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Title: Gleams of Sunshine
Optimistic Poems

Author: Joseph Horatio Chant

Release Date: February 13, 2008 [eBook #24605]

Language: English

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GLEAMS OF SUNSHINE

Optimistic Poems

by

JOSEPH HORATIO CHANT

[Illustration: Rev. J. H. Chant]

Printed for the Author by
William Briggs
Toronto
1915

Copyright, Canada, 1915
by J. H. Chant.

_TO
The memory of my beloved wife,
MARY MATILDA McKIM
Who, by her gentle disposition,
cheerful spirit,
sound judgment, and earnest Christian life,
not only proved herself my true
helpmate for over 46 years,
but, also,
made our home a place of constant
peace and abounding joy,
I dedicate this book._

J. H. C.

CONTENTS

PAGE

INVOCATION 7

FATHER OF UNIVERSAL MAN 9

GOD'S PLAN IS BEST 12

CANADA 14

LATE AUTUMN 18

FRIENDSHIP 19

LIFE 22

TO MR. RUDYARD KIPLING 23

MEN BELOW DECK 26

"OTHERS SAVE WITH FEAR" 28

TREAD SOFTLY 31

"IT WAS MY FAULT" 34

KEPT THE FLAG FLOATING 35

MARY 37

A WORLD REDEEMED 38

ALASKAN BOUNDARY SETTLEMENT 40

MY PRIMROSE 42

NIAGARA'S RAINBOW 44

MY SISTER NELL AND I 46

GATHER THE WAYSIDE FLOWERS 48

HIDE THEIR SCARS 50

"ASHAMED BUT NOT AFRAID" 52

DUNBAR 54

MARSTON MOOR