Poems

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The Comforter

ANNIE ADAMS

O TROUBLED heart,Be still and know,The Comforter is nearTo heal thy woe.
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Paul

A. JACQUELINE SHAW

We may not ask to plumb the agonyOf those three days of absence from the light;Nor what thoughts thronged, thick, on your misery,Remorse, and fear.

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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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Aspiration

MINNA MATHISON

Love, free us from the taint of earth,And from its mortal spell;Help us Thy will to understand,To find Thy blessings near at hand,And seek true wisdom well.

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Sun of Righteousness

AIMEE LUNDGREN

Oh the pity of our plight,When we trespass 'gainst the right,Blindly follow error's leading,Truth's divine appeal unheeding.
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At Evening Time

EDITH L. PERKINS

When burdens seem too great to bear,And endless drag the hours of blight,Then come these words with solace rare:At evening time it shall be light.
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Love

E. K. ILLINGWORTH

I Sang my song to the sunshine,I whispered it in the air,The breezes bore it on loving armsAnd wafted it everywhere!

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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Anthology of classic articles

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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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From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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Unafraid

MINNIE C. BALDWIN

Unafraid, undismayed,—Great the peace that comes to me;Undismayed, unafraid,As I walk with Thee.
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The Reader

C. C. BUTTERWORTH, 2d

I Heard a gentle woman speaking forthStern words of Truth, awed in the utterance,That Truth should be of so great prevalenceTo heal, and she herself so little worth.
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"Let there be light"

ROBERT E. KEY

LET not the argument of human reasonWhisper within thyself: It must be so;This false belief, though only for a season,Is the effect which mortal thoughts bestow.
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The Awakening

ESTHER L. SAMPSON

I prayed to God in tears and sorrow,I feared to-day—I feared to-morrow.
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Homeward Bound

FLORA BROWNLEE WALKER

I have taken in the anchor,I have made the cable free:I feel the old ship tremble,And I'm putting out to sea.
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The Star

ETHEL BOWMAN RONALD

The star that shone so long agoO'er Bethlehem afar,That cheered the shepherds' wakeful eyes,And brought such wonder to the wise—Still shines that ancient star.