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Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul By: James Mudge (1844-1918) |
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Compiled and Edited by JAMES MUDGE Revised and Enlarged Edition The Abingdon Press
New York Cincinnati Chicago Copyright, 1907, 1909, by
Eaton & Mains Printed in the United States of America First Edition Printed November, 1907
Second Printing, March, 1909
Third Printing, October, 1911
Fourth Printing, July, 1915
Fifth Printing, May, 1919
Sixth Printing, January, 1922
Seventh Printing, April, 1925
Eighth Printing, March, 1928
Ninth Printing, October, 1930
Tenth Printing, September, 1934
TO ALL
WHO ARE AT THE SAME TIME
LOVERS OF GOOD POETRY AND LOVERS OF GOOD CHARACTER,
DEVOTED TO GOD AND THEIR FELLOW MEN, AS WELL AS TO
LITERATURE, THE COMPILER, WHO CLAIMS A LITTLE
PLACE IN THIS LARGE COMPANY,
DEDICATES THE RESULT OF HIS PLEASANT LABORS
CONTENTS
PAGE
PREFACE vii SUBJECTS: HEROISM CHIVALRY, NOBILITY, HONOR, TRUTH 1 COURAGE CONSTANCY, CONFIDENCE, STRENGTH, VALOR 14 INDEPENDENCE MANHOOD, FIRMNESS, EARNESTNESS, RESOLUTION 22 GREATNESS FAME, SUCCESS, PROGRESS, VICTORY 28 DUTY LOYALTY, FAITHFULNESS, CONSCIENCE, ZEAL 41 SERVICE USEFULNESS, BENEVOLENCE, LABOR 50 BROTHERHOOD CHARITY, SYMPATHY, EXAMPLE, INFLUENCE 66 CONSECRATION SUBMISSION, DEVOTION, PURITY 79 PEACE REST, CALM, STILLNESS 88 HUMILITY MEEKNESS, WEAKNESS, SELFLESSNESS 95 CONTENTMENT RESIGNATION, PATIENCE, COMPENSATION 103 ASPIRATION DESIRE, SUPPLICATION, GROWTH 115 PRAYER WORSHIP, COMMUNION, DEVOTION 123 JOY PRAISE, CHEERFULNESS, HAPPINESS 138 AFFLICTION CONSOLATION, TRIAL, ENDURANCE 149 LOVE DIVINE GOODNESS, UNSELFISHNESS 163 HOPE PROGRESS, OPTIMISM, ENTHUSIASM 170 FAITH ASSURANCE, DOUBT, UNBELIEF 177 TRUST GUIDANCE, SAFETY, GLADNESS 187 GOD'S CARE PROVIDENCE, GOD'S KNOWLEDGE AND BENEFICENCE 199 GOD'S WILL OBEDIENCE, DIVINE UNION 209 GOD'S PRESENCE POSSESSION, SATISFACTION, REFLECTION 221 JESUS HIS PRECIOUSNESS, AND BEAUTY, AND LOVE 233 LIFE TIME, OPPORTUNITY, EXPERIENCE, CHARACTER 250 AGE AND DEATH MATURITY, VICTORY, HEAVEN 267 APPENDIX MISCELLANEOUS SELECTIONS 278 INDEX TO AUTHORS 288 INDEX TO TITLES 292 INDEX TO FIRST LINES 298
PREFACE
This is not like other collections of religious verse; still less is it
a hymnal. The present volume is directed to a very specific and wholly
practical end, the production of high personal character; and only those
poems which have an immediate bearing in this direction have been
admitted. We know of no other book published which has followed this
special line. There are fine hymnals, deservedly dear to the Church, but
they are necessarily devoted in large measure to institutional and
theological subjects, are adapted to the wants of the general
congregation and to purposes of song; while many poetical productions
that touch the heart the closest are for that very reason unsuited to
the hymnal. There are many anthologies and plentiful volumes of
religious poetry, but not one coming within our ken has been made up as
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