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"HE SENT HIS WORD"

O precious Word, that through the Master came, To bring sweet peace and healing in God's name; The Word which, spoken to the swelling crowd, Rebuked the swinish thought, Made evil cry aloud, Torment us not; And yet in tender might Brought the repentant to the Master's feet! God's Word is law; and when it is obeyed, No matter what the trial, We need not be dismayed; His word a lamp, whose glorious shining rays Point on and up to higher, holier ways.

A PRAYER

Father of all, in whom each one is living, Humbly and gratefully to Thee I pray; I have received so much, I would be giving. Father, I ask Thee to show me the way.

"THE SMILE OF THE GREAT SPIRIT"*

A jewel fair among encircling hills it lies, A mirror clear, wherein on surface still As in a glass reflected are the mountains, trees, Sky and sun and cloud; So pure, so peaceful, and so holy, quiet. So may my consciousness, O Love divine, Be still and quiet as this gentle lake, That Thou and Thou alone in it reflected be— Thy beauty, peace, Thy glory and Thy love; So losing self, lo! I am one with Thee.

GRATITUDE

To greet the gray dawn with a smile and say, Father, I thank Thee for another day, For the calm hours of a reposeful night Marked by Thy grace and guarded by Thy might; To store each glint of sun and leave no room Within a joy-filled heart for grief or gloom, Seeking the sky in every dancing brook And scent of violet in sheltered nook; To hear God's voice amid the city's hum, Where sense seems paramount and goodness dumb, Marking each day by growth of grace within, By healed conditions and forsaken sin; To make a barren life one harvest field Of God's abundance, by our prayers revealed; To stretch out hands and cry, Ah! God is here, There is no loneliness, or want, or fear; To make the evening bright with thanks and say, Father, I thank Thee for another day!

"THE GUEST OF GOD"*

If I am then the guest of God, may I Not well rejoice? My every need is met. None sick, no sinner there; our Father's board Is laid abundantly.

ESTABLISH THOU ME

Establish Thou my ways, dear Lord, And safety shall attend The path my searching feet shall find Wherever roads may bend. Keep Thou my heart with diligence, And sheltered shall it be From human woes and bitterness That nothing have of Thee.

THE EVER-PRESENCE

Thou'rt not alone, then; on thy journey go The way God designates, where'er it be; If in a desert place, there thou shalt know The angel of His presence walks with thee.

THE PRACTITIONER

She goes so quietly her busy way One hardly knows she passes, yet the day Is gladdened by her eager, loving smile, And sorrow seems less sharp and real the while. For in her heart a well of love supplies Refreshment that sustains and satisfies Those suffering from sin or grief or pain, And leads their thoughts to God and peace again.

"WHEREFORE DIDST THOU DOUBT?"

Oh, troubled heart, do not forget That Love divine has ever met Each human need; His gracious hand, His tender care, Doth guard and guide thee everywhere, And gently lead. Thou too may'st feel the touch divine Of healing Love.

A LESSON FROM A BIRD

Dear Father-Mother, I have often heard In morning's dewy gold, the startled cry And flutter of some hungry baby bird, And seen the tender mother swiftly fly With reassuring comfort to his aid: How little cause had he to be afraid! When I, like that small nestling, Father dear, Grow fretful, or impatient of Thy care, Remind me that the love which healed his fear Is present for our comfort everywhere; And that in peaceful trust we find Thee still, Not knowing aught beside Thy perfect will. And thus, dear Father-Mother, I would grow More tender still to serve Thee, glad and strong; Like that swift mother bird, so I would show Love's presence to the heart that suffers wrong.