Poems

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PROTECTION

JOSEPHINE VAN HOUTEN

REST , O heart, the Father leads us All the way! Love divine protects and feeds us Every day.
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THE CAUSE OF GRATITUDE

JOHN M. DEAN

In fervent penitential prayer,A conscience-stricken sinner bowed;Nor pomp, nor ceremonial riteWith hollow form his words endowed.

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From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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THE CROWN OF DAVID'S LINE

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH

Know ye the noble crown of David's line,Bearing the thirteen stars and sacred sign,—(1, 2) The tribes of Jacob, and the vow divine;

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Him evermore I behold...

Longfellow

Him evermore I beholdWalking in Galilee,Through the cornfield's waving gold,In hamlet or grassy wold,By the shores of the Beautiful Sea.
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IN ÆTERNUM

MARY J. ELMENDORF

There is a deep grave in the heartOf time, unmarked, weed-grown, apart,Where seas of fog are creeping.
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MY KINGDOM

SEBA M. CHRISTIN.

With thought attuned unto the perfect Mind,My heaven within my consciousness I find;There hope and health and happiness abide,To Christlike guests the portal opens wide.

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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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Changing your world

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

From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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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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WATCH!

KATHARINE T. PORTER.

With trailing wing I fluttered low,Along the ground in sorry plight;I heard the voice of Truth, and lo!It broke the darkness of my night:No poison dart had laid me low,But praise of friend,—an ambushed foe.
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"THE SINLESS JOY"*

Cassius M. Loomis

It gave the Master comfort to the end.
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If I knew you and you knew me,—...

ANON

If I knew you and you knew me,—If both of us could clearly seeAnd with an inner sight divineThe meaning of your heart and mine,—I'm sure that we would differ less,And clasp our hands in friendliness;Our thoughts would pleasantly agree,If I knew you and you knew me.
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TWO PRAYERS

MARY BRENT WHITESIDE.

One in the prison-house of erring thought,Where darkness reigned through the unlighted year,In stress and tears, for his own worship, wroughtA frowning God of vengeance and of fear.
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If we sit down at set of sun...

Anon

If we sit down at set of sunAnd count the things that we have done,And counting findOne self-denying act, one wordThat eased the heart of him who heard,One glance most kind,That fell like sunshine where it went,Then we may count the day well spent.
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EXALTATION

MARY J. ELMENDORF.

Ofttimes, when meditation steeps my heartIn harmony and hush and ambient light,I seem to stand apartFrom thoughts that to my duller moods respond;Like some lone watcher, leaning out of nightTo glean one shaft of glory far beyond.