Poems

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God's Presence

ROSE SHAW FENNING

What matter if the way be dark?
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Our Inheritance

ERNEST CLARENCE ANDERSON

There is a love of Love that we must eachStrive to reflect, that we may emulateThe works of him who mastered sin and hate,Sickness and fear—our Lord, who came to teachGod's perfect love, putting within our reachThe power to conquer.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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Humility

JASMINE MC ILVAINE LIPKA WARE

Dear God,Let me not forget,When called to aid my brother man,The years I spent in the vestibuleOf Thy house,AwaitingThe ripening of consciousness,To see and do Thy will.

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The Guest

FANNY DE GROOT HASTINGS

Martha prepared the supper and served himWhom the Pharisees scoffed at and mocked;Precious to her were the shining curved rimOf his glass and the lintel his hand had knocked.
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Prayer

ANNIE BONNER MARLEY

Give me the strength to meet, dear Lord,Whatever may betide;Help me to silence human will,To cast out stubborn pride.
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Progress

HON. MRS. FRANCES PORTER

"Thy will be done.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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.

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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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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Silent Prayer

LAURA GERAHTY

Collectively, exclusively, for these, dear Lord, we pray:Not for ourselves alone to meet a need or clear a way,But for each suppliant gathered here, we know Thy will is done,For Thou art in the midst of us, and Thou and Thine are one.
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The Secret Place

MABEL CONE BUSHNELL

The secret place, a lovely place!In thought we see God face to face;Here we may walk and talk with Him,And find all worldly aims grow dim.
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His Presence

ELIZABETH BEMIS DUNN

When there are days that grow so darkI cannot see the light,He takes my hand and gently guidesMy faltering steps aright.
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Confidence

JEANIE F. GIBB

I know not where the way will lead,That I must tread.
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Through Eyes of Love

MINNY M. H. AYERS

Lord, let me look through eyes of love,With Christliness that sees to heal;With eyes that look beyond, above,And glimpse the holy and the real.
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Christ's Standard

ROBERT ELLIS KEY

Truth, our standard—raise it higher!We who follow must aspireTo the heights that Jesus trod;Through the gospel he hath spoken,Showing us by word and tokenMan inseparable from God.