The World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 1)
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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 (7 hr 48 min)
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Te Deum Laudamus: A Version from the American Episcopal Church Prayer-Book by A…
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Lord! When Those Glorious Lights I See (Hymn and Prayer for the Use of Believer…
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Hymn before Sunrise, in the Vale of Chamouni by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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God and Man: From the 'Essay on Man,' Epistles I and IV by Alexander Pope
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A Mighty Fortress Is Our God ('Ein' Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott') by Martin Luther
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Strong Son of God, Immortal Love: From the Introduction of 'In Memoriam' by Alf…
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The Lost Sheep ('The Ninety and Nine') by Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane
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Messiah: A Sacred Eclogue, in Imitation of Virgil's Pollio by Alexander Pope
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O Fire of God, the Comforter ('O Ignis Spiritus Paracliti') by Saint Hildegard
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Hope of the Human Heart: From 'Anima Mundi' by Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Ho…
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The Caliph and Satan (Versified from Tholuck's Translation out of the Persian) …
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O, May I Join the Choir Invisible! by Marian Evans Lewes Cross (George Eliot)
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O Yet We Trust that Somehow Good: From 'In Memoriam,' LIII by Alfred, Lord Tenn…
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My Home: A Thanksgiving to God for a House in the Green Parish of Devonshire by…
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