[Illustration: THE CITY BEYOND FROM THE PRIZE PICTURE OF MR. NORMAN S. WOOLDRIDGE, WITH HIS PERMISSION Copyright by N. S. Wooldridge] Songs FROM THE SMOKE BY MADELEINE SWEENY MILLER (VASSAR COLLEGE, A.B.) INTRODUCTION BY SIMON N. PATTEN, Ph.D., LL.D. ILLUSTRATED THE METHODIST BOOK CONCERN NEW YORK CINCINNATI Copyright, 1914, by MADELEINE SWEENY MILLER TO THOSE WHO HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE THIS BOOK IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED. E. B. S. G. B. S. J. L. M. CONTENTS PART I SONGS FOR THE BROTHERS WHO TOIL PAGE A Pittsburgh River 17 Wayside and Highway in Autumn 18 Snuffed Out 19 An Interrupted Worker's Revelation 21 Rain at the Mill 22 Your To-Morrow 24 Hymn of Cooperation 25 Immigrant Motherhood 26 The Man of the Air 27 Out from the Smoke 28 God of My Brother 30 The Delivery Boy 31 Hymn for Humanity 32 April in Fourth Avenue 34 PART II SONGS FOR THE EVENING HOUR The Spirit of Evening 37 A Beacon Face 38 The Voice from the Field 39 The Burning of Chambersburg 40 The Wedding at Panama 42 A Ballad of Eugenics 43 Immortality 44 Sonnet to Nemesis, Goddess of Remorse 45 Thoughts of God 46 Two Monologues 47 Inland Waves 49 Soul of the World 50 PART III SONGS FOR THE SEASONS Creation Morn 53 Thanksgiving 54 On Easter Day 55 A Christmas Carol 56 The Message of the Chimes 57 A Winter Lullaby 58 Rainy Day Fun 60 Apples in Winter 61 The Birth of Spring 62 AUTHOR'S FOREWORD