Poems

Thou Love by whom The Son was sent, Heal me of discontent. When calls the distant shore, Or far retreat, Show me life's pearl Beneath my feet.

O Father, wise and wonderful, From Thee we take our name; Our heritage is hid with Thee; Our life, our health, our liberty, From changeless Being came. O Father, wise and wonderful, Hid deep within our breast Is this, the promise of Thy Son: Come unto me, ye weary one, And I will give you rest.

Be jubilant, ye people, And magnify His name! Rejoice! Rejoice with singing; His majesty proclaim! From Egypt's darkest thralldom He set His people free; He led them out of bondage O'er mountain, plain, and sea. With majesty He led them; They knew His guiding hand: Obedient to His guidance, They reached the promised land.

Rejoice ! Again rejoice, and sing! Crown now Life, Truth, and Love our King; Let all express with every breath: There is no law of sin and death. Tell sinful, sick, and dying men That sweetest hope is born again; The voice of Love and Truth, it saith, There is no law of sin and death.

We fervently pray: Dear Lord, ever lead In ways thou wouldst have us to go. And with a glad song We journey along, Where gently the calm waters flow.

Oh , the dawn of Truth is bringing Clearer vision every day; And the flowers of God are springing All along the upward way. Every evening brings its morning, Every morn a broader view, On the glad, ascending pathway Of creation, ever new.

Dwell high within the secret place; 'T is nigh the Father's loving face. There hide, and trust the power supreme To guide through error's mortal dream.

So close to Thee, dear God, that I may hear Thy softest whisper sounding full and clear To point my way; And all the day I shall rejoice to know Thee ever near. So close to Thee, dear God, that I may feel Thy tender hand upon me as I kneel In praise to Thee; And may it be My joy to know Thy Word my work doth seal.

We ask for this: to know that good is power, That good is present every day and hour. For this is truth ; and those who love the true Have proven well what Truth and Love can do.

O Love , send out Thy radiance free, That I may keep the pathway sure, And reach Thy holy hill, secure From clouds that now encompass me. Then to Thy presence will I go With praise and joyfulness supreme, Where, wakened from the earthly dream, Thy perfect peace my heart shall know.