Poems

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OUT OF THE ARK

Margery Todahl Blokhine

The earnest of the Word requitesWith love the weary and the sad;And to the body's plaint of illAppends a period.
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THE OPEN HAND

Pearl Strachan Hurd

Budgeting of worldly-wiseto save oneself, not freely give;stretch a pennyworth of life,strain it through dogmatic sieve,self-protect, economize—bankrupt soul!

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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THE NEW NAME—PAUL

June Rice Scheetz

One human heartImpregnatedWith the light of Truth;A life corrected,A mission redirectedIn ways of love.

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LEADERSHIP

Maxine Le Pelley

Do we follow, with stumbling, His chosen scribe,Meeting demands with diatribe—Seeing no more than gifted penOr talent like that of other men?
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TESTIMONY OF HEALING

Mollie Ruth Bottoms

The light of Spirit's shining in that hourTransfigured all my illumined eyes could see,Shone out of heaven as sunlight on a flower,Transmuting time into eternity.
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PRAYER AND ANSWER

Dulcie Geddes

Pray consistentlyfor what you most desire;thus faith will grow.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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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 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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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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THE STONE THE BUILDERS REJECTED

Patricia Barber

Humility, waking to the presenceof infinitywith a willing heart,looks away from the proud disparityof mortal senseand finds the clarityof Soul,revealing man's true science and artnow Genesis-simple, Christ pure hereand whole!
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THE BLESSED OF THE LORD

Leslie Marcoux

Oh, firmly close the door upon the past!It has no part in Love's eternal now;Nor has the future, nebulous and vast.
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UP FROM JORDAN

Hazel Harper Brandner

False pride entangled me, my steps were caughtIn web or snare; then, breaking through the dream,Words like Elisha's stirred my inmost thought:"Immerse thyself in Jordan's healing streamFull seven times and cleanse thyself of pride,Self-righteousness, self-will, and arrogance.
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THEY KNEW NOT

Francis Ward Grubb

They lovedthe pride of place,the pomp and ceremony,and the clink of penniessqueezed from the widows' meager store.
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THE WALL

Elizabeth Rogers

We were not tallenough to see beyond the somber wallof ignorance and fear.
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PRACTITIONER

Margaret Bowen Lane

No need of sculptured marbleTo immortalize your consecrationNor poet's lyric versesTo describe your dedication;Uncounted lives uplifted, brightened,Distresses healed and burdens lightenedBear witness to your selfless love.