Poems

September 7, 1963

BREAD

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck
Scriptural passages have saidthat God's children shall be fedbread.
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Anthology of classic articles III

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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August 31, 1963

HARVEST

Maxine Le Pelley
Some seed will germinateFar sooner than the rest;And early is the growthOf young plant manifest.
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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 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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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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July 27, 1963

LOVE, NOT VENGEANCE

Alexander George Hardman
When in the Adam-dream I seeInjustice victimizing me,And vengeance, in the garb of right,Would neutralize my woeful plightYet trail a burden of dismayNo sentient courage can allay;
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July 20, 1963

AWAKENED

Eileen M. Robinson
Awakened from the dream of painBy Love's sweet healing light,I look back now with gratitudeOn what seemed an endless night.
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July 20, 1963

THE BLISS OF OBEDIENCE

Gloria Virginia Ranck
Into the mountain meadow steps the doe,Carefully testing the scents of summer air,Soon satisfied no unfriendly creatures knowThat she is there.
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