The Quiet Hours by Barbara Burrow

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Barbara Burrow, friendship, Grace Magazine, Poetry, The Quiet Hours

It is good to pause and rest awhile

From life’s demanding pace……

To leave the loud

Chaotic crowd

And find a peaceful place;

To put on the cloak of quietness

With heart and mine at ease.

To sit with a friend

At the long day’s end

And recall fond memories.

And whether we talk or whether we

dream.

You’ll find that in the end.

No treasure, though rare.

Could ever compare

With the quiet hours spent with a

friend.

At the time of the writing of this poem, I tried searching everyway I could think of to find a link to a biography of Barbara Burrow, and could not locate one.

I took the poem from Grace Magazine (British Quarterly) Spring Issue 1988,  that ceased publication probably 20 years ago, much to my dismay. The man who wrote this quarterly publication died and left no one to carry it on.

HE WALKS WITH ME

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God, guidance, Harpers Bazaar, Margaret E. Sangster, Poetry, Religous, uplifting

Margaret E. Sangster (1838-1912)

Beside the plow He walks with me,

And if my step be slow,

He pauses, waiting so that He

May lead me where I go.

I feel His presence at my side,

His hand upon my hair;

His love sweeps boundless like the tide,

About me everywhere.

Beside the plow He walks with me,

I cut the furrows deep.

I know His gentle eyes will see

The harvest that I reap.

His guiding touch is on my arm,

And well I know the care

That keeps me safe from sin and harm.

Is with me everywhere.

Beside the plow He walks with me,

And all my troubles sweep

Away, I know that there will be

No time to pine or weep:

My very oxen seem to feel

The rapture in the air;

The love that lives to bless and heal

Surrounds us everywhere

Beside the plow He walks with me

And lo, the sun shines down;

The same that smiled on Galilee,

And on a thorny crown.

God grant that when the shadows creep

Across the mountains fair

His love may still be wide and deep

About me everywhere

If you would like to know more about Margaret E. Sangster. please click on her name, she was the Editor of Harpers Bazaar, from 1889 to 1899

THANKFULNESS

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Ellin Isabelle Tupper, Poetry, Sweedish, Thankfulness, Victorian

A Poem by Ellin Isabelle Tupper

For all that God in mercy sends-

For health and children, home and friends,

For comfort in the time of need,

For every kindly word and deed,

For happy thoughts and holy talk,

For Guidance in our daily walk-

For everything give thanks.