thoughts now wanderBack through the ages dead,I realize their words sublimeAre fitted for the present time.