Poems

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Blow, Winds of God

DWIGHT M. HODGE

Blow, winds of God, and bring us on our way! We spread the sails to catch thee if we may.
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The Bright Side

Anon

IF one looks upon the bright side It is sure to be the right side—

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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Had I but Wealth

R. G. CARNEY

How oft we think—had I but wealth Then would I make the poor rejoice,

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What Have we Done To-day

NIXON WATERMAN with contributions from ERNEST RENAN

We shall do so much in the years to come, But what have we done to-day?
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Admonition

MARY IRVING KEITH with contributions from DEAN STANLEY

Waste not the time men call "to-day," Spurn not the things at hand; The future holds no recompense For those who idly stand And wait The chances of a better fate.
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Error

EDNA WADSWORTH HUDSON with contributions from HENRY WILDER FOOTE

A shadow, that is all, A dream or an illusion; A sense of mistiness, Of mistake or confusion; It's just a thought which doth appear to be, When something seems between thy God and thee!

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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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Changing your world

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

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 Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Thoughts on Love

WILLIAM H. RUSSELL.

LOVE is the sweetness of a life hid with Christ in God.
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Open the Door

Open the door, let in the air,The winds are sweet and the flowers are fair;Joy is abroad in the world to-day.
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The Robin's Song

LAVILLA E. ALLEN.

There was a pretty robin with a lovely russet vest,And he sang so quaint and queerly as he sat beside his nest.
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The Heart of the Woods

Anon

I hear it beat in morning stillWhen April skies have lost their gloom,And through the woods there runs a thrillThat wakes arbutus into bloom.
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The Passing of Winter

Harry W. Bugbee

A gentle warmth is in the air that breathesOf rarest days, and even to the snowA kind of tender radiance bequeathsThat seems to speak of life that hides below.
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An Easter Song

Richard Le Gallienne with contributions from T. T. Munger

Arise , my heart, and sing thy Easter song!To the great anthem of returning bird,And sweetening bud, and green, ascending blade,Add thou thy word.