Poems

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Prophecy

W. EDSON SMITH

In God's good time the sunlight clearWill flood our paths with gleaming gold,And all the griefs of yester-yearIn gladness and great joy unfold:White blooms will spread their fragrance farO'er wide, wide fields of wrong,And sober woodland silencesBreak into silver song.
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Sand, or Rock?

MARY I. MESECHRE

A certain house was builded fair to see,With massive walls and stately towers,Which through the passing sunlit hoursEchoed the sound of joyous minstrelsy.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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The Awakening

NANCY H. BUSKETT

And can it be but yesterday the Magdalene was I?

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The worm that clothes the monarch spins no flaw,...

Julia Ward Howe

The worm that clothes the monarch spins no flaw,The coral builder works by heavenly law.
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God is All

MIRTIE E. ROBERTSON

Life has become so sweet,Each day with joy I greet,—God is my all.
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Today

MARIE RUSSELL

Today the gentle violetA soft assurance bears,Because the morning sun arose,And dried her dewy tears.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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Anthology of classic articles

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Creation

MARY JAMES ARNOLD

Darkness upon the deep,—bowed down with sorrow,Discouragement, and grief, and bitter tearsFor all that seemed to be.
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THE PILGRIM

BESSIE RUTHERFORD TWIGG

His banner over me is Love,And daily on my way I proveThe sureness of His leading;A cloak invisible it is,In which through midst of enemiesI pass unseen, unheeding.
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"HE FEEDETH AMONG THE LILIES"

FRANCES A. HALDANE.

Why feed upon the bread of sorrow,The bitter griefs, the memories of the past,When here and now, today and each tomorrow,Christ giveth thee fresh food to break thy fast?
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SYMPATHY

GERTRUDE GOODING MC CLOUD

When sorrow comes to one I love,I would not dareTo send mere words of sympathy;I need must careEnough to send a message of good cheer,To tell the loved one that all good is here.
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WORK

GERTRUDE SMITH.

Oh , work for the love of work, my friend,If joy your heart would know,For work, true work, is a thing divine,—God's love in its overflow!Like to a bird in flight and song,Like to a child in laugh and play,This to your life is work, my friend,—God's blessing on each perfect day!
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MY CHOICE

LUCY HAYS EASTMAN.

My God, no human touch I crave,But oh, may I Thy presence feel,Closer than clasped hands,In selfless love that stretches wingO're fear-bound hearts, and works to heal!