Poems

Before the rising of the sun, Or the moon's fading from the sky, I wake and, awestruck, contemplate In depth man's true identity. Child of the ever-living God, Idea of the eternal Mind, By Spirit's light I walk a road With grace and beauty strawed and spined.

The story of Cain! Its message and lesson await us. "Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering.

The man who sows his fields with wheat, Scattering trustfully the seed, Has faith that some day it will yield Enough to meet his every need. The man who lives a life of prayer Will greet with joy the morning light; He takes each step with confidence, Knowing his Father guides aright.

"And he had in his hand a little book open" ( Rev. 10:2 ) I fed on darkness, on my bitter husk of hardened heart; yet, feeding, cursed the pain.

Each loving thought Is an everlasting song, Conceived in Truth, Forever flowing on; From heart to heart Enveloping, as it goes, In infinite embrace What God knows. James R.

"When the sun was setting," shadows fell but light was there, the sick made well. In dusk of evening, light was there, impartial as cool evening air, Love illuming all who came, who after never were the same.

Who could believe and who accept as "chosen vessel" This rigid Pharisee, bound by letter, code, and creed? Destroyer! Bent on bringing to an end the words and works Of Christ and all who preached his name .

Daughter of patience, compassion and care, Mary and Martha united in Love, Yours a persuasion of unceasing prayer— Yours a profession ordained from above. Hearts who would vanquish mortality's claim Find in your gentleness heavenly rest.

Within me burns a fire, strange, incandescent flower of the supreme desire that fuses self in Soul. Molten by a higher vision, the vaunted claims of personal pride and power consume in meekness that discerns, within Love's light, man whole, a radiance of His being.

Teach us, O Lord, To know a true humility, That, like the shepherds long ago, When we shall hear Truth's angel voice, We too shall rise and go To seek its light. Oh, let us learn Of wisdom, and of constancy, That, like the Wisemen, we shall see The star of hope, And let ourselves be led, Unquestioning, across the shifting sands To cast our earthly treasures down Before the feet of Truth.