Poems

July 27, 1957

MERCY

Myrtle Daugherty
How blessed to receiveA brother's mercy toward some blunderOf one's own, regretted poignantly.
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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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July 27, 1957

ASSURANCE

Louise S. Darcy
Be silent, sense, and let pure Spirit speakThe message that will ease the burdened heart.
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June 29, 1957

HARVEST

Frances M. Pray
We are the harvesters of light,Obeying Love's commands;We garner with our chastened hearts—Not with impatient hands.
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June 22, 1957

FAN IN HAND

Florence Fraser Ludgate
For winnowing of useless chaffFrom sound, substantial wheat,A fan is wielded patientlyTill harvest be complete.
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June 1, 1957

HEALING

Kathryn Laney Veazey
No need to ask Love's willingness to heal,Nor, fearful, question why, or when, or how.
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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.

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Shared reflections

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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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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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May 25, 1957

RENAISSANCE

Glanville le Sueur
As the spatter of summer rainon drought-wilted fields,so is the Word of Truthto a thirsty heart.
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