Poems

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MY HARP

MARY I. MESECHRE

A silent harp is mine.
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ASK FOR TODAY

EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH, JR

Ask for today: tomorrow ne'er will come.

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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 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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THE PATH OF JOY

ISLA V. PASCHAL.

With eagerness he sought the path of joy.

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MY HOME AND CHURCH

AGNES FLORIDA CHALMERS.

This is my home,—the consciousness of good,Filled with the love of all earth's brotherhood—A quiet resting-place, safe and secure;A home which hath foundations and is sure.
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BROTHERHOOD

MARGARET C. LOWNDS

There was a time when, in my selfish pride,I watched the world go by.
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Sometimes, I ween, the Master smiled—...

Amy Ruth Wenzel

Sometimes, I ween, the Master smiled—There budded in his eyes a glowWhich on his lips bloomed sweet and slowTo win a little child.

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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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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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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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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"THE TRUE LIGHT NOW SHINETH."

ADIN E. BALLOU

The wisdom of this world, so Paul once said,Is foolishness with God! And still men poreO'er lettered Dead Sea fruit and sigh the moreFor something lacking in the volumes read;There's a heart-hunger that demandeth bread!There is a thirsting for the perfect law;Yet vainly searching man tries many a door,Only to turn away uncomforted.
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ILLUMINATION

MIRIAM ORMONDE SMALLWOOD

Night covered me.
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REASSURANCE

MARION COOK STOW

God's thought is not our thought, His infinite careDeviseth ways and means beyond our ken,And all unseen by our blind selves, as when—In spite of seeming darkness here or there—A waiting glory showeth us how fairHis slightest promise is; how groping menMay know His tender love, or now or then,And in this love find rest beyond compare.
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ATTAINMENT

ELLEN ALMIRA DOW.

No longer strive thyself to run in moldPreparéd for another man; nor makeA model for thyself; but gladly takeThe matchless form that man has borne of oldWhen morning stars with song did dawn enfold,And sons of God with shouts of joy did breakThe silence of the spheres and echoes wakeThat through the æons ring in dale and wold.
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THE VOICE OF TRUTH

KATHARINE T. PORTER

As, looking overhead, sometimes we seeTwo galaxies of clouds, not keeping companyBut going diverse ways;As listening to music, played in many partsClear to the listening ear and gentle hearts,Beneath and quite apart, no other sound can drownA low, sweet, tender monotone:So, when Love friends together brings,To outward ear discussing many things,But still their hearts unite in universal love,Finding its tranquil in God above,Be silent thou, and bend a listening ear!Apart from mortal sense, a song of peace thou'lt hear,God's undercurrent in the mental air.
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THE EMPTY TOMB

EVELYN GAGE KNIFFIN

Why weepest thou?