Poems

September 19, 1901

Loving Father

BY CHARLES H. GLIDDEN.
Loving Father, Truth triumphant, Counselor and King,Here we gather to adore Thee, here our hearts we bring.
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September 19, 1901

Let Something Good be Said

James Whitcomb Riley
When over the fair fame of friend or foeThe shadow of disgrace shall fall; insteadOf words of blame, or proof of thus and so,Let something good be said.
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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 Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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August 29, 1901

Brotherhood

E. S. Martin
That plenty but reproaches meWhich leaves my brother bare,Not wholly glad my heart can beWhile his is bowed with care.
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August 29, 1901

My Thought of God

BY WILLIAM CROFTS
God is my Life, and God is good,And in His goodness I'll rejoice;His care supplies my daily food,He guides me with His loving voice;And day by day my way I'll wendTo Him, my Father and my Friend.
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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 Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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August 22, 1901

Three Gates

If you are tempted to revealA tale some one to you has toldAbout another, make it pass,Before you speak, three gates of gold.
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August 15, 1901

A Cottage Portrait

BY CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK.
WITHIN my humble hall there hangs against the wallA fairer flower than summer garlands show,—A beautiful old face whose gentleness and graceBeam forth like winter flowers beside the snow.
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August 1, 1901

Gratitude

BY L. E. LITZSINGER.
When the heart once enshrouded in darkness and gloom,Has been filled with the sunshine of God,Were it Possible then to conceal the bright raysAs they scatter their radiance abroad?
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August 1, 1901

Why?

Robert Haven Schauffler
If the wren can clingTo a spray a-swingIn the mad May wind, and sing and singAs if she'd burst for joy;
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