The fourth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes many notable religious and devotional poems and hymns from across the centuries, covering subjects such as God; Christ; the Holy Spirit; prayer and aspiration; faith; hope; love; service; the Sabbath; worship; and creed. It also includes an introductory essay to the volume by Congregational pastor and progressive writer Washington Gladden (1836-1918). - Summary by Tomas Peter
Religion and Poetry by Washington GladdenSong: From 'Pippa Passes' by Robert BrowningA Passage in the Life of Saint Augustine by AnonymousMeditations of a Hindu Prince by Sir Alfred Comyn LyallBrahma by Ralph Waldo EmersonHymn to Zeus by CleanthesTe Deum Laudamus: A Version from the American Episcopal Church Prayer-Book by AnonymousThe Universal Prayer by Alexander PopeOde: From 'The Spectator' by Joseph AddisonLord! When Those Glorious Lights I See (Hymn and Prayer for the Use of Believers) by George WitherHymn before Sunrise, in the Vale of Chamouni by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Hills of the Lord by William Channing GannettSunrise by Charles Tennyson TurnerGod and Man: From the 'Essay on Man,' Epistles I and IV by Alexander PopeLight Shining out of Darkness by William CowperGod by Gavriíl Románovitch DershávinGod Is Everywhere by Robert NicollRocked in the Cradle of the Deep by Emma Hart WillardGood-bye by Ralph Waldo EmersonOur God, Our Help in Ages Past by Isaac WattsA Mighty Fortress Is Our God ('Ein' Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott') by Martin LutherDelight in God by Francis QuarlesThe Will of God by Frederick William FaberThe Voyage by Caroline Atherton MasonThe Love of God by Eliza ScudderPraise to God by Anna Lætitia BarbauldLead, Kindly Light by John Henry NewmanThe Eternal Goodness by John Greenleaf WhittierStrong Son of God, Immortal Love: From the Introduction of 'In Memoriam' by Alfred, Lord TennysonO Little Town of Bethlehem by Phillips BrooksThe Angels' Song by Edmund Hamilton SearsEpiphany by Reginald HeberOn the Morning of Christ's Nativity by John MiltonA Christmas Hymn by Alfred DomettTryste Noël by Louise Imogen GuineyThe Flight into Egypt (A Ballad) by Francis Mahony (Father Prout)Cana by James Freeman ClarkeThe Lost Sheep ('The Ninety and Nine') by Elizabeth Cecilia ClephaneDe Sheepfol' by Sarah Pratt McLean GreeneThe Good Shepherd with the Kid by Matthew ArnoldTwo Sayings by Elizabeth Barrett BrowningA Ballad of Trees and the Master by Sidney LanierStabat Mater Dolorosa by Fra JacoponeMyrrh-Bearers by Margaret Junkin PrestonLitany by Sir Robert GrantThe Christ by Richard Chenevix TrenchAbide with Me by Henry Francis LyteThe Disciples after the Ascension by Arthur Penrhyn StanleyWrestling Jacob by Charles WesleyThe Conversion of Saint Paul by John Keble'Rock of Ages' by Edward H. RiceArt Thou Weary? by Saint Stephen the SabaiteWhen Gathering Clouds around I View by Sir Robert GrantThe Star of Bethlehem by Henry Kirke WhiteLove to Christ: From 'An Hymne of Heavenly Love' by Edmund SpenserThe Way, the Truth, and the Life by Theodore ParkerKnocking, Ever Knocking by Harriet Beecher StoweTo-morrow by Lope de VegaI Gave My Life for Thee by Frances Ridley HavergalJesus Shall Reign by Isaac WattsMessiah: A Sacred Eclogue, in Imitation of Virgil's Pollio by Alexander PopeDies Iræ by Thomas à CelanoMy God, I Love Thee by Saint Francis XavierVeni Creator Spiritus by Saint GregoryVeni Sancte Spiritus by King Robert II of FranceO Fire of God, the Comforter ('O Ignis Spiritus Paracliti') by Saint HildegardThe Holy Spirit by Robert HerrickHope of the Human Heart: From 'Anima Mundi' by Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton)What is Prayer? by James MontgomeryThe Time for Prayer by Georgiana BennettSeasons of Prayer by Henry Ware, Jr.Exhortation to Prayer by Margaret MercerPrayer and Repentance: From 'Hamlet,' Act III. Sc. 3 by William ShakespeareThe Caliph and Satan (Versified from Tholuck's Translation out of the Persian) by James Freeman ClarkeDarkness Is Thinning by Saint Gregory the GreatPraise by George HerbertPrayer by Mary, Queen of HungaryDesire by Matthew ArnoldWhy Thus Longing? by Harriet Winslow SewallPrayer and Answer by Oliver HuckelThe Aim by Charles G.D. RobertsThe Love of God Supreme by Gerhard TersteegenIn a Lecture-Room by Arthur Hugh CloughFrom the Recesses of a Lowly Spirit by Sir John BowringThe Higher Good by Theodore ParkerAscription by Charles G.D. RobertsO Master, Let Me Walk with Thee by Washington GladdenFaith by George SantayanaThe Fight of Faith by Anne AskeweDoubt and Faith: From 'In Memoriam,' XCV by Alfred, Lord TennysonMy Times Are in Thy Hand by Christopher Newman HallA Mystical Ecstasy by Francis QuarlesThe Mystic's Vision by Mathilde BlindThe Call by George HerbertHope: From 'The Pleasures of Hope' by Thomas CampbellA Query by Edmund Whytehead HowsonHumility by James MontgomeryKing Robert of Sicily by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowService: From 'Pippa Passes' by Robert BrowningThe Two Angels by John Greenleaf WhittierThe Self-Exiled by Walter C. SmithSympathy: From 'Ion,' Act I. Sc. 2 by Sir Thomas Noon TalfourdSir Galahad by Alfred, Lord TennysonFlowers without Fruit by John Henry NewmanSanta Filomena (Florence Nightingale) by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowIn the Air by Lucy LarcomSoggarth Aroon by John BanimThe Vision of Sir Launfal by James Russell LowellThe Sister of Charity by Gerald Joseph GriffenWhat I Live For by George Linnæus BanksIf We Had but a Day by Mary Lowe DickinsonAbou Ben Adhem by Leigh HuntLove by Charles Francis RichardsonSunday Morning Bells by Dinah M. Mulock CraikSabbath Hymn on the Mountains by John Stuart BlackieThe Sabbath Morning by John LeydenThe Poor Man's Day: From 'The Sabbath' by James GrahameThe Sabbath of the Soul by Anna Lætitia BarbauldVesper Hymn by Samuel LongfellowVesper Hymn by Eliza ScudderAmazing, Beauteous Change! by Philip DoddridgeThe Word by William Walsham HowThe Chimes of England by Arthur Cleveland CoxeThe Old Village Choir by Benjamin F. TaylorA Lancashire Doxology by Dinah M. Mulock CraikRebecca's Hymn: From 'Ivanhoe' by Sir Walter ScottThe Book of God by Horatius BonarThe Meeting by John Greenleaf WhittierThe Living Temple by Oliver Wendell HolmesOf Hym that Togyder wyll Serve Two Maysters by Sebastian BrandtReligion and Doctrine by John HayRabbi Ben Ezra by Robert BrowningThe Religion of Hudibras: From 'Hudibras,' Part I by Samuel ButlerThe Problem by Ralph Waldo EmersonOn an Infant (Which Died before Baptism) by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeWhat Was His Creed? by AnonymousThe Philosopher Toad by Rebecca S. NicholsHer Creed by Sarah Knowles BoltonMy Creed by Alice CaryGive Me Thy Heart by Adelaide Anne ProcterO, May I Join the Choir Invisible! by Marian Evans Lewes Cross (George Eliot)O Yet We Trust that Somehow Good: From 'In Memoriam,' LIII by Alfred, Lord TennysonDay Breaks by Charles MackayMy Home: A Thanksgiving to God for a House in the Green Parish of Devonshire by Robert HerrickPeace by George HerbertPeace by Frances Ridley HavergalLiving Waters by Caroline S. SpencerDevotion by Philip MassingerThe Seaside Well by AnonymousUltima Veritas by Washington GladdenThe End of the Play by William Makepeace ThackerayThe New Year: From 'In Memoriam,' CV by Alfred, Lord TennysonLife by Jones Very
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