Take Courage

By Elo Bowman

When the tempest rages round me

In a wild and stormy land,

And it seems I’m all forsaken,

Oft I barely yet can stand.

When the folks I counted loyal

Falter back and leave me lone,

Then I struggle feebly onward,

Though the storm more fierce has grown,

Oh, I must, I must remember,

We are mortals every one,

And perhaps they took for-granted

That I would not feel alone.

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His Matchless Love

by Helen Steiner Rice

God’s love is like an island

In life’s ocean vast and wide,

A peaceful, quiet shelter

From the restless, rising tide,

God’s love is like anchor

When the angry billows roll,

A mooring in the storms of life,

A stronghold for the soul,

God’s love is like a fortress

And we seek protection there,

When the waves of tribulation

Seem to drown us in despair,

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Death And Hope

By Elo Bowman

(In memory of Edward Martin

and Loreen Weber July, 2007)

As spring has turned to summertide

We mark the year’s relentless stride.

The good Lord took that which he gave. . .

A blooming life, and then. . . the grave.

The year was marked by tears and pain

And yet our loss has been their gain.

Our God alone knows reasons why;

It was His will, yet still we cry.

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