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... smile , But what have we brought today ? We shall give to truth a grander birth , And to steadfast faith a deeper worth , We shall feed the hungering souls of earth , But whom have we fed today ? NIXON WATERMAN . O Thou , who dost give ...
... smile , But what have we brought today ? We shall give to truth a grander birth , And to steadfast faith a deeper worth , We shall feed the hungering souls of earth , But whom have we fed today ? NIXON WATERMAN . O Thou , who dost give ...
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... smiling , as in mother's tears ; And , for strange comfort , through the aching years , Men's hungry souls have named that great Heart , God ! MARGARET Deland . And now , O God , Our God , we would do more than speak about Thee ; we ...
... smiling , as in mother's tears ; And , for strange comfort , through the aching years , Men's hungry souls have named that great Heart , God ! MARGARET Deland . And now , O God , Our God , we would do more than speak about Thee ; we ...
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... smiling , as in mother's tears ; And , for strange comfort , through the aching years , Men's hungry souls have named that great Heart , God ! MARGARET DELAND . And now , O God , Our God , we would do more than speak about Thee ; we ...
... smiling , as in mother's tears ; And , for strange comfort , through the aching years , Men's hungry souls have named that great Heart , God ! MARGARET DELAND . And now , O God , Our God , we would do more than speak about Thee ; we ...
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... smile to show , Show it now . Make hearts happy , roses grow , Let the friends around you know The love you have before they go ; Show it now . CHARLES R. SKINNER . O God , Thou art the God of all joy and of all love . Thou hast made ...
... smile to show , Show it now . Make hearts happy , roses grow , Let the friends around you know The love you have before they go ; Show it now . CHARLES R. SKINNER . O God , Thou art the God of all joy and of all love . Thou hast made ...
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... smile , His love can every wrong and sorrow reconcile . Just love and love and love and calmly wait awhile . Dear restless heart , be brave ! Don't moan and sorrow So. Just hope and hope and hope until you braver grow , He hath a ...
... smile , His love can every wrong and sorrow reconcile . Just love and love and love and calmly wait awhile . Dear restless heart , be brave ! Don't moan and sorrow So. Just hope and hope and hope until you braver grow , He hath a ...
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A. D. T. WHITNEY abide ALICE CARY Amen beauty bring burden CHARLES cheer child Christ clouds comfort courage darkness divine dreams duty earth EDWARD ROWLAND SILL ELLA WHEELER WILCOX eternal everlasting eyes face faith fear feel Forgive GEORGE GEORGE L gift give glad glory God's grace Grant happy heart Heavenly Father Help HENRY VAN DYKE HENRY WADSWORTH LONGfellow HENRY WARD BEECHER hope hour infinite Jesus JOHN KENDRICK BANGS life's light lives look Lord MARGARET DELAND morning mother never night ourselves patient PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR perfect PERIN pray Thee prayer quiet refreshed rejoice rest ROBERT LOVEMAN shadows shine sing sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit stars storm strength sunshine sweet tasks thank Thee Thine things Thou art Thou dost Thou knowest Thou wilt thought Thy children Thy hand Thy love Thy presence Thyself toil tomorrow tonight trust in Thee truth unto weary wind word
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Page 27 - WHEN I heard the learn'd astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them, When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room, How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself, In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time, Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.
Page 20 - There are in this loud stunning tide Of human care and crime, With whom the melodies abide Of the everlasting chime ; Who carry music in their heart Through dusky lane and wrangling mart, Plying their daily task with busier feet, Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat.