The cool and balmy breezes blow And disappeared is winter’s snow, The merry birds upon the wing, Are singing sweetly—“It is Spring!” Forgotten is the winter’s toil And crocus buds peep thru the soil, The roses speak, the lilies bloom, Sending cut their sweet perfume.   God speaks among these beauties rare And they are […]

Alone in dark Gethsemane Our Saviour knelt to pray, Alone in deepest agony He saw the cross-ward way,   It was alone He tarried there None else His presence kept, His own disciples could not bear To tarry—and they slept!   Alone upon the cursed tree He suffered, bled and died, That we from bondage […]

Much is to be done in the year to come; What have we done today? We shall give our aid in a gentle way: What did we give today? We shall lift the burdens and right the wrongs; We shall cheer our comrades by singing glad songs; We shall speak kind words of love and […]