Poems

There is a place beside Me: thou shalt stand Upon a rock. Blessed assurance this To all who stand in conscious unity With God, their feet implanted on the rock— Foundation sure—the ever-living Christ, Through whom they see, in all eternity, The unity, the perfect All-in-all Of Love and its idea, God and man.

Since Thou art my Guide, no evil snare or pestilence I fear; My hand in Thine doth rest secure and close — Thy presence near. Thy healing love surrounds me everywhere my path shall go; I cannot wander blindly, for Thy gentle voice I know.

Alone with God Our Leader stood, Steadfast and unafraid, Hearing only His voice, Obedient to His all-bestowing will. The storms of evil circled round her In every form of subtlety and strife; Confusion, malice, hate— In vain they beat against the granite of the thought That knew, with childlike faith And deep understanding, The truth she lived and taught: "Love is enthroned.

Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. Winter lay over the city, lay upon its heart.

Alone with God, all human sense transcending, In consciousness of goodness never ending We stand, and know the Love that now enfolds us Will in its strong embrace forever hold us, For Love is strong. Alone with God, Love's purpose sweet revealing, We feel the Christly touch and know the healing That comes to him who trusts Love's tender guiding, And finds sweet comfort in such Love confiding, For Love is sweet.

What is the prayer that heals? It is the quiet knowing That God is All-in-all And evil but a dream. It is the truth that comes To human hearts, bestowing The peace of God, which flows From Love's celestial stream.

You are God's child, safe in His care; His love, His truth, are everywhere. No earth-born strife, no ocean wild Can conquer you.

If I should cease to be the true expression Of Principle, and Truth, and Life, and Love, God would be less than constant. No digression Is possible to Him in whom we move And live and have our being.

Ever-present Father, guide us— I will keep you in My way. Take from us desire for sinning— Truth is cleansing you from evil.

I thank Thee, Father, For today— In which to work, In which to play, In which to pray, In which to say "Thy will be done. ".