Poems

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Thy Word

RUTH VICTORIA INGLIS

We of ourselves can nothing do,Thy Word alone has power, is true.
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Awakening

GERTRUDE DEANE HOUK

I slept ! Fear lay upon me, shadowlike,Filled with the dark foreboding of the dreamsOf finite sense.

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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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Footsteps

LAURA BOWLBY MASSEY

All through the night he prayed,Wrapped in the thick darknessAnd density of fear;Prayed to be deliveredFrom gnawing pain and lack,Beseeching the God of loveAnd infinite compassion.

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Peace

CICELY L. BLOCK

How lovely is the soft gray dusk,When all the earth is still,When flowers are closed, and birds are hushed,And pearl-mist veils the hill!Then turns my heart to thoughts of peace,To God, who tenderlyEnfolds all nature in His arms,—Our loving Father He.
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"Be still, and know that I am God"

CATHERINE M. CLISSOLD

"Be still, and know that I am God"!O Word, so fraught with calm and peace divine,Enter into my thought, and dwelling thereMake it like Thine!
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Worship

ELIZABETH LINCOLN BUSH

Our Father-Mother, Love divine,Grant us Thy peace, Thy joy impart,That we may worship Thee arightWith purified and grateful heart.

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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 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 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 Gospel of Love

MAUDE MARY CLARKE

Held within Thy boundless love,Joyously we rise aboveError's way.
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The Seamless Dress

REUBEN POGSON

As she, amidst that thronging crowd,Was rudely jostled and delayedBefore she reached the Christ-endowed,And, touching, found her issue stayed;So we amidst the whirling throngOf mortal thoughts that daze the mind,Seem hindered, as we press along,When we the God-idea would find.
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Prayer

JESSIE I. PIERSON

OH , not for added blessings,     Dear Father, would we pray;We know Thy gracious presence     Is with us all the way;But to the truth of being     Open our eyes to-day!
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Upwards

DOROTHY POPERT

Speak kindly, loving heart,And let thy gentleness the world's great famine feed.
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Songs in the Night

MINNY M. H. AYERS

IN the starlit dark of the silent night,Thy song comes unto me;And from the peace of a grateful heart,My song is raised to Thee.
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Arise and Shine

NELLIE C. LLOYD

Arise and shine! Take up thy loadAnd meekly press along,With holy courage in thy heart,And on thy lips a song.