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December 11, 1909

THE LIGHT OF TRUTH

ALICE MC GUIGAN.
Count not the years, eternityIs ours, age hath no pow'r to mar:Our God is Life and Love and Truth;There is no age, there is no youth;No limitation on man placed,God's attributes in him are traced.
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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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December 11, 1909

THE MOTHER'S EVENING PRAYER*

MARY BAKER EDDY.
O gentle presence, peace and joy and power;     O Life divine, that owns each waiting hour,Thou Love that guards the nestling's faltering flight!     Keep Thou my child on upward wing tonight.
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December 11, 1909

A little thought and a little care...

Josephine Pollard
A little thought and a little care,A little tenderness now and then,A gracious speech and a courtly airMay give one rank among gentlemen;But he who merits the highest place,Though clad in homespun he be, 'tis true,Is one who carries a heart of grace,And is really a nobleman through and through.
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December 4, 1909

TRUTH'S DAWN

FLORENCE HARDIMAN MILLER.
Had truth not dawned—There had been in my heart no little shrineOn which the flame of joy burns ceaselessly.
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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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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 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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December 4, 1909

THE MASTER'S CALL

MARY LLOYD MC CONNELL.
The storm had passed me, and I layUpon the bosom of Life's ocean, derelict;Far off the thunder echoed, and beyondI heard the sullen roar of angry surfBeating a rock-bound shore; nor hope had IThat ever ray of dawn could penetrate the gloom.
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November 27, 1909

PATIENCE

EVELYN SYLVESTER KNOWLES.
Child , maintain thy full assuranceOf the pulsing power within;Look not on forbidden objects,Since to look thus is to sin.
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November 27, 1909

THE DWELLING-PLACE OF THOUGHT

HON. CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK.
Large and round the golden moonMoves a lake of clouds aboon,And the clouds like waves of laceDrift against the planet's face,While a lone star shining nighGems a rift of azure sky.
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November 27, 1909

A THOUGHT OF LIFE

ADA JANE MILLER.
Amid the scenes of that which we call death,The stronger thought of Life and Truth and Love,If held through all the clamor and the rushOf speechless anguish, loss, and sense of pain,Will keep the heart untroubled, undismayed.
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November 20, 1909

BE MINE

LAURA GERAHTY.
O Love, be mine this day!And I shall sing—Like joyous lark speeding on upward wingTo rise above earth's gloom and o'er it ring—Love's roundelay.
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November 20, 1909

ANSWER

RUTH INGRAHAM
O Love, who didst the want supplyOf Hagar's famished son,And in the burning wildernessDidst make the streams to run,In this, the desert of my life,Again Thy will be done!
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