Poems

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Seek and Ye Shall Find

VIRGINIA THESIGER

God's hand will not be stayed because we seekTo feel its touch in things it cannot know;Truth will not lie, neither will Love grow weak,Because we strive to reap before we sow.
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Rabboni

ROBERT ELLIS KEY

Love's bonds are never broken,Life's cords are never cut,The door of heaven is open,The gates of hell are shut.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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Love That Heals

EVELYN MAY SCOTT DUCKETT

The love that flickers only when the sparkOf friendship in another loving heartKindles a willing flame is human love—A fitful, passing gleam; but Love divineGlows brightly even when the storms of hateWould try to dash to earth its gentle light.

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Supplication

ZULA HALL

Give of Thy wisdom, Lord, I pray.
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Supply

ALTHEA BROOKS

"How many loaves have ye?
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Prayer of a Little Child

HENRIETTA FAY

When I go to bed at night,And I am left without a light,I think of Love.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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Shared reflections

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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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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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God Answers Prayer

MILDRED KENDALL

Earth's night, how dark!And earth a stranger to the dayGod made.
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Leave Your Nets

LENA M. HALL

They left their nets,These simple fishermen,At the Master's call.
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The Best Sermon

MARY ISOBEL HULME

Behold, when men do seeWhat Love hath wrought in thee,How on thy face doth shineA radiance divine,How thou dost fill thy placeWith courage and with grace,Thy health and peace restoredThrough Christ, beloved, adored,Then will they seek to knowThat which hath blessed thee so.
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Acknowledgment

NETTA EMELINE NEILD

These gifts which come so readily from friends across the seaNot only meet a human need—they tell us lovinglyOf selfless thoughts expressed in deeds.
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The Childlike Thought

MARY BAKER THOMPSON

The childlike thought receives Christ best.
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This Word

MYRTLE ELLA ROBERTSON

What is this Word we prayShall bless mankind, each day?