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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Anthology of classic articles II

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From Free from Contagion

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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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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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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 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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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.