Poems

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I FOUND A PATH OF BLUEBELLS

MARY J. ELMENDORF.

I Found a path of bluebellsA-winding through my thought:The winter's frosty presenceIts russet robes had broughtTo fold the trembling grassesAnd mantle tree and hill;Yet there, amid the grayness,The sudden gusts and chill,Amid the lonely graynessWhere borean banners waved,I found a path of summerWith blue of summer paved.
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"PLUS ULTRA."

RENICE RADCLIFFE.

More beyond?

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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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REALITY

MIRIAM ORMONDE SMALLWOOD.

There is no life but God!Across the surging waste of mortal strife,With luring rifts and shoals and glamour rife,The star of ancient days gleams radiant white,And truth, with feet unshod,Soars upward through the trackless night.

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WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS

CASSIUS M. LOOMIS.

Dost thou, dear one, still face an angry sea?
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STARLIGHT

MARY J. ELMENDORF.

What whisper you, stars of the eloquent night,What whisper you ever?
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GOD IS LOVE

LAURA GERAHTY.

Aye, God is Love! Repeat the restful wordsSo early learned, so oft, so lightly said.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

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

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 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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OPPOSING VIEWS

LILLIAN BARKER BEEDE.

Friends and loved ones from you parted,Are you sad and lonely-hearted,Longing for the days now flown?
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"THE DIAL IN THE ROSE-GARDEN."

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH.

I tell the toll of human weal and woe,While the wing-footed ages come and go:When the night dews are shaken,Soon as the sun doth waken,Hasting his footstep o'er the twinkling seaHe seeks the rose and me.
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THE LIVING CHRIST

CHARLES C. SANDELIN.

Dost seek the Christ, that thou may'st humbly kneel,And to his mercy all thy wounds reveal,—With earnest heart beseech the healing balm,And for thy troubled thought crave heavenly calm?
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THE LAW OF SERVICE

WILLIS E. BLOOMFIELD.

The fields are white for harvest,But the laborers are few.
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O heart of mine, keep patience! Looking forth,...

Whittier

O heart of mine, keep patience! Looking forth, As from the mount of vision, I behold, Pure, just, and free, the church of Christ on earth,— The martyr's dream, the golden age foretold! And, found at last, the mystic Grail I see, Brimmed with his blessing, pass from lip to lip In sacred pledge of human fellowship; And over all the songs of angels hear,— Songs of the love that casteth out all fear,— Songs of the gospel of humanity! Lo, in the midst, with the same look he wore, Healing and blessing on Gennesaret's shore, Folding together with the all-tender might Of his great love, the dark hands and the white, Stands the Consoler, soothing every pain, Making all burdens light and breaking every chain.
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A DISCIPLE

AGNES FLORIDA CHALMERS.

DEAR child, what is the prayer that thou hast givenThis morning for thy home which is in heaven?