Questions & Answers
I will go back, and find the path I lost, I will seek patiently wherein I strayed; I must go back; for all these flowery ways End but in desolation, and the maze Of trackless forest where the blind bat flies. Footsore and weary, tears of hope betrayed Are in my eyes.
Who said that man immortal knows a past Of sin, of sickness, failure, want, and woe? Who said that yesteryear was darkest night, Forgetting whence the tides of goodness flow? Who thus would veil the perfect work of God, And say that Love hath ceased to give its light; That fair creation once in beauty dawned, And then, alas! began to droop and blight? We thank Thee, Father-Mother, that we know That dreams of sense in Life have never been; That past and present, all the future holds, Are radiant with Thy love and free from sin; That in this Love, this Mind, we e'er abide, To sin and death, to change and time, unknown, The humble servants of Thy perfect will, Upheld in peace before Thy shining throne.
Dear Father-God, give me such clear discerning That I may know the way Thou leadest me; That every thought, an ever-constant yearning, Will be a step from sense and self to Thee. Dear Father, teach me gratitude for healing, And for Thy blessings, daily, which are mine; And may the truth, an ever-clear revealing, Help me to yield my will, O God, to Thine.
Shall we start the day with prayer—God is Love! Shall we lift a hymn of praise for the wonder of God's ways, Shall we laud Love's loving-kindness—God is Love! Shall we render homage true—Life is Love! Shall we try by word, by deed, to relieve another's need, Shall we offer praise in gladness—Life is Love! Shall we seek the Horeb height—all is Love! Shall we follow joy's bright gleam, shall we rouse us from the dream, Shall we swell the victor's chorus, All is Love!
The eternal now of an endless Life Holds only the good and true. The infinite Mind knows naught of time, For Truth is forever new.
Give me the cloak of gladness warmly lined To wrap me when the gusts of sorrow blow— Its depth can feel no sudden, arrowy wind Of hurt or disillusionment; and oh, Give me the sandals, wonderful and fleet, Of selfless love—though hasting on my way, I shall find respite in the lives made sweet— I shall wear lightly my increasing day; And for a headpiece, Lord, the helmet bright Of understanding. Then nor moon nor sun Will be, by darkness or by day, my light; But this my light: I am with Thee at one.
O lonely one, do not forget to sing Though shadows gather at the eventide. There is no river, dark and deep and wide, Between you and your own to whom you cling That Jesus did not bridge by sacrifice; The Christ is here, by mortal eyes unseen, With Love supreme and Life that never dies.
I will lift up my heart and voice Though error's claims seem sore; In dauntless faith I will rejoice And sing forevermore. Rejoice in ever present Love That casts out hate and fear, In joyous Life that knows no death, In Truth forever near.
We know a Christmas far above This seeming Christmastide; Christ comes again, as Life and Love— In this truth we abide. Once more the angel voices send Their song o'er all the earth; The Christ-idea they portend Is springing into birth.
Salome! Had you been with me in the boat You would not chide and moan because our boys Have gone with the Beloved from this our home. Let me, Salome, tell you how it came.