Poems

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A Prayer of Petition

R. C. J. WERE

O Father-Mother God , teach me Thy will
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A Prayer

NETTIE F. WOODBURY

O Spirit of all love and good,Whose realm is conscious peace,Because we know Thou art, we wouldOur gratitude increase.

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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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"None of these things move me"

FLORA C. WALKER

Tell us, thou warrior of the cross,Who gloried still in pain and loss,And counting over all could say,While treading on the upward way,"None of these things move me;"

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Living Joy

ELIZABETH C. ASHBAUGH

Our lives are not the dark, despairing dreamsThat poor deluded mortals sadly say;The blackest night, the heaviest storm-cloud seemsEver to usher in the brighest day.
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Dawn

B. CARTER

Opening eyes behold the gloryOf the things Love has prepared;Listening ears attend the storyBy the might of Mind declared;Alleluia! Dreams are ending,Truth has dawned, and in its lightThought, on joyful wing ascending,Sheds the terrors of the night.
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Service

GERTRUDE GOODING MC CLOUD

Father, what is Thy will for me?

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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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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Winds

W. EDSON SMITH

The blast of the terrible ones may comeas a storm against the wall!What of that?
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Requiescence

INEZ CAMPBELL

Pursuant of the truth I dwell in ecstasy,Nor find the pathway dull nor hard to tread;Each new effect unto its cause is wed,One light supreme, divine, in all around I see.
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Harmony

C. M. PERKIN

Each day with loveRoll back the clouds,And your reward shall beMore understanding from above,More Life and Truth to see.
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True Happiness

CHARLOTTE BRUNER

To leave ambition and false pride behind,The thirst for wealth, the eagerness for fame,To kindle in our hearts the welcome flameOf self-forgetfulness, to know that MindIs both end and beginning,—this we findIs the real road to happiness, the sameWay Jesus trod.
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Be of Good Cheer

LOUISE KING

Be of good cheer, the Master said,For the world I have overcome;And though tribulations you will have,They will help you heavenward, home.
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Garments

MAUDE MARY CLARKE

We would discard the rags of error, Lord,So long we've clung to themFor covering, and have sufferedCold and fear and heaviness of spirit,Unmindful that awaiting usWere garments of praise—Garments beautiful—Ready for the putting on.