Poems of Progress

Doubtless many who take up this book, and glance carelessly at its pages, will exclaim, “What! more Spiritualism!” To which remark I answer, yes, more Spiritualism, an unequivoc...

There is something in Nature beyond our control, That is tenderly winning the love of each soul; We shall linger no longer in darkness and doubt, When the Beauty within meets th...

Thus beauty unto ruin clings, And light from deepest darkness springs; The Soul its noblest strength must gain Through ministries of grief and pain; Great victories only come th...

One Sabbath morn when the air was balm, And the green earth smiled with a heavenly charm, In the peaceful hush, in the holy calm, Old David Bell, with a new intent, Across the b...

There was good Mr. Honest, who lived but next door, He was true, and substantial, and sound to the core; He had made it the rule of his life, from his youth, To shun all evasion...

The burnt-out fire-crypts of my life Had lost their crimson gleam, And emptied of their baleful glare, I walked as in a dream, With one great purpose in my heart, To _be_ and no...

I was with her there, and with tender care I folded her close to my breast, Till the heart’s wild throb, and the bursting sob, Were silenced and soothed to rest. O human love! t...

Evermore Love’s quickening breath Calls the living soul from death; And the resurrection’s power Comes to every dying hour. When the soul, with vision clear, Learns that Heaven...

Immortal eyes look from above Upon our joys to-night, And souls immortal in their love In our glad songs unite. Across the waveless crystal sea The notes triumphant ring-- “O Gr...