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HUMILITY

Ella Mae King

Though my feet bledOn the trodden path,With bowed headI knew no foe, no wrath;Peace and joy—an aftermath.

Blazing above me,Love's banner shall beshield through the nightuntil I sightmy Father's doorwide, waiting forme, with His warm,encircling armfreeing from dreamsof terrors that seemso real to onesrunaway: sonsreturning to wakein Love's likeness, makemerry and praiseTruth, which alwayscalls home the leastlost brother to feast.

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AGELESS MATURITY

Esther M. Scheck Peterson

In pure consciousness,where man reflectsGod's perfect creation,there's no processof material aging,no deteriorationof his native purity.

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THE OPEN DOOR

Jane Huelster Hanson

O Thou redeeming presence,O holy Christ Science,I surrender to Thee.

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PAUL'S WAY TO ROME

P. Rhodes Bowen

Truly he loved his fellowmenthis zealous one, this Saulbecome Paul in a moment of revelation:a moment of light that shoneon his darkened zeal,illuming his way and the paths he chose,and the roads that led to Romeand to future Romes of earth.

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RANSOM

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

Some tricky errors fenced me in—errors of sickness, errors of sin.

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A CHOSEN VESSEL

Margery Macdonald Cantlon

As a chosen vesselmay I do my partin bringing waterto a desert heart.

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UPWARD WAY

Cynthia Häfeli-Wells

The way is steep but beautiful;I need not fear the slip or sudden fall,knowing that if I stayupon the path and do not stray,I'll reach the place prepared for meand there behold His All.