Poems

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Consecration

VIRGINIA M. CASSEL

Here I'm humbly waiting, Father,Ready now Thy will to do;Use me in Thy holy service,Let me prove Thy grace anew.
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Gratitude

GILBERT STUART WATSON

Our Father-Mother, God of all,Thy blessings from aboveHave filled our hearts with gratitudeAnd clothed us with Thy love.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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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Greater Works

SARA ELLEN POE

It was our Lord's last supperWith his disciples; and he talked with themOf things that were to be, which they should knowThereafter: of his departure from the worldStraightway, and of his purpose to prepareA place for them—a holy consciousnessWhere they should be with him for evermore.

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Confidence

ALICE L. SMITH

I knew that if I followed closeWherever God might lead,His love would always care for meAnd satisfy my need.
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Man's Heritage

ELIZABETH B. CATE

He whose right hand spanned the heavens,And the earth's foundations laid,Still in safety keeps His children,Holy, strong, and unafraid.
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This Is Peace

F. INA BURGESS

Lone, lofty peaks, remote and far;The solitude of sea-washed sands;The calm retreat of trees and streams;The call of far-flung foreign lands—

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

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Shared reflections

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

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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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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A Prayer

MARY WILLIS SHELBURNE

Father, give me an understanding heartThat I may hear Thy tender voice today,And lovingly may walk the narrow way,Praising and giving thanks—this be my part.
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Love Does Not Cease

IDA LOUISE WADE

Love does not cease!The river's steady flow is not more sureThan is the fact that love lives evermore,Becoming ever dearer to our thought,As we accept this boundless gift of God.
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The Quiet Hour

MIRIAM D. BLACKBURN

Blessed is the quiet hour,The hour in which my every thoughtIs turned to contemplate God's power—The works He wrought.
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God's Way

MILDRED NICKERSON HALL

Hardest of all it was for meto learn the way to grow in gracewith willing heart; to wake and seeGod's way, and to His will give place.
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Supply

W. ALLYN BUTTERFIELD

Our human needs by Love are met,When we on Love rely.
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In Praise of Virtue

ISOBEL M. MC LELLAN

Happy are theyWhose lips breathe charity,And in whose eyesLie pools of kindliness;With faces calm and pureThey tread the realms of Soul.