Poems

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TILLAGE

Richard Carver

Let us prepare the acres,Plow up the hungry soil,For our forthcoming lectureDeserves much Christian toil,
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STAR OF CHRISTMAS

William Aubert Luce

Silver star, and east wind blowing,Manger warmth and cattle lowing,Sky song heralding a birth,Bringing angel peace to earth.

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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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CHRISTMAS QUIET

Max Dunaway

Not in the hurried day, but in the quietOf night, to shepherds watching in the field,The angel of the Lord brought joyful tidingsOf him through whom God's love should be revealed.

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TO A PRACTITIONER

Frances Parker Graaf

With Christlike, healing thoughtand steadfast truth,with patience, gentleness, humility,you taught me I could sayto fears, "Be still!"To human hopes, "Not mine,the Father's will.
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PATIENT COMFORTER

Joan Elizabeth Shepard

O Love, Thou art our comforter;Yet, overwhelmed by grief and doubt,We hug those tattered errors closeAnd thus would shut Thee out.
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TO BECOME AS A LITTLE CHILD

Pierrepont E. Twitchell

Why was it that the healing was delayed?

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Changing your world

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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 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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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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CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS

Joyce Pratten

We pioneer on spiritual,Not spatial, frontiers.
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ORDER

Frances Motley Pray

The order of Love's kingdomIs flawless symmetry,Unmoved by worldly chaos,Unchanged by gravity;The order of true being,Impeccable design,Unblurred by false persuasion,Not touched by erring line.
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HUMILITY, THE OPEN DOOR TO HEAVEN

Kathleen O'Connor

In the secret of Thy presenceWhere I may safely hide,No arrogance can claim me there;I shall be hid from pride.
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GOD'S DAY

Helen Gilchrist

And Martha, grieving, saidOf her brother in the tomb,"I know that he shall rise again.
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SECURITY

Anne Stensen

ENCIRCLED by the laws of Life I find my trust, For Principle, omniscient, Is ever just.
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LETTER FROM HOME: LESSON-SERMON

Hazel Harper Brandner

A letter from home is a wonderful thing:It brings sweet assurance and makes the heart sing,From father or mother it gives happy newsAnd also advises the thoughts you should chooseTo keep you contented and well while awayAnd to help with the problems encountered each day.