Poems

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ANNIVERSARY

Frank Balls Ouseley

Mourn not the passing of another year;Rather rejoice in progress made,Knowledge acquired and applied,Some healing done.
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COURAGE

Emma Mannix

I prayed one day:Courage—God, give me courage!A voice came clear:Get understanding, child,And you will have courage.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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ACHIEVEMENT

Edythe Jamieson

When the Master wove his storiesBy the Galilean shore.

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HUMAN YIELDING

Lucy I. Sturk

Mankind will have GethsemaneIn one way or anotherTill willingly they do God's willAnd trust the Father-Mother.
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OUR LEADER

Jean Glatthar

She had borne her burden through the heat of dayBut now, the night came down without a star.
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SHALL I FORGIVE?

Margaret Osborn

Shall I forgive my brother seven times?

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Anthology of classic articles

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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 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 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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A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FOR ALL

Grace K. Sticht

Alert and watchful in the quietOf the star-filled winter night,Shepherds kept a tender vigil.
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LO! IT IS CHRISTMAS

Fannie Merry Law

Do we today,As long ago,Fill up the inn,Our consciousness,With fretted careAnd worldly din,So when Christ knocksThe keeper calls,,"No room within"?
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BETHLEHEM AND BOW

Edith May Matthews

Across the centuries they meet,though half a world apart,their sacred stories cradled deepin each receptive heart.
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CHRISTLIKE VISION

Mary Welman Miller

I was spending my days in confusion,In hurry, in worry, in fright,A slave with my tasks never ending,A slave with no respite in sight,
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THE ANSWER

Myrtle A. Cash

Though the answer tarries, coming,Though the way seems rugged, long,Love will lead to Truth's clear dawning;Love will make the heart a song.
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MY PRAYER

Augusta E. Envoldsen

Grant, Father-Mother God, that I may smileWhen to some fearful thoughtThat smile brings courage,Hope.