Poems

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The Fourth Beatitude

JAMES MONTEITH ERSKINE

Whoever hungers for the bread of TruthOr longs for water Love alone supplies,Sinner or saint, aged or but a youth,He shall receive the food that satisfies.
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Be of Good Cheer

JAMES TOWNSEND MAC VICAR

Be of good cheer! The Master calleth you!And Bartimaeus cast his robe away.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

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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Petition

CHRISTIANA WILLINK

Teach me how to yield, dear Father,To Thy great and holy power;Humbly do I ask it of TheeAs I listen hour by hourFor the holy inspirationWhich to man Thou dost impart,That which purifies and cleansesThe repentant human heart.

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"While it is called To day"

LAURA LEE RANDALL

Lord, Thou hast given us this dayIn whose clear light,Showing Thy might,We can most gratefully believeThat all the good for which we prayWe shall receive.
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"Glory to God in the highest"

EDITH COONLEY HOWES

Except my lips first learn to sing,"To God the highest glory be,"I cannot hear the "Peace on earth"His messengers would bring to me.
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Sufficient Grace

MYRTLE DAUGHERTY

Three times in prayer Paul sought releaseFrom the harsh thorn of painPricking the ease of the flesh.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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Prayer

ANNE BONNER MARLEY

O guide my footsteps in the path that leadsTo peace, and may I chart the way with deedsOf simple kindness wrought with selfless love.
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"The cup of blessing"

Mary Mortley Hays

Dear heart , you have a cup to drink.
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I Am Reflecting Thee

JESSIE B. SHEUERMAN

Look up—beholdThe presence of the Lord;For He has blessed youIn this very hour,This 'now" that isAnd was—shall ever be.
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"Thanksgiving, and the voice of melody"

MAUDE WELLER SCOTT

Let doubt be stilled, fear be destroyed,Trust take its rightful place;The love outpoured be amplified,That all may serve Thy grace.
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Joy

TWILA M. CLARK

Joy dwells within each consciousness.
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The Practitioner

EMILY PATTERSON SPEAR

I would not seek to guide the way for others,Except in deep humility I walkThe narrow way of truth and noble purposeAnd with my heavenly Father daily talk.