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THE PATH OF HONOR

HE that in all things honored God, Saw man in heavenly guise; He pierced the palsy and the sin With his unerring eyes. As light into the darkness falls, So Love's forgiveness fell, And each atonement made for sin Made naught disease as well.

"IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS"

Thank God for life, thank God for truth and love, For good brown earth, for starry skies above, For golden days of sunshine warm and bright, E'en for each candle flickering through the night. Thank God for flowers that blow in gardens fair, For tiny blossoms in a city square.

What do we need to keep the nation whole...

What do we need to keep the nation whole, To guard the pillars of the state? We need The fine audacities of honest deed; The homely old integrities of soul; The swift temerities that take the part Of outcast right—the wisdom of the heart; Brave hopes that mammon never can detain, Nor sully with his gainless clutch for gain. We need the Cromwell fire to make us feel The common burden and the public trust To be a thing as sacred and august As the white vigil where the angels kneel.

HERE AND NOW

I always felt the blackest cloud would lift, Break, reveal the blue and snow-white drift Above, and all the glories of God's skies, And gropingly I felt my sense would rise, Sometime. I hoped that good would grow from everything, That every bud that blossomed in the spring Was but a symbol of some larger, purer love That lived and bloomed, eternal, far above, Somewhere.

ONLY A THIEF

Born in the dust of poverty and shame, And nurtured in neglect, with tarnished name, A hunger-goaded waif to Zion came. His was a sordid tale, and hundreds more, Helpless as he, had wandered there before, To pray for work and wage from door to door.

AWAKEN !

Awaken ! Softly waken! "Tis a dream, For thou art home and not on distant shore Where error's waves thy cherished hopes dash o'er: Illusions they that now so potent seem— Illusions fading when Truth's morning beam Into thy heart doth resurrecting pour, As, when the earth a cloak of darkness wore, Did fade the darkness at the dawn's first gleam. Awaken, for sweet comfort waiteth thee, And Love the gloom of sense shall sweep away, Till in the light of Truth thy thought be free! Awaken to the beams of an eternal day: The dawning day of Spirit wake to see, And but the gentle voice of Love obey!

THE WAY

Dear heart, when error would thy life enthrall To wrong beliefs of discord, sin, and death, And try to make thy better impulse fall Into the mire, despair not thou; But ever searching, list'ning for the call Of Love, pursue thy path along the straight And narrow way. Since Love is All, Then enter thou at Love's pure gate.

OMNIPOTENCE

What though the call to arms sounds through the land, What though earth quakes with battle's thunder-shock Till ev'n the mighty mountains seem to rock, When hate's conflicting forces make their stand! What though false powers have uttered their demand! Their "shalt" or "shalt not" is a thing of naught To Him who the great universe hath wrought, And holdeth its deep places in His hand. Its firm foundations at His word appear, And foes defiant from that presence flee, When good triumphant conquereth every fear, And Love divine destroys malignity.

WHO KNOWETH LOVE?

"Ah, what is Love?" The question softly fell. Can human tongue the perfect answer tell? Is it the sunset radiance, or the shade That steals at twilight down the sleepy glade? Is it the broken whisper of a prayer Springing from that meek heart where once despair Held sway but rules no longer, or the smile On childlike face that knows nor fear nor guile,— The song that rises as tears fall the while? "And where is Love?" The question plaintive grew.

LOVE'S SUFFICIENCY

Love fills thy every need; O doubting heart, look up, And lips rejoice, that ye may drink From Truth's unemptied cup. Love fills thy every need; Bid lurking fear go hence, And of the Father's bounty take In trust and confidence.