The final word in the title of this volume refers to the Divine Power in every human being, the recognition of which is the secret to all success and happiness. It is this idea which m...
The Queen is taking a drive to-day, They have hung with purple the carriage-… They have dressed with purple the royal… Where the Queen goes forth and never co… Let no man labour as she goes by
A curious vision on mine eyes unfurled In the deep night. I saw, or seemed to… Two Centuries meet, and sit down vis-à-… Across the great round table of the worl… One with suggested sorrows in his mien,
In the midst of sunny waters, lo! the mi… Staggers, bruised and torn and wounded b… One that drifted from its moorings in th… On the deck our noble Pilot, in the glo… Lies in woe-impelling silence, dead befo…
As the funeral train with its honoured d… On its mournful way went sweeping, While a sorrowful nation bowed its head And the whole world joined in weeping, I thought, as I looked on the solemn si…
God and I in space alone And nobody else in view. “And where are the people, O Lord,” I… “The earth below, and the sky o’er head, And the dead whom once I knew?”
I am serenity. Though passions beat Like mighty billows on my helpless heart… I know beyond them lies the perfect swee… Serenity, which patience can impart. And when wild tempests in my bosom rage,
I know not whence I came, I know not whither I go; But the fact stands clear that I am her… In this world of pleasure and woe. And out of the mist and murk
Do you wish the world were better? Let me tell you what to do: Set a watch upon your actions, Keep them always straight and true; Rid your mind of selfish motives;
We two make home of any place we go; We two find joy in any kind of weather; Or if the earth is clothed in bloom or s… If summer days invite, or bleak winds bl… What matters it if we two are together?
Why should the poet of these pregnant ti… Be asked to sing of war’s unholy crimes? To laud and eulogize the trade which thr… On horrid holocausts of human lives? Man was a fighting beast when earth was…
All the aim of life is just Getting back to God. Spirit casting off its dust, Getting back to God. Every grief we have to bear
She must be honest, both in thought and… Of generous impulse, and above all greed… Not seeking praise, or place, or power,… But life’s best blessings for her higher… Which means the best for all.
Let me to-day do something that shall ta… A little sadness from the world’s vast s… And may I be so favoured as to make Of joy’s too scanty sum a little more Let me not hurt, by any selfish deed
Oh! I hear the people calling through t… They are calling, they are crying for th… It behooves you, men and women, it behoo… For there lurks a note of menace underne… Let the land usurpers listen, let the gr…
Oh! the earth is full of sinning And of trouble and of woe, But the devil makes an inning Every time we say it’s so. And the way to set him scowling,
A lovely little keeper of the home, Absorbed in menu books, yet erudite When I need counsel; quick at repartee And slow to anger. Modest as a flower, Yet scintillant and radiant as a star.
Be careful what rubbish you toss in the… On outgoing billows it drifts from your… But back on the incoming waves it may ri… And land at your threshold again before… Be careful what rubbish you toss in the…
Hark! high o’er the rattle and clamour a… Of traffic-filled streets, do you hear t… And pushing and rushing to see what’s th… Like herds of wild cattle, go pell-mell… There’s a fire in the city! the engines…
All the uniforms were blue, all the swor… When the regiment went marching down the… All the men were hale and strong as they… Through the cheers that drowned the musi… Oh the music of the feet keeping time to…
You do but jest, sir, and you jest not w… How could the hand be enemy of the arm, Or seed and sod be rivals! How could l… Feel jealousy of heat, plant of the leaf… Or competition dwell ’twixt lip and smil…
Who travels alone with his eyes on the h… Though he laughs in the day time oft wee… For courage goes down at the set of the… When the toil of the journey is all born… He speeds but to grief though full gaily…
The earth is yours and mine, Our God’s bequest. That testament divine Who dare contest? Usurpers of the earth,
I leave with God to-morrow’s where and… And do concern myself but with the Now, That little word, though half the future… Well used, holds twice its meaning and i… Like one blindfolded groping out his way…
With every rising of the sun Think of your life as just begun. The past has shrived and buried deep All yesterdays—there let them sleep, Nor seek to summon back one ghost
Do you know what moves the tides As they swing from low to high? ’Tis the love, love, love, Of the moon within the sky. Oh! they follow where she guides,
If you are sighing for a lofty work, If great ambitions dominate your mind, Just watch yourself and see you do not s… The common little ways of being kind. If you are dreaming of a future goal,
Over and over and over These truths I will weave in song— That God’s great plan needs you and me, That will is greater than destiny, And that love moves the world along.
Begin each morning with a talk to God, And ask for your divine inheritance Of usefulness, contentment, and success. Resign all fear, all doubt, and all desp… The stars doubt not, and they are undism…
Words are great forces in the realm of l… Be careful of their use. Who talks of… Of poverty, of sickness, but sets rife These very elements to mar his fate. When love, health, happiness, and plenty…
Wise men tell me thou, O Fate, Art invincible and great. Well, I own thy prowess; still Dare I flount thee, with my will. Thou canst shatter in a span
Use all your hidden forces. Do not miss the purpose of this life, and do not wait for circumstance to mold or change your fate. In your own self lies destiny.
When mighty issues loom before us, all The petty great men of the day seem smal… Like pigmies standing in a blaze of ligh… Before some grim majestic mountain-heigh… War, with its bloody and impartial hand,
Whenever I am prone to doubt or wonder— I check myself, and say, “That mighty O… Who made the solar system cannot blunder… And for the best all things are being do… Who set the stars on their eternal cours…
Time’s finger on the dial of my life Points to high noon! and yet the half-sp… Leaves less than half remaining, for the… Bleak shadows of the grave engulf the en… To those who burn the candle to the stic…
With each strong thought, with every ear… For aught thou deemest needful to thy so… Invisible vast forces are set thronging Between thee and that goal ’Tis only when some hidden weakness alte…
Smile a little, smile a little, As you go along, Not alone when life is pleasant, But when things go wrong. Care delights to see you frowning,
Man has explored all countries and all l… And made his own the secrets of each cli… Now, ere the world has fully reached its… The oval earth lies compassed with steel… The seas are slaves to ships that touch…
As we journey along, with a laugh and a… We see, on youth’s flower-decked slope, Like a beacon of light, shining fair on… The beautiful Station of Hope. But the wheels of old Time roll along a…
Like some schoolmaster, kind in being st… Who hears the children crying o’er their… And calling, “Help me, master!” yet hel… Since in his silence and refusal lies Their self-development, so God abides
We walk on starry fields of white And do not see the daisies, For blessings common in our sight We rarely offer praises. We sigh for some supreme delight
I see the tall church steeples— They reach so far, so far; But the eyes of my heart see the world’s… Where the starving people are. I hear the church bells ringing
Hadst thou a ship, in whose vast hold la… The priceless riches of all climes and l… Say, woudst thou let it float upon the s… Unpiloted, of fickle winds the sport, And of wild waves and hidden rocks the p…
All in the dark we grope along, And if we go amiss We learn at least which path is wrong, And there is gain in this. We do not always win the race
A yacht from its harbour ropes pulled fr… And leaped like a steed o’er the race tr… Then up behind her, the dust of the sea, A gray fog, drifted, and hid her from vi…
Love thyself last. Look near, behold t… To those who walk beside thee down life’… Make glad their days by little acts of b… And help them bear the burden of earth’s… Love thyself last. Look far and find t…
When Christmas bells are swinging above… We hear sweet voices ringing from lands… And etched on vacant places, Are half forgotten faces Of friends we used to cherish, and loves…
I am a river flowing from God’s sea Through devious ways. He mapped my cou… I cannot change it; mine alone the toil To keep the waters free from grime and s… The winding river ends where it began;
There is much that makes me sorry as I… And I seem to see more pathos in poor h… I’m sorry for the strong, brave men, who… But who, in their own troubled hours, fi… I’m sorry for the victors who have reach…
If all the end of this continuous strivi… Were simply to attain, How poor would seem the planning and con… The endless urging and the hurried drivi… Of body, heart, and brain!
The mighty forces of mysterious space Are one by one subdued by lordly man. The awful lightning that for eons ran Their devastating and untrammelled race, Now bear his messages from place to plac…
You will be what you will to be; Let failure find its false content In that poor word “environment,” But spirit scorns it, and is free. It masters time, it conquers space,
Nay, seer, I do not doubt thy mystic lo… Nor question that the tenor of my life, Past, present and the future, is reveale… There in my horoscope. I do believe That yon dead moon compels the haughty s…
Under the snow, in the dark and the cold… A pale little sprout was humming; Sweetly it sang, ’neath the frozen mould… Of the beautiful days that were coming. “How foolish your songs!” said a lump of…
The times are not degenerate. Man’s fai… Mounts higher than of old. No crumblin… Can take from the immortal soul the need Of that supreme Creator, God. The wra… Of dead beliefs we cherished in our yout…
Beside us in our seeking after pleasures… Through all our restless striving after… Through all our search for worldly gains… There walketh one whom no man likes to n… Silent he follows, veiled of form and fe…
The uses of sorrow I comprehend Better and better at each year’s end. Deeper and deeper I seem to see Why and wherefore it has to be. Only after the dark, wet days
’Twixt what thou art, and what thou woul… No “If” arise on which to lay the blame… Man makes a mountain of that puny word, But, like a blade of grass before the sc… It falls and withers when a human will,
There are two kinds of people on earth t… Just two kinds of people, no more, I sa… Not the sinner and saint, for it’s well… The good are half bad, and the bad are h… Not the rich and the poor, for to rate a…
Our thoughts are moulding unmade spheres… And, like a blessing or a curse, They thunder down the formless years, And ring throughout the universe. We build our futures by the shape
