FIRST LINE OF POEMS FROM GOOD THOTS 1 & 2 ACCORDING TO CATEGORY

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ANGER
         114      When I have lost my temper, I have lost my reason too

                 
BEAUTY
         124      The pure, the bright, the beautiful that stirred our hearts in youth,
         125      What is beauty?--Not the show
         125      How beautiful is the rain!

                 
BIBLE STORIES
         193      Have you lost the way to happiness? (4 lines only)
         216      Give me a task too big (4 lines only)
         238      Faith, mighty faith, the promises sees (4 lines only)
         242      Onward Christians, onward go (4 lines only)

                 
CHILDREN & PARENTS
         383      Would you write your name among the stars?
         383      Last night my little boy confessed to me
         385      If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn
         385      I'm not too young to sin, I'm not too young to die
         386      Just yesterday it seems my children played upon the floor
         387      I took a piece of plastic clay
         387      I'd like to tell you of my son, he's quite a rowdy lad
         389      His mind's a flying saucer, his room's a satalloid
         890      I think oftentimes as the night draws nigh
         392      The soul of a child is the loveliest flower
         392      God wants the boys, the merry merry boys
         393      He's just seven years old
         393      His trousers are torn, rolled up to the knee
         394      What a sweet good morning wakeup
         394      Sophisticated worldly wise
         395      Give me a little child to point the way
         395      Some would gather money along the path of life
         395      A builder buildeth a temple
         396      He's not my boy but when his hand
         396      They pass so soon the days of youth
         396      A little boy's first Bible
         397      I have seed to raise & I plough the field
         397      I am the child, all the World waits for my coming
         398      A girl is a girl so frilly & sweet
         399      How I remember when the children were little
         400      Your little boy looks up at you
         400      When I was young & very small
         400      In the breast of a bulb is the promise of spring
         400      Any great painting will leave my wife fainting
         401      Said a precious little laddie to his father one bright day
         403      There was a child who went forth every day
         403      First thing every morning, Last thing every night
         403      Up with the Sun in the morning
         405      What can I give my children, Lord?
         407      Sometimes the lad who will make a man
         407      Happy children of the King,
         408      Dear Mother, said the little girl,
         408      Open the door for the children, tenderly gather them in
         409      Where did you come from, baby dear?
         409      Please Jesus, watch our little one & keep him through the night
         410      Baby has a runny nose
         411      Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord most dear
         411      Lord, in another hour I stand
         412      God's garden had need of a little flower
         412      As Hannah to the temple gate
         412      When baby wakes, his sleep eyes
         414      Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so
         415      My music is the patter of happy little feet
         420      A meeting was held quite far from Earth
         421      A sweet little miniature weaver
         422      My baby when she's nursing
         422      My day-old child lay in my arms
         427      O mothers, so weary, discouraged
         428      You painted no Madonnas on chapel walls in Rome
         428      God could not be in every place
         430      She could not paint, nor write, nor rhyme
         430      You may have tangible wealth untold (4 lines)
         430      Only a dad with a tired face
         431      A diamond in the rock is a diamond sure enough
         432      Upon a rocky trail one day, I met a friendly pair
         432      Used to wonder just why Father, Never had much time to play
         433      Somehow a fella can't express the feelings he has had
         433      There are little eyes upon you
         433      They say that man is mighty, He governs land & sea
         433      There was a crooked man, who had a crooked smile
         434      My hand is large & his is small
         434      His little arms crept 'round my neck, & then I heard him say
         436      I know what Mother's face is like
         436      Blind Child, The
         436      I saw tomorrow look at me
         436      The Family is a garden, With flowers sweet & fair,
         437      The alarm went off half an hour ago!
         438      A dad is a mender of toys, a leader of boys
         438      The greatest battle that ever was fought
         438      A careful mother I must be
         439      We thank You, Lord, so great & good
         439      I love you as a mommy, I love you as a friend
         440      Are you a frustrated mommy? Are you tired, Dad?
         441      I'll lend you for a little time
         442      This is what a grandchild does, brushes off the years
         443      Say not that your little friend is dead
         443      O Lord, you've made another day
         445      When the last diploma is granted
         445      A Sunday school teacher, I don't know his name
         445      I sent my boy to college with a pat upon the back
         451      A woman sat by a hearthside place
         452      Mary had a little cold but wouldn't stay at home
         454      A small child's world is a wonderful place
         455      As tender mothers guiding baby steps,
         455      God lent him to me for my very own
         456      He built a home, time laid it in the dust
         456      Lord, who am I to teach the way
         457      Those dear little feet that patter upstairs
         459      Happy the home when God is there
         459      The ceaseless round of little things which every dawning brings
         460      If we knew the little fingers pressed against the window pane
         463      Folks are queer as they can be, Always saying don't to me
         464      An old man going a lone highway
         465      My Lord, I do not ask to stand as king or prince of high degree
         466      Jesus tender Shepherd, hear me, bless Thy little lamb tonight
         466      I could know wonders wild, If I could grow up to a child
         467      When he was only nine months old
         467      How much do babies cost, said he
         468      I thought myself indeed secure, so fast the door, so firm the lock
         468      I wish I had two little mouths
         468      Far away is very near, like riding in a bus or car
         469      I think that life has fared those mortals much
         469      Never a sigh for the cares that she bore for me
         470      You can talk about your music & your operatic errors
         470      O mother, my love, if you'll give me your hand
         475      All hail to the queen
         478      A recipe for a dear grandmother
         479      Who is a dad? A dad is someone to count on
         479      It takes such special qualities to make a dad like you
         479      A father's deep interest & loving concern
         480      Dad's are special people, no home should do without
         480      Mothers are God's helpers that show us tender care
         480      There's no one like a mother who thoughtfully displays
         480      A mother's love is fashioned after God's enduring love
         480      It takes a lot of loving care & patience day by day
         481      All your loving ways, Mother, help others to see
         481      For you, Mother, a smile, a hug, a word of praise
         481      Everything they've ever said about a mother's ways
         481      What is a mother? A mother is someone who guides & inspires
         481      Mother is a dear smile that brightens up the day
         481      To a very dear mother, I said a birthday prayer for you

                 
CHOICE & DECISION-MAKING
         484      To every man that openeth a way, & ways & the way

                 
CHRISTIANITY
         487      The church's one Foundation is Jesus Christ our Lord

                 
CHURCIANITY, WORLDLINESS & RELIGION
         496      On Sunday we sing "I Serve a Living Saviour," On Monday we act as if He is dead
         499      The church & the world walk far apart on the changing shore of time

                 
COMMITMENT
         508      Love makes obedience a thing of joy
         510      What most you long & hope for might only bring you pain
         511      Dear Master for this coming year just one request I bring
         512      I want my heart so cleared of self that my dear Lord can come
         517      I have not much to offer to Christ my Lord & King
         518      Father, where shall I work today, & my love flowed warm & free
         519      In this world of hurry & work & sudden end
         519      A commonplace life we say, & we sigh
         520      My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night
         520      It is so little I can do, it is so little I can say
         521      Oh Love that wilt not let me go
         521      I gave My life for thee, My precious blood I shed
         521      God bade me go when I would stay, Twas cool within the wood
         522      I'll go where You want me to go, dear Lord
         522      Christ never asked of us such busy labour
         523      He sendeth sun, He sendeth shower
         523      You ask, What is the Will of God?
         524      Who is on the Lord's side? Who will serve the King?
         529      May I have those pearls, he questioned
         529      I'm feeling very rich today, for Jesus holds my purse
         531      Oh there are Heavenly heights to reach in many a fearful place
         531      The dearest idol I have known, what ere that idol be
         531      We mutter & sputter, we fume & we spurt
         531      I carefully laid my every plan, the future seemed so bright
         532      I said, "Let me walk in the fields"
         532      Oh you got to get a glory in the work you do
         533      If you can't be a pine on the top of a hill
         533      Bondslave of Jesus Christ, Thine, Thine alone
         533      We are not storerooms but channels
         534      God has a wireless to everywhere
         536      Twas battered & scarred & the auctioneer thought it scarcely worth his while
         537      Among the things that this day brings will call to you a call
         537      A little star so singly in the night
         538      Set apart for Jesus, Is this not enough?
         538      How far in service must I go, What sacrifices bring
         539      Bring to God your gift, my brother, you'll not need to call another
         539      He held the lamp of truth that day, so low that none need miss the way
         540      I love my God but with no love of mine
         540      The legend of the raindrop
         541      I worship thee, sweet Will of God
         541      Once it was the blessing, now it is the Lord
         542      Five little pebbles lay in a brook
         542      Thy Will be done, no greater words than these
         545      Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were an offering far too small
         545      Give me the love that leads the way, the faith that nothing can dismay
         550      Father, let me dedicate, all this year to Thee
         553      Shamgar had an oxgoad, David had a sling
         553      Sonship costs us nothing, Jesus paid the price
         554      Others saw the giants, Caleb saw the Lord
         554      I dare not choose my lot
         554      A fugitive is one who is running from Home
         554      Who builds a church within his heart
         555      If Jesus came to your house to spend a day or two
         556      I have learned the wondrous secret of abiding in the Lord
         556      We can't afford to win the gain that means another's loss
         557      If you cannot on the ocean sail among the swiftest fleet
         558      He called me out, the Man with garments dyed
         558      Shall I, I pray thee, change Thy will, my Father
         558      O to grace, how great a debtor, daily I'm constrained to be
         559      The Master set in His garden among the lilies fair
         561      The love, repine & recent chafe
         561      Who answers Christ's insistent call, must give himself, his life, his all
         562      There is healing in the promise, there is healing in the blood
         563      Martha in the kitchen serving with her hands
         563      Rest in the Lord, my soul, commit to Him thy way
         565      Out of my bondage, sorrow & night, Into thy freedom, gladness & light
         565      Out of my sickenss, into Thy health, out of my want & into Thy wealth
         565      I cannot, but God can, O balm for all my cares
         566      When I stand at the judgment seat of Christ
         566      Not in dumb resignation, lift we our hands on high
         566      Holy Ghost with light divine
         567      I worked so hard for Jesus, I'd often boast & say
         567      His will be done, we say reluctantly with sighs
         567      Dare to be like Daniel, dare to stand alone
         568      Others saw the giants, Caleb saw the Lord
         568      Grant us hearts, dear Lord, to yield Thee
         568      Take my life & let it be, Consecrated Lord to Thee
         569      I have learned the wondrous secret of abiding in the Lord
         569      You have longed for sweet peace & for faith to increase
         570      Encamped along the hills of light, ye Christian soldiers rise
         570      I will say yes to Jesus, often it was no before
         571      Jesus, I my cross have taken all to leave & follow Thee
         572      Living for Jesus a life that is true
         572      I clasped the hand of Love Divine
         573      Have Thine own way, Lord, have Thine own way
         573      Saved to serve, O list the wondrous story
         573      Tell me not of earthly pleasures, come & tempt me not with sordid gain
         573      I choose thee, blessed Will of God
         574      They tell of the bliss of the Ransomed above
         574      Jesus Master whose I am, Purchased Thine alone to be
         575      Yes it takes a lot of courage to put things in God's hands
         575      As children bring their broken toys with tears for us to mend

                 
COMMUNION WITH GOD
         576      At cool of day with God I walk
         577      The Lord is my teacher, I shall not lose the way to wisdom
         577      There is a place where thou canst touch the eyes
         578      Sometimes I do not even pray in words
         578      In the secret of presence how my soul delights to hide

                 
COMMUNION W/GOD: PRAISE & THANKFULNESS
         581      O Thou whose bounty fills my cup with every blessing meet
         583      When tempted: Forget the slander you have heard, forget the hasty unkind word
         584      Christ is risen, Christ is risen, He hath burst His bonds in twain
         584      We adore Thee, sinless One
         585      Thou Who hast given so much to me, give one thing more, a grateful heart
         585      Flowers rejoice when night is done
         586      Praise Him when the sun is shining
         586      Be careful for nothing
         586      Praise God from Whom all blessings flow
         586      Glory be to Him Who loved us
         587      O Jesus Jesus dearest Lord
         588      What a year, what a God, what a Prophet
         588      O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise
         588      As the bridegroom to his chosen, as the king unto the realm
         592      I've been countin' up my blessins', I've been summin' up my woes
         592      Little boy kneels at the foot of the bed
         593      Crown Him with many crowns
         593      Of all the gifts God gives for free
         594      Hail to the Lord's anointed, Great David's greater son
         595      Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty
         595      Today upon a bus I saw a lovely girl with golden hair
         596      All hail the power of Jesus name, let Angels prostrate fall
         597      Thank God for life! There! A meadow lark sings!
         598      Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hearts to Heaven & voices raised
         598      Come see the place where Jesus lay
         599      The strife is o'er, the battle done
         599      Be grateful for the tiny friends that walk along your way
         600      Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious
         600      The joy of the Lord is the strength of His people
         600      When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed
         600      Count Your Blessings (title)

                 
COMMUNION WITH GOD: PRAYER
         602      A moment in the morning ere the cares of day begin
         603      Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer
         604      I got up early one morning & rushed right into the day
         604      Last night I took a journey to a land across the seas
         605      Moses prayed, His prayer did save
         607      Christians seek not yet repose
         607      When the great seething mass of others' need overwhelms me
         614      The weary ones had rest, the sad had joy
         617      Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring
         617      Prayer makes the darkened clouds withdraw
         619      Abraham prayed & brought God down almost to his own terms
         620      If I can do some good today
         620      Tell Him about your heartache, & tell Him your loneliness too
         620      Wrestling prayer can wonders do
         620      Give me a good digestion, Lord
         621      Lord, make me free ... from fear of the future;
         621      Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace
         621      Prayer is so simple, it is like quietly opening a door
         622      Central's never busy, always on the line
         623      Once in an Eastern palace wide, a little child sat weaving
         625      Her feet were firmly planted on the rock
         625      Dear Mother; Are they praying for us at home?
         625      A Persian fable says one day a wanderer found a piece of clay
         626      God touched our weary bodies with His power
         626      Somebody prayed, my burden was lighter
         626      More than hearts can imagine or minds comprehend
         627      Jesus, where 'ere Thy people meet
         628      How sweet the memory as a child when disappointments came
         628      God Is Still on the Throne (title)
         629      Say not I do not understand the fierceness of your fight
         629      Lord, I have shut the door, speak now the word
         630      My God, is any hour so sweet from blush of morn to evening star
         630      Prayer is the soul's sincere desire unuttered or expressed
         631      In the secret of His presence how my soul delights to hide
         633      If radio's slim fingers can reach out in the air
         634      I cannot tell why there should come to me a thought of someone miles & miles away
         634      How lovely are the faces of the men who walk with God
         641      There is an Eye that never sleeps beneath the wing of night
         641      To talk with God, no breath is lost, talk on
         641      Martha was busy & hurried serving the Friend Divine
         643      I knelt to pray when day was done, & prayed, "O Lord bless everyone
         645      We mutter & sputter, we fume & we spurt
         646      Lord, be within me--to strengthen me
         647      The camel at the close of day kneels down upon the sandy plain
         648      Weary, anxious & burdened with toil
         648      When you awoke from sleep this morning, though the hour was rather late
         649      I asked God for strength that I might achieve
         649      I keep in step with Jesus & He keeps step with me
         650      I love to lie awake at night when all the world's so still
         650      A moment in the morning ere the cares of day begin
         661      Strong is the lion like a coal, his eyeball like a bastion mole
         662      I was longing to serve the Master, but alas I was laid aside
         662      Help me to follow You today, help me to walk in the narrow way
         664      Look on His face, so shall His light divine
         664      Holy Spirit hear us, help us while we sing
         666      My pail I'm often dropping deep down into the well
         666      I met God in the morning when the day was at its best
         667      God who toucheth Earth with beauty, make me lovely too
         668      For all who watch tonight by land or sea or air
         669      Now the day is over, night is drawing nigh
         669      Now the night is falling, Father be thou nigh
         670      Why fight insomnia with the pill
         671      Asleep, wrapped in night's shadow, the woodland, field & meadow

                  COMMUNION WITH GOD: WORD
         673      Lord, Thy Word abideth & our footsteps
         678      We search the World for Truth, we call the good, the true, the beautiful
         678      I am the Bible, I am God's wonderful library
         679      Generations follow generations--yet it lives
         679      Within this ample volume lies the mystery of mysteries
         682      Thy Word is like a glorious choir, & loud its anthems ring
         682      The Word, Know it--in your head;
         683      In Genesis the world was made by God's creative hand
         685      Martha in the kitchen, serving with her hands
         686      Last eve I paused beside a blacksmith's door
         686      Words! Words! Words! And we thank Thee, Lord!
         686      Century follows century, The Word Stands
         687      The charter of all true liberty, the forerunner of civilisation
         687      My Bible is not true in spots, but true in every sense
         688      No time for God? What fools we are ...
         691      How to make the best use of the Word: Read it through,
         691      The whole Bible contains the mind of God. The state of Man.
         693      Read the Word ...
         695      When I am tired, the Bible is my bed
         696      Engraved as in eternal brass, the mighty promise shines:
         696      I want the proved certainties to soothe the souls' deep cries
         697      Seven wonders of the Word: ...
         698      When fiery darts & doubts attack, use God's Word to drive them back

                 
COMMUNISM
         714      Pray tell me this, if not amiss, ask Commie if he's happy

                 
CREATION
         720      God could have made the Sun to rise without such splendour in the skies
         720      Man ploughs & plants & digs & weeds
         721      If the good God were suddenly to make a solitary blind to see
         721      Creation's dawn was deep in night when suddenly: "Let there be light"
         721      Once I was a tadpole, a beginning to begin
         725      Beneath the cover of the sod, the lily heard the call of God
         731      There's not a tint that paints the rose or decks the lily fair
         731      Snowflakes falling, twisting, swirling, there upon my windowsill
         735      Although it may not understand that life & death go hand-in-hand
         736      Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know Who made thee?
         739      The golden sea its mirror spreads beneath the golden skies
         740      You ask me how I know it's true that there is a living God
         740      Into the sunshine full of light, leaping & flashing from morn til night
         740      We muse on miracles who look but lightly on a rose!
         741      Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you
         741      I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high or vales & hills
         742      "Come little leaves" said the wind one day
         742      The kindliest thing God ever made, His hand a very healing laid
         744      The year's at the spring, the days at the morn
         745      Alligator, beetle, porcupine, whale, bobolink, panther, dragon fly, snail
         745      Three monkeys sat in a coconut tree discussing things that are said to be
         747      The little cares that fretted me, I lost them yesterday
         747      When God had finished the stars & whirl of coloured suns
         747      Can you sit on top of a hill in spring & watch the birds sailing by on wing
         748      Trees, which in Winter look like posts against a vacant sky
         750      There's a part of the Sun in the apple, there's a part of the Moon in a rose,
         750      I love a tree, a brave, upstanding tree!
         750      What is this life, if, full of care, we have no time to stand & stare
         752      This is a piece too fair to be the child of chance & not of care
         752      God made the country & man made the town
         753      The spacious firmament on high with all the blue, a wreath ethereal sky

                 
CRITICISM/GOSSIP
         754      If some bit of gossip come, file the things away
         755      You may go through the world but twill be very slow
         756      A little seed lay in the ground, & soon began to sprout
         758      Pray, don't find fault with a man who limps or stumbles along the road
         760      To all my thoughts my eyes are blind, mine are the sins I cannot find
         762      The typographical error is a slippery thing & sly,
         763      When over the fair fame of friend or foe the shadow of disgrace shall fall;
         764      The boneless tongue so small & weak, can crush & kill declares the Greek
         767      There is so much good in the worst of us & so much bad in the best of us
         767      He criticised her pudding, he didn't like her cake
         768      When you get to know a fellow, know his joy & know his cares
         769      If you are tempted to reveal a tale to you someone has told

                 
DEATH
         773      Think: of stepping on shore & finding it Heaven!
         773      As you loved me, let there be no mourning when I go
         774      Sisters & brothers, little maid, how many may you be?
         775      Death, I think is really life, & the living I'd call dead;
         777      Sleep on, beloved, sleep & take your rest
         778      Fear death? To feel the fog in my throat, the mist in my face
         778      Lo! Around the Throne of God's right hand the saints in countless myriads stand
         780      Let me die working still tackling plans unfinished tasks undone
         780      News came that you were dead, I did not believe a word of it

                 
ENTHUSIASM/INSPIRATION
         815      We are but organs mute til a master touches the keys

                 
LAST MINUTE ADDITIONS TO THOTS 1
         817      Thank You for each trial, Lord, each crisis point & test
         817      Say only what you truly feel & in a simple way
         817      Worry, fret & thoughts of self put joy & peace upon the shelf
         818      Like the warm grass beneath my feet when the Sun hath shone all day

                 
FAITH & TRUST, FEAR & WORRY, DOUBT & UNBELIEF
         1036     Thy will be done, no greater words than these
         1036     Sometimes I'm sad, I know not why, my heart is sore distressed
         1038     I believe in the Sun even when it is not shining
         1039     He does not lead me year by year nor even day by day
         1040     Tis far far better to let Him choose the way that we should take
         1040     Build a little fence of trust around today
         1040     Another year I enter, its history unknown
         1041     "Now I lay me"--say it darling, "lay me" lisped the tiny lips
         1044     God knows the way of the righteous, even though it be dark & drear
         1045     For feelings come & feelings go & feelings are deceiving
         1047     O thou of little faith, God hath not failed thee yet
         1047     Through faith we understand the things we cannot know
         1049     Canst thou take the barren soil & with all thy pain & toil
         1049     My times are in that mighty Hand that formed the Earth, the Moon & stars
         1049     When the soul is much discouraged by the roughness of the way
         1050     Upon the breeze, the autumn leaves are carried thither, yon
         1051     So on I go, not knowing, I would not if I might
         1051     He took the loaves & fishes few & fed the hungry throng
         1054     Lord, give me faith!--to live from day to day
         1054     Safe in the arms of Jesus, safe on His gentle breast
         1055     O'er uncharted sea to their hearts' desire
         1055     If you are on a gloomy line, get a transfer
         1057     Like a bird that found its nest, so my soul has found its rest
         1058     When nothing whereon to lean remains, when strongholds crumble to dust
         1058     Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight
         1059     Oh for a faith that will not shrink though pressed by every foe
         1060     The world is wide in time & tide
         1060     Thy way, not mine, O Lord! however dark it be
         1060     If you trust the Lord your dreams will come true
         1060     Faith finds her path through many starless nights
         1061     Honey, jes' lissen: Don't cry & fret
         1061     Child of my love, fear not the unknown morrow
         1061     Somebody said that it couldn't be done, but he with a chuckle replied
         1062     God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform
         1062     Yes, leave it with Him, the lilies all do
         1063     And I said at the man who stood at the gate of the year
         1063     Some people run & hide their heads whenever storms come by
         1063     When we walk with the Lord in the light if His Word
         1063     I watched a bird upon a fragile stem
         1064     Teach me the faith of the mountains, serene & sublime
         1067     Faith is needed all the way, faith to toil & faith to pray
         1067     His plan for today is all that I ask, with Him I can leave the "tomorrow"
         1069     Can't is the worst word that's written or spoken
         1069     The things that haven't been done before
         1070     A traveller crossed a frozen stream in trembling fear one day
         1071     Not yesterday's loads are we called on to bear
         1072     It is His will that I should cast my care on Him each day
         1072     When the birds begin to worry & the lilies toil & spin
         1074     Afraid? Of what? To feel the spirit's glad release?
         1075     Why do we worry about the nest? We only stay for a day
         1075     Courage is armour a blind man wears
         1075     Fear knocked at the door, faith opened it
         1080     If I am of the shepherd's fold
         1080     The woods were dark & the night was black
         1080     Some of your hurts you have cured
         1080     The centipede was happy quite until the frog for fun
         1081     Worry! why worry? what can worry do?
         1081     Well, I am done, my nerves are on the rack
         1081     The worried cow would have lived til now if she had saved her breath
         1082     When you see the lilies spinning in distress, taking thought to manufacture loveliness
         1084     Waiting! Yes, patiently waiting!
         1084     How often we trust each other & only doubt our Lord
         1085     When a candle flickers out, it can be lit again
         1088     If you think you are beaten, you are
         1088     What room is there for troubled fear?
         1089     He holdeth the waters in the hollow of his hand
         1089     It can't be done, it never has been done
         1089     Rocked in the cradle of the deep, I lay me down in peace to sleep
         1090     It is not the work but the worry that makes the world grow old
         1090     Out of life's misery, borne of man's sins, a fuller richer life begins
         1093     "There is a God" all Nature cries, I see it painted on the skies
         1093     Are you passing through a testing? Is your pillow wet with tears?
         1094     Worry, worry, worry, she knew worry was a sin
         1095     One day at a time with its failures & fears
         1095     Faith is believing when all seems past hoping
         1095     There comes a wonderous message when my hopes are growing dim

                 
FREEDOM
         1098     In the Spirit, in the Spirit, you can go to Shangri-la

                 
GIVING
         1103     Carve your name high o'er shifting sand
         1105     I gave My life for thee, My precious blood I shed
         1105     His life has no limits, His grace has no measure
         1108     There are loyal hearts, there are spirits brave
         1115     We lose what on ourselves we spend
         1114     He said he wouldn't make a pledge unto the mission field
         1115     Not what we give but what we share
         1115     The gold that came from Thee, Lord, to Thee belongeth still

                 
GOD
         1117     God formed us, sin deformed us

                 
GREATNESS
         1120     If you want to get up, step down
         1120     The heights by great men reached & kept

                 
HABITS
         1121     It is mighty hard to shake me, In my brawny arms I take thee

                 
HAPPINESS
         1123     Happiness is to know the Saviour, living a life within His favour
         1124     God give me sympathy sense & help me keep my courage high
         1127     He lived in a world of fantasy where all were mad but he

                 
HEAVEN
         1133     Homesick sometimes, want to go Home

                 
HONESTY/DISHONESTY
         1135     I have to live with myself, so I want to be fit for myself to know
         1137     Thou must be true thyself if thou the truth would teach
         1183     Da sunflower ain't no daisy, & the da melon ain't no rose

                  HUMAN NATURE
         1141     The bones in the body are 200 or more
         1141     I divide the world in 3 classes

                 
HUMILITY/PRIDE
         1142     Sometime when you're feeling important, sometime when your ego's in bloom
         1142     Indispensable Person (title)
         1151     My friend & I have built a wall, between us thick & wide
         1152     I used to think that God's gifts were on the shelf, one above another
         1152     Do what you can, being what you are

                 
JEALOUSY
         1169     Beware of jealousy, it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
         1169     The venom clamours of a jealous woman

                 
JESUS & SALVATION
         1171     Why is He silent when a word would slay His accusers all
         1179     My Master was so very poor
         1179     Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe
         1179     To be Himself a star most bright, to bring the wisemen to His sight
         1180     He is a path if any be mislead, He is a robe if any naked be
         1181     Po' lil' brack sheep dat strayed away
         1181     The carpenter of Galillee comes down the street again
         1182     The King of Love my Shepherd is, Whose goodness faileth never
         1182     The lamb is in the fold in perfect safety penned
         1183     Pilate, Pilate, wash your hands, Cried "What is truth?" again
         1183     'Twas battered & scarred, & the auctioneer thought it scarcely worth the while
         1184     Light looked down & beheld darkness, "Thither will I go," said Light
         1185     Not what, but Whom, I do believe
         1185     Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born
         1186     A baby's hands in Bethlehem were small & softly curled
         1186     The world sits at the feet of Christ
         1187     When Jesus walked upon the Earth, He didn't talk with kings
         1187     I saw the conquerors riding by, with trampling feet of horse & men
         1190     A little boy of Heavenly birth, but far from Home today
         1190     Little Jesus, wast thou shy once, & just as small as I?
         1192     An Eastern shepherd led his sheep toward a river's bank
         1192     Jesus my loving Shepherd is, 'twas He that loved my soul
         1192     Pain that God cannot twice demand, first at my bleeding Saviour's hand
         1193     Love's redeeming work is done, fought the fight the battle won
         1193     Thine by the glory risen, conquering Son
         1193     Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die
         1193     At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the Light
         1194     Because the sinless Saviour died, my sinful soul is counted free
         1195     Into a world oppressed & torn, a boundless haven forces wild
         1196     Wonderful love of Jesus, saving my soul from sin
         1196     Have you found the Great Physician, Jesus Christ of Galilee?
         1197     Every longing in my breast, finds in Him complete fulfilment
         1197     From o'er the years my Lover came, the lowly Jesus was His name

                 
LITTLE THINGS & LITTLE PEOPLE
         1202     Shamgar had an oxgoad, Rahab had a string
         1204     Fret not because thy place is small, thy service need not be
         1205     He was a humble workmen with the tools with which he wrought
         1207     Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are
         1211     Great events, we often find, on little things depend

                 
LONELINESS
         1215     I walked a mile with gladness, she chatted all the way
         1219     Jesus, only Jesus, only He can satisfy
         1219     I have found no satisfaction in the fleeting joys of Earth
         1232     O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee

                 
LOVE
         1238     Thank God for you, good friend of mine
         1240     It needs so little sympathy to cheer a weary way
         1241     They crushed the thorns into his brow, & struck harsh blows that day
         1241     Thy providence is kind & large, both man & beast Thy bounty share
         1241     Kind hearts are the garden, kind thoughts are the roots
         1242     Dear God, another day is done & I have seen the golden Sun
         1242     Is anybody happier because you passed his way?
         1243     I shouted aloud & louder, while out on the plain one day
         1245     They say the world is round, yet I often think it's square
         1245     If you have a smile for mother, give it now
         1246     Let me be a little kinder, let me be a little blinder
         1247     Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime
         1248     I know I've never told you in the hurried rush of day
         1248     One little unshed raindrop, may think itself too small
         1249     If you have a tender message or a loving word to say
         1249     Oh it's just the little homey things, the unobtrusive friendly things
         1250     Wouldn't this world be better, if folks when we meet would say,
         1251     It isn't the chairs & the books & things, or the pictures than hang on the walls
         1252     When over the fair fame of friend or foe,
         1252     My life shall touch a dozen lives before this day is done
         1254     It is not so much what you say, as the manner that you say it
         1256     It's the little things we do & say that mean so much as we go our way
         1256     One day a harsh word harshly said, upon an evil journey said
         1257     It isn't enough to say in our hearts we like a man for his ways
         1258     A little push when the road is steep, may take one up the hill
         1259     I think that God will never send, a gift so precious as a friend
         1259     Dear Lord, my friends have been to me interpreters of Love Divine
         1260     Friendship is like a garden, of flowers fine & rare
         1260     We all too seldom fit in words our thoughts from day to day
         1260     The crossing was muddy, the street was wide
         1261     If any little word of ours, can make one life the brighter
         1261     It's a funny thing but true, the folks you don't like don't like you
         1262     When I found you--all nature seemed to call
         1263     If you have a friend worth loving, love him
         1263     Slow to suspect, quick to trust
         1264     The thing that goes the farthest, towards making life worthwhile
         1264     Each time we met from you I hear, some word of praise, a bit of cheer
         1264     I'm only a little sparrow, a bird of low degree
         1264     A bell is no bell 'til you ring it
         1265     If I knew you & you knew me, if both of us could clearly see
         1265     These hands are shaped like God's & so, let them be careful what they do
         1265     'Tis the human touch in this world that counts
         1266     If I can stop one heart from breaking
         1266     In Christ there is no East or West
         1266     How good it is that God above, has never gone on strike
         1266     Lord, let me do the little things that may fall to my lot
         1267     If it were but a wall between us, the heart might hurdle it
         1267     The kindest & the happiest pair, will find occasion to forbear
         1267     I live with pride, the house was hung with tapestries of rich design
         1268     My love comes to me in my hour of need
         1268     When I met you, the night turned into day
         1270     When first I saw you in the curious street
         1270     Lord help me live from day to day, in such a self-forgetful way
         1270     They are not gone who pass beyond the clasp of hand
         1271     Keep a watch on your words, my darlings, for words are wonderful things
         1271     Don't stoop my friend to answer back, why not just let it pass
         1273     God bless our little kitchen & watch its every nook
         1273     God can give, & God alone, from the seed in hatred sown
         1273     Be a friend. You don't need money
         1274     If I had known in the morning, how wearily all the day
         1274     They questioned my theology & talked of modern thought
         1275     Immortal love, forever full, forever flowing free
         1276     These are "the shepherds" in His sight, who keep watch over flocks by night
         1276     There are strange ways of serving God, you sweep a room or turn a sod
         1276     It is easy to say the quick, sharp word that will hurt him through & through
         1276     I've squandered smiles today, & strange to say
         1277     Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love
         1277     I thank you, God in Heaven, for friends
         1278     So make we--all one company, Love's golden cord our tether
         1278     For the memory of a kindly word, for long gone by
         1279     A rose to the living is more than sumptuous wreaths to the dead
         1279     The night has a thousand eyes, the day but one
         1279     It costs nothing but creates much
         1280     Friendship is a priceless gift that cannot be bought or sold
         1280     Love ever gives, forgives--outlives
         1281     Loving someone is caring, sharing, bearing
         1281     We cannot know the grief that men may borrow
         1281     Did you give him a lift? He's a brother of man
         1282     A careless word may kindle strife
         1283     To me you are: Glowing, flowing, giving, living
         1283     Give me ... ears that hear my brother's cry
         1283     Do give me faith in God, a violet would do
         1283     A friend gives--a hand when you need it
         1284     I can't remember when you weren't there
         1284     A little more happiness spread through the day
         1288     To make a smile come, so they say, brings 15 muscles into play
         1288     When someone blushes with embarrassment, when heart carries away an ache
         1289     It isn't the thing you do, dear, it's the thing you leave undone
         1289     God bless us everywhere, prayed Tiny Tim
         1290     Aquarius, my father, water me again
         1290     The clouds have deepened o'er the night, til through the dark profound
         1291     Deep in the Winter, flakes I went, & all about me shone
         1291     No friend we love can ever die, the outward form but disappears
         1291     I shot an arrow into the air
         1292     Take me home a smile, forget the petty cares
         1292     Once but a prophet in the palmshade bask
         1292     Moses' children, still believing, strike the deepest chord in me
         1293     I loved you first, but afterwards your love, outsouring mine sang such a loftier song
         1293     Beautiful hands! O beautiful hands!
         1293     What is grace? Judas deceived Jesus ...
         1294     I'm sorry that I spelt the word, I hate to go above you
         1294     God knows I needed you, girl, more than this world
         1295     You see me at my very worst, when I am down & feeling blue
         1296     We've been together such a long time
         1296     True love is the candle that burns in the night
         1296     I give to treasure all of life, & light & darkness too
         1297     Love is the filling from one's own
         1297     How precious you are, & how glad I am too
         1297     Gifts of love are the priceless things, the gift that only a true love brings
         1297     You fill my world with love, you make my dreams come true
         1297     I love your touch upon my face, that always leave a glow
         1298     Love causes the birds to sing
         1298     O Love Divine & tender, that through our Homes does move
         1298     Beloved let us love, love is of God
         1298     I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you
         1299     My love comes from the Wild Wind
         1302     She cooks my breakfast, makes my bed
         1302     It's nice to share the joys of life with someone near as you
         1302     You're thoughtfulness is everywhere
         1302     Thinking very warmly of the thoughtful things you've done
         1302     Thank God for folks like you
         1303     I hear your love in every word
         1303     From the time you first became part of my world
         1303     When I think of all the wonderful times that you & I have known
         1303     Because we've shared each other's dreams & worked to make them real
         1303     Put down your head & bend to the task
         1304     While the king sitteth at his table
         1304     Song of Solomon
         1307     Once as a girl, so long ago, my love for you I didn't show
         1307     We're nearly strangers, yet it's you my dear
         1308     Don't close to love should it ever come your way
         1308     In my hour of deepest sorrow, when I faced a nameless fear
         1309     Sometimes, Honey, you know your ways rub me so
         1310     Sunshine girl, oh so wise, in such simple little ways
         1311     How I love you still, though the years have passed
         1311     If I kept a great big scrapbook of the loving things you do
         1312     I want to tell you, Honey, I'm sorry for my words last night
         1312     Here's my prayer for you, my darling girl
         1313     Lie down with me, my precious dove, & let thy heart receive my love
         1314     Why do I tremble so when you look into my eyes?
         1314     There's a glitter of lights in the city below
         1315     Knowing you, Honey, made my life so much richer
         1316     In a silent pond where lovely schools of fishes start
         1318     How he treasured the young lad
         1820     Thou art mother to my children, my babe nurseth at thy breast
         1320     Darling, it's been a long time since I wrote a note to you
         1321     Your sweet soft eyes, they look at me, they shine with a warm soft glow
         1321     A new day is dawning, my love, & the distant cock he crows

                 
MARK 16:15
         1330     So little time! the harvest will be over
         1330     Last night I rose to pray & to my watch be true
         1331     I preached some weighty sermons, but utter not a word
         1332     Had ye looked for my sheep in the desert?
         1332     From Greenland's icy mountains, from India's coral strands
         1341     Mourn not the dead that in the cool Earth lie, dust unto dust
         1341     Throw out the lifeline across the dark waves
         1342     When telling Thy Salvation free
         1343     You talk about your bonds, your bonds & stocks & gold
         1348     One day I rang a doorbell in a casual sort of way
         1354     His ear hath heard the question, "Who to the lost will go?"
         1354     'Twas a sheep, not a lamb, that strayed away in the parable that Jesus taught
         1355     Thou hast no tongue, O Christ, as once of old
         1356     He talked of grass & wind & rain, of victories & fair weather
         1356     We are the Bibles the world is reading
         1357     You are writing a gospel, a chapter each day
         1357     You can't spell gospel without "go"
         1357     My load's a little lighter now because you passed my way
         1358     Only a seed but it chanced to fall, in a little cleft of the city wall
         1368     Christ was the home missionary in the house of Lazarus
         1358     Love has a hem to His garment that touches the very best
         1359     Out where the loneliness presses around me
         1359     Little rows of houses on a little street
         1361     Now what is your niche in mind of the man who met you yesterday?
         1366     We've a story to tell to the nations that shall turn their hearts to the right
         1367     O Zion, haste thy mission high fulfilling
         1370     Lord lay some soul upon my heart, & love that soul through me
         1373     You want to be a preacher, lad, to tell the old old story
         1373     He stood at the crossroads all alone with the sunshine in his face
         1375     Little farmers, why that name? Around the world they're called the same
         1375     You tell on yourself by the friends you seek
         1377     I'd rather see a sermon than to hear one any day
         1381     Not merely in the words you say, not merely in the deed confessed
         1383     The slightest breeze that ever blew, some slender grasp has wavered
         1384     My life shall touch a dozen lives before this day is done
         1384     Christ has no hands but our hands to do His work today
         1385     Lord, speak to me that I may speak in loving echoes of Thy tone
         1385     Not how did he die, but how did he live?
         1387     You tell on yourself by the friends you (meet?)
         1391     Go on the strength of the Master, go 'twas His parting command
         1392     Make me a witness, Lord, subdue my will to Thine

                 
MARRIAGE
         1394     O Father, all creating, whose wisdom, love & power
         1398     She's an angel in truth, & demon in fiction
         1401     To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the loving cup
         1401     On your special anniversary, this brings a special prayer
         1401     Not only your special day but often through the year
         1401     It takes a special day like this to just look back & reminisce

                 
OLD AGE
         1403     You tell me I am getting old
         1404     Age is a quality of mind--if you have left your dreams behind
         1405     Gone they tell me is youth, gone is the strength of my life
         1405     If you want to be an old man long before your time
         1406     For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress

                 
ORGANISATION
         1407     There my be nothing wrong with you, the way you live, the work you do

                 
PEACE
         1412     To walk when others are running, to whisper when others are shouting
         1414     Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest
         1413     I hear the words of Love, I gaze upon the blood

                 
PERSECUTION
         1415     How a minority reaching majority

                 
POSITIVENESS
         1417     What good did it do to be grouchy today? Did your surliness drive any trouble away?

                 
PROTECTION
         1418     Should all the host of death, & powers of Hell unknown
         1421     The Lord is our Salvation & our strength in every fight

                 
REDEEM THE TIME
         1423     Time is God's gift to mortal man, it is that fleeting little span
         1423     Said yesterday to tomorrow, "When I was young like you"
         1426     If you want to get a favour done by some obliging friend
         1428     A naughty little weed one day, poked up its tiny head
         1429     He was going to be all that a mortal should be, tomorrow
         1429     If you've got a job to do, do it now
         1430     Begin again--you can you know
         1432     I found the task that I had dreaded so, was not so difficult

                 
RELATIONS WITH PEOPLE
         1434     The six most important words "I admit I made a mistake"
         1434     A careless word may kindle strife
         1436     They gave him 20 minutes, but he finished up in 10
         1449     Does the grouch get richer quicker than the friendly sort of man?
         1470     To live above with saints we love, O that will be such glory
         1473     There was a wound in a gentle heart, when all life's sweetness seemed to ebb & die

                 
REPENTANCE
         1474     'Tis not enough to say "I'm sorry" & repent

                 
RICHES
         1476     Gold, gold, gold, gold! Bright & yellow, hard & cold
         1476     Dug from the mountainside, washed in the glen
         1476     Out of this life I shall never take, things of silver & gold I make
         1477     A big silver dollar & a little brown cent
         1477     Money will buy a bed but not sleep

                 
RIGHTEOUSNESS/SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
         1482     There may be virtue in the man who's always sure he's right
         1483     Men wrap themselves in smug cocoons
         1485     Across the way in my neighbour's windows shine
         1485     "He is a sinner" you're pleased to say
         1488     The world I thought belonged to me, goods, people, gold, lands & sea

                 
SLEEP
         1508     Precious hiding place, blessed hiding place
         1508     Though we tremble in the dark, in need of strength & help & cheer
         1508     When at night we sleepless lie, & the weary hours drive by
         1508     Saviour, grant me rest & peace, let my troubled dreaming cease
         1508     Softly now the light of day fades upon my sight away
         1509     Why fight insomnia with a pill?
         1509     The sun declines o'er land & sea, creeps on the night
         1509     Saviour breathe an evening blessing, Ere repose our spirits seal
         1512     Soft is the voice of an Angel breathing a lesson unheard
         1512     Son of my soul, thou Saviour dear
         1514     Day is done, gone the sun
         1515     Safe in the arms of Jesus, safe on His gentle breast
         1515     Trembling soul, beset by fears, Thy God reigneth
         1515     Guardian Angels around my bed, joining me in my prayers
         1517     Peace, peace, wonderful peace, coming down from the Father above
         1517     Does Jesus care when my heart is pained too deeply for mirth & song?
         1518     Safe is my refuge, sweet is my rest
         1518     Grant us Thy peace, Lord, through the coming night
         1520     At evening time, no gathering night
         1521     Under His wings I am safely abiding
         1521     When you're crying for all the times you've tried
         1521     Father, unto Thee I pray, Thou hast guarded me all day
         1522     Goodnight, goodnight, far flies the light
         1522     Lord, keep us safe this night
         1522     My Saviour hear my prayer, before I go to rest
         1522     Now I lay me down to sleep
         1522     Thank You Jesus for our beds
         1522     Thank You Jesus for this day & for our Home so far
         1522     Guardian Angel, watch over me, wherever I go, wherever I'll be
         1523     In the daytime it's so loud, I feel I'm blotted out by the noise & glare
         1523     Darkness is falling & the Angels are calling
         1523     Sweet dreams tonight, sweet dreams tonight
         1524     Lullaby & good night, all the stars shine so bright
         1524     I hear the wind as it rustles through the treetops
         1524     There amongst stars is the land of magical light
         1525     Little bird in the night, come & rest from your flight
         1525     When stars fill the sky & the day's at its end
         1525     At night I dreamed such a wonderful dream, the Angels were singing & dancing with me
         1526     Little birdies are sleeping, there are Angels here by my bed
         1526     Bright stars are watching the world as it sleeps
         1526     Starlight, starlight, even in the darkness Your love I see
         1527     Little eyes, little eyes, close your sweet little eyes
         1527     When you are alone in your bed at night
         1528     Under my covers I'm tucked in so tight, & the Angels in Heaven watch me all night
         1528     God's love will be with us all through the dark of night
         1529     Sleep my child, & (peace attend thee?) all through the night
         1529     Can you can't the stars at evening that are shining in the sky?
         1529     Oh what a wonderful horse is the flyaway horse
         1530     Through the night Thy Angels keep, watch above me while I sleep
         1531     Sometimes in the night I lie here in fright

                 
SPECIAL DAYS
         1540     Another year is dawning, dear Master let it be
         1540     Dear Master, for this coming year, just one request I ask
         1541     30 days hath September, every person can remember
         1541     I wished a very special wish for you this Christmastide
         1541     The new year like a book lies before me
         1542     Just one thing, O Master I ask today, now that the old year has passed away
         1542     I heard the bells at midnight ring in the dawning year
         1543     Another year to love Him, Whom I have loved so long
         1543     Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hearts to Heaven & voiced raised
         1544     High in the Heavens a single star
         1544     Where can we find the Holy One?
         1544     Christmas is more than a day at the end of the year
         1545     As with gladness, men of old did the guiding star behold
         1546     Let not our hearts be busy inns
         1546     Azure sky, all star bestrewn
         1546     Though a thousand times in Bethlehem Christ be born
         1547     On Christmas eve they filled the house, & 50 guests all told
         1547     I wish there were a way to just something in return
         1547     My God, to you each day impart the art of staying young at heart
         1548     Dear Mom & Dad, I love you both upon this precious day
         1548     Anyone knows you certainly agrees, that you're as dear a person as anyone could be
         1548     Mother, there's a birthday prayer within my heart today
         1548     Morning calm & evening peace began & end each day
         1548     May God bless you on your birthday in a very special way
         1548     Certain days are special in life's eternal plan
         1548     A birthday prayer: Thank You Lord for everything I've come to know on Earth
         1549     There can't be very many dads as wonderful as you
         1549     This birthday prayer is offered now especially for you

                 
SPEECH
         1550     I try to watch the words I say & keep them soft & sweet
         1550     Tact is the ability--to be brief, politely
         1551     Lord, fill my mouth with worthwhile stuff

                 
SUCCESS/FAILURE
         1554     I do not think all failures undeserved & all success merely someone's luck

                 
TEMPTATION
         1560     If you want to keep from trouble, here's a mighty easy way

                 
TESTIMONIES OF FAITH

                 
THIS 'N' THAT
         1569     I coughed a cough into the air, germs fell to Earth, I know not where
         1572     Between being sorry for sin & being sorry, you are caught
         1575     Great grandmother on a Winter's day, milked the cows & fed them hay
         1576     Slippery ice, very thin, pretty girl tumbled in
         1576     How are the fish in these parts? said I

                 
TRIALS & TRIUMPHS
         1577     I thank Thee more that all our joy is touched with pain
         1578     Oh a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce
         1579     The test of tolerance when we are in a majority
         1580     Pressed out of measure & pressed to all length
         1582     The easy roads are crowded & the level roads are jammed
         1582     Sorrow touched by love grows bright
         1584     Jesus help me to be for Thee, just like a big strong cedar tree
         1585     When thou passest through the waters, deep the waves may be & cold
         1585     When we think about people, trouble grows
         1586     In many a rapturous minstrel among the sons of light
         1587     If none were sick & none were sad, what service could we render
         1588     Is this the right road Home, O Lord?
         1590     For every hill I've had to climb, for every stone that bruised my feet
         1590     Life is not a cloudless journey, storms & darkness oft oppress
         1591     God never would send the darkness if He knew you can stand the light
         1594     He sat by a fire of sevenfold heat as He watched by the precious ore
         1595     The leaves are fading & falling, the winds are rough & wild
         1595     Upon the threshold of another year we stand again
         1595     Is it raining, little flower? Be glad of rain
         1596     If all my years were summer, could I know
         1597     Shut in? Ah yes, but so,
         1597     The little sharp vexations & the briars that catch & fret
         1597     He said not, "Thou shalt not be tempested
         1597     Rest of the weary, joy of the sad
         1598     Trouble is something that no one can escape
         1598     Were there no night, we could not read the stars
         1599     Must Jesus bear the cross alone & all of us go free?
         1599     If I can endure for this minute whatever is happening to me
         1599     We look before & after, & pine for what is not
         1599     He sendeth Sun, He sendeth shower, alike they're needed for the flower
         1600     Life is a mixture of sunshine & rain
         1600     Life looking pretty dreary? Cheer up because you see
         1600     Things don't just happen to children of God, they're part of a wonderful plan
         1601     Not to the strong is the battle, not to the swift is the race
         1601     When the storms are rumbling & our strength a crumblin'
         1602     They tell me I must bruise the rose's leaf
         1602     Fainting soldier of the Lord, heard His sweet inspiring Word
         1603     Abide with Me! Fast falls the eventide
         1605     There is starlight through the shadows for the feet that have to tread
         1606     Sometimes I'm sad, I know not why, my heart is torn apart
         1606     Are you standing at Wit's End Corner, Christian, with troubled brow
         1607     A tender child of summer three, seeking her little bed at night
         1607     Until I learned to trust, I never learned to pray
         1607     His ways are ways of pleasantness & all His paths are peace
         1607     A little bird am I, shut in from fields of air
         1608     Without a glimpse of darkened skies, our hearts would never realise
         1608     Aliens may escape the rod, Nursed in earthly vain delight
         1608     We are passing through the valley & the road is sometimes steep
         1609     Always remember to forget the things that made you sad
         1610     God knows the way of the righteous, even though it be dark & drear
         1611     Canst thou take the barren soil, & with all thy pains & toil
         1611     I believe ... in the sun even when it is not shining
         1612     I am home in Heaven, dear ones, oh so happy & so bright
         1612     Safely, safely gathered in, no more sorrow, no more sin
         1613     Tender shepherd Thou hast stilled, now Thy little lamb's brief weeping
         1613     They are not gone who passed beyond the clasp of hand
         1614     Let me come in where you sit weeping--aye
         1614     Nor exile I, nor prison fear, Love makes my courage great
         1615     Art thou weary, tender heart? Be glad of pain
         1615     Sometimes you went away for just a little while
         1615     "My burden is too heavy, Lord" I tremblingly said
         1616     We are too ignorant of death, we will not learn
         1616     Oh little friend, I wait on you with praise
         1616     Shed not too many tears when I shall leave, be brave enough to smile
         1617     If I should die & leave you here awhile
         1617     No funeral gloom, my dears, when I am gone
         1617     You are not dead--life has but set you free
         1618     Courage, brother! Do not stumble though thy path is dark as night
         1618     He is not dead, your son, your dear beloved son
         1618     Death takes our loved ones--we are bowed in grief. For whom?
         1618     Give her, I pray, all good, bid all the buds of pleasure grow
         1619     From the dust of the weary highway, from the smart of sorrow's rod
         1620     When you walk through a storm hold your head up high
         1620     Grace when the sun is shining, Lord, grace when the sky is black
         1620     Sometimes the lion's mouths are shut, sometimes God bids us fly(?)
         1621     Child of my love, lean hard, & let me feel the pressure of thy care
         1621     In pastures green? Not always. Sometimes He who knoweth best ...
         1622     Bad news has come & heart & mind are sobered
         1622     When I consider how my life is spent ere half my days in this dark world & wide
         1623     Ill that God blesses is our good, & unblessed good is ill
         1623     Adversity misunderstood becomes a double curse
         1627     I'm not alone, though others go a different way from what I choose
         1627     I will not doubt though all my ships at sea
         1628     Does Jesus care when my heart is pained too deeply for mirth & song?
         1628     'Tis better far to follow Jesus no matter where His hand may lead
         1629     I'll sing of the wonderful promise, that Jesus has given to me
         1630     Calm me, my God, & keep me calm
         1630     Help me to see the sunshine through the rain
         1630     He hideth my soul in the cleft of the Rock
         1631     The Saviour can lift every burden, the heavy as well as the light
         1631     Safe is my refuge, sweet is my rest
         1632     There's a battle raging in the Heavenly places
         1632     In the center of the circle of the Will of God I stand
         1632     There is a law that I am learning that is helping me each day
         1633     I do not know what God has planned to come to me today
         1635     Be still & know that I am God, where you now tread I too have trod
         1637     My Father's way may twist & turn, my heart may throb & ache
         1638     When at night you sleepless lay, & the weary hours drag by
         1639     I learn as the years roll onward & leave the past behind
         1643     A little brown cork fell in the path of a whale
         1644     The saddest day has a morrow, the darkest night has a dawn
         1644     Two frogs fell into a can of cream, or so I've heard it told
         1645     In spite of sorrow, loss & pain, our course be onward still
         1645     If life is always a warfare between the right & the wrong
         1646     Your name may not appear down here in the this world's hall of fame
         1647     Who does God's work will get God's pay, however long may seem the day
         1648     I've shut the door on yesterday, it's sorrows & mistakes
         1651     It cost Abraham the willingness to yield his only son
         1652     Back to the same old boat, the selfsame net
         1654     Did you ask the Lord for patience? Did you plead for it in prayer?
         1655     The path was steep & snowy, the way was hard & cold
         1656     Our Father knows what's best for us, so why should we complain
         1657     Sunshine let it be or frost, storm or calm as thou shalt choose
         1657     Who called my child away from me, who called away my love?
         1657     It is not His cross that is heavy, it is those that our hands have made
         1657     The cry of man's anguish went up to God, "Lord, take away pain!
         1658     Complainingly I told myself, "This cross is too heavy to wear
         1660     'Tis a lesson you should heed, try try again
         1660     'Tis better to have tried in vain, sincerely striving for a goal
         1660     All the world's a daily stage & life itself seems but a play
         1666     He's so blithely on the way that people call the road of life
         1666     Oh what a happy soul I am, although I cannot see
         1667     If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs & blaming it on you
         1668     It is not raining rain to me, it's raining daffodils
         1668     Just think of that odd little sparrow, uncared for by any but God
         1669     He came to my desk with quivering lip--the lesson was done
         1669     When you've set your mind to do it, when your judgement says you're right
         1669     Would we know that the major chords were sweet if there were no minor keys?
         1669     Diamonds are only chunks of coal that stuck to the job, you see?
         1670     I saw a way-worn traveller in tattered garments clad
         1670     If I had a grapevine tender & green
         1671     Two men were looking at the sea, but one saw only quantity
         1671     My soul, be on thy guard, ten thousand foes arise
         1671     Cross of Christ! Lead onward through the holy war
         1672     Should sorrow lay her hand upon thy shoulder & walk with thee in silence on life's way
         1672     I have nothing to do with tomorrow, my Saviour will make that His care
         1673     A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing
         1674     My food is but spare & humble, my cot
         1674     Who would true valour see, let him come hither
         1674     Once pledged by the cross as children of God
         1675     Our fathers to the graves have gone
         1675     When you're lost in the wild & you're scared as a child
         1676     Give me the man who facing Winter's blast
         1676     Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift
         1676     Did you tackle that trouble that came your way, with a resolute heart & cheerful
         1677     Lead on O King Eternal, the day of march has come
         1677     If you can trust when everyone about you is doubting Him, proclaiming Him untrue
         1678     On the gridiron, on the diamond, on the link or on the court
         1680     Strong are the walls around me that hold me all the day
         1681     The tree that never had to fight for sun & sky & air & light
         1682     Onward Christian soldiers marching as to war
         1683     Only a baby's grave, a foot or two at the most
         1683     Love looked down with eyes so tender, all the room was wrapped in gloom
         1683     When I'm on top of the mountain, He's the bright & morning star
         1683     Oh there is never sorrow of heart that shall lack a timely end
         1683     When the storm is raging high, when the tempest rends the sky
         1684     Sometimes when nothing goes just right & worry reigns supreme
         1684     There are gems of wondrous brightness oftentimes lying at our feet
         1686     When to the front you cannot go, be faithful under cover
         1687     He always wins who sides with God, to him no chance is lost
         1687     He knows the bitter, the weary way, He knows the endless striving day by day
         1687     I cannot do it alone, the waves run fast & high
         1693     All the water in the world, how ever hard it tried
         1693     Full well do ye know the foe must be met
         1694     Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross
         1695     You have no enemies you say? Alas! My friend the boast is poor
         1698     Are you worsened in a fight? Are you cheated of your right? Laugh it off
         1699     He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater
         1701     Not to the priest in the Temple of old, not to the king in his palace of gold
         1701     One little hour of watching for the Master
         1703     After the crosses--a crown of life
         1703     O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee
         1703     An enemy I had whose mien I stoutly strove to know
         1705     They borrowed a bed to lay his head when Christ the Lord came down
         1705     Perhaps today my Lord will come to bear me to my much-loved Home
         1706     I closely held within my arms a jewel rare
         1708     It's not the failures he may meet that keep a man from winnin'
         1708     When the weather suits you not, try smiling
         1708     You have no enemies you say? Alas! My friend the boast is poor
         1709     Stone walls do not a prison make nor iron bars a cage
         1709     Lord please forgive me for trying to hurry
         1710     I was a wandering sheep, I did not love the fold
         1711     Oh happy band of pilgrims, if onward ye will tread
         1712     God hath not promised skies always blue, flower-strewn pathways all our lives through
         1712     Oh heart of mine, we shouldn't worry so!
         1713     No one is beat 'til he quits, no one is through til he stops
         1713     'Tis better to have tried in vain, sincerely striving for a goal
         1714     The wind is such an optimist that we can learn from him
         1714     If you would like to do or die, then here's the fight. Come draw night
         1715     There's a wayward side to the best of men that pulls them from the track
         1716     When things go wrong as they sometimes will, when the road you're trudging seems all uphill
         1716     Oh wonderful story of deathless love, each child is dear to that Heart Above
         1716     If never a sorrow came to us & never a care we knew
         1717     There is healing in the promise, there is healing in the blood
         1717     So he died for his faith, that is fine--more than most of us do
         1718     He placed me in a little cage away from gardens fair
         1720     Death isn't death--it's glory, it isn't dark--it's light
         1721     Full half a hundred times I've sobbed, "I can't go on, I can't go on
         1721     The Devil may wall you 'round but he can roof you in
         1723     I never knew a night so black light failed to follow on its track
         1723     There is not sickness but there is a balm
         1723     Light after darkness, gain after loss, strength after weakness, crown after cross
         1723     If you tried to smile when the heat's up high
         1724     Art thou sunk in depths of sorrow where no arm can reach so low
         1724     Despair may tangle but darkly at your feet
         1725     There is always the hope of tomorrow to brighten the clouds of today

                 
UNITY
         1728     Who flies the kite? I, said the boy, it is my joy

                 
VISION & GOALS
         1735     O'er uncharted sea to their heart's desire do the men of faith set sail
         1736     If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead & rotten
         1737     On the pathway of life out where you are, may hope fill your heart as you reach for a star

                 
WAR
         1740     I have a rendezvous with death at some disputed barricade
         1740     The Earth is weary of our foolish wars
         1741     When after many battles passed, both tired with blows make peace at last
         1743     I have prayed in her fields of poppies, I have laughed with the men who died
         1743     Those that fly may fight again, which he can never do that's slain
         1746     Set the bells of mourning ringing, slowly ringing in the town

                 
WORLD SYSTEM
         1750     God pity eyes that have not seen the dawn, twilight, or shadow or a windblown tree
         1751     I never get mad, I get hostile

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