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Understanding

F. Mildred Rickman

Give me, O Lord, an understanding heart!Not always have I gladly raised this prayer:For I have longed for trifles light as air,For things of earth, of music, or of art,And oftentimes have sought the gift of song,Or eloquence in speech; in ancient loreWould knowledge have, or far-off lands explore,And cities where the mighty numbers throng.
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Love's Touch

Marian J. cobb

I like to think that at GethsemaneWhen Jesus healed the high priest's servant's ear,Severed by the impetuous Peter's swordWielded through a mistaken zeal and fear,In that same hour the high priest's servant gainedA vision of the Christ, whose healing powerBanished forever all his hatred, whenLove's hand reached out and touched him in that hour;I like to think that from that moment heBecame a follower of the Christ, and learnedIn sweet humility to live the truthWhich erstwhile he in ignorance had spurned.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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Christmas Morn

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

As in a manger long ago,In Bethlehem the blest,The infant Saviour of the worldFound humble, homely rest;So to the bosom sad and lornThere comes the pledge of Christmas morn.

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The Sheep That Was Found

FLORENCE IRENE GUBBINS

I stood upon the outskirts of the crowdThat thronged about him in the market place.
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I Thank Thee

H. MARTIN NIEMOELLER

I thank Thee, Father,More each day,As I followOn the wayUp to Thee.
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No Separation

ANNA EMANUEL WILLIAMS

Through human silence comes the voice of God,Dispelling doubt, and compassing aboutWith tender loving every weary heart.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

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Anthology of classic articles III

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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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"I shall be satisfied"

STELLA L. MYATT

"As for me, I will behold thy faceIn righteousness.
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Deliverance

BLANCHE MURIEL FUNNELL

About them all the wilderness spread out,The sea before.
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God is Spirit

KATE M. DICKERSON

Gentle Spirit, this I see—Justice, mercy, dwell with Thee,In Thy presence, From aboveIs our comfort, peace, and love;And Thy tender, loving careComes through daily earnest prayer,Till the vision, pure and bright,Fills our hearts with God's daylight.
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Revelation

LORETTA HANDKE

One misty morn the throes of mortal thoughtEncircled me about as bands of steel,Which tore the very fiber of my soul.
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A Prayer

MARY I. MESECHRE

Oh , let not apathy nor willful slothImpede my growth;And may the bulwark of Thy constant ruthUphold my truth.
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Service

VINA S. ADAMS

If I can smile, in patience waitingFor Love divine to show the way;If I can trust, despite the seeming,And honor Him in work and play;If I can hope, and know no doubting;If I can love, and have no fear,Then will my life be filled with service,And all the false will fade awayAs shadows dim before the sunshine, As darkness deep before the day.