Poems

December 30, 1967

AGELESSNESS

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck
Yesterday youth ran away—flung to the wind its pride, and sobbed and cried;then ran away and left mein maturity, and I cried, too—it was the only thing that youth could do!
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December 23, 1967

HIS FATHER'S BUSINESS

Jessie R. Richardson
Let our dear children find their way As Jesus did on that far day, When at the age of twelve he knew His place was in the temple.
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Get to know God: The “omnis”

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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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December 16, 1967

THE COMING OF THE CHRIST

Iolani Ingalls
That night, sudden singing:so that, tonight, in Cape Town and Atlantashepherds awake!The wondrous laser beam,for all its special properties,piercing between moleculeshas not that certain way with lightthat can shine dayinto a heart's or a world's night.
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November 25, 1967

MODERN IDOLS

Gibbs Hofmann
Within the temple of my worldly thoughtThe idols, mute but of imposing mien,To which a daily sacrifice I brought,Were ancient Baals in a modern scene.
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Anthology of classic articles

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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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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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November 18, 1967

LET GO AND LEAN!

Frank Saddler
To lean upon the sustaining infiniteWill bless usOnly as we lean full weight, wholeheartedly;If leaning means inclining only—With drag of matter holding back,With but irresolute finger-touch on Spirit—Then Love's sustaining is denied.
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November 18, 1967

THE INHERITORS

Margaret Hovenden Ogden
We found the handwriting of a husbandmanTn the residuum of his farmhouse and his farm,Left here in husks—and in perennials.
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October 21, 1967

NEW BIRTH

May Bess Everitt
Awaiting the birth,pondered deeply what my role would be;In time telescoped I see generic man,Issue of revelation's womanhood:The child is free.
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