Poems

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The Call

MARY IRVING KEITH.

Eyes with love so full and tenderSaid to us, "I know you all,You are God's own blessed childrenHearken to my loving call.
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My Prayer

GEORGE D. ARTHUR.

Teach me, O God, to see and knowThe light the Christ has shedUpon our path, to walk in love,The way our Master led.

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Shared reflections

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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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My Ambition

E. B. M.

O, were it mine to sing a songWhose sweetness, at my feet should holdThe spell-bound thousands, all untold,—I'd rather far it were my partWith comfort e'en one life to fold,—Bind up one broken heart.

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"In Time of War and Tumult."

HARRY DOUGLAS ROBINS.

I sought to eat life's bread—and lo!The loaf turned to a stone.
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Simple Trust

J. G. Whittier

No picture to my aid I call,I shape no image in my prayer;I only know in Him is allOf life, light, beauty, everywhere.
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Hold Fast

W. D. MC CRACKAN.

The cause of good shall win,The side of right shall gain,For Love must blot out sin,And health will laugh at pain.

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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.

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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 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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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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Requirement

J. G. Whittier

We live by Faith; but Faith is not the slaveOf text and legend.
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Success

WM. ORDWAY PARTRIDGE.

If thou hast struck one blow for liberty,Be it of slave or shackled intellect,Thou hast not failed.
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A Discovery

REUBEN POGSON.

I STRUGGLED oft with an unseen foe.
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Jubilate

MRS. R. H. KERR.

O, HARP of Israel! mute so long, I sweep thy rapturous strings: Thy cadences of praise are mine! My soul in gladness sings:
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Clothed Upon

ROSE SEELYE-MILLER.

The earth was bare and dun and sere.
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Safe Keeping

CLARA L. DOANE.

In night time deep,When I'm asleep,I am God's child,And God doth keep.