Poems

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Service

LUCY M. GOODENOUGH

ONLY to hold a cup of water coolTo lips that thirst for welling drafts of Life,Instead of earth's salt pools of bitternessBrimmed with illusions—This is what I ask,Leaning on strength divine to do my joyful task.
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Today

H. CLARA BUCK

Today is mine!An opportunity supreme to do His will,Forget this human sense of self, and be so stillThat I shall recognize my Father's voice,And in irradiance of Life rejoice!

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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What Things You Need

MARY I. MESECHRE

What things you need the Father now is knowing—By sense unrecognized—Yours to receive in measure overflowingLove's bounty realized.

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Sanctuary

CAROLINE L. DIER

No earthly food can satisfy his hunger,Nor waters quench his thirstWho has been ledOnce only to Love's banquet table,And there with other starving onesBeen warmed and fed.
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The Overflowing Cup

PETER J. HENNIKER HEATON

When in the face of thoseWho seem thy foes,A table Love prepares,Bid them first eat; divine compassion knowsThou hast no foes,Thy need is one with theirs.
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Reclothed

OLIVE M. FLETCHER

Clothed and in his rightful mind,'Tis thus the maniac they find.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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Shared reflections

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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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Gratitude

LEILA SMITH GRIFFITH

Rich blessings fill my every hour,Love's power protects me from all harm;I walk secure from every ill,Held by God's everlasting arm.
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Present Praise

JOHN WHITE

The breaking morn, refreshed with sparkling dew;The busy noontide too;And radiant evening, coloring the west,With night, for needful rest,Are not, as heretofore, mere fleeting time,But cycles for sublimeAnd ceaseless thanks to God, wherein to bringOur instant praise, and sing!For now, unfolding to our inward sightBy Scripture's unlocked light,Is seen a nobler man, gracious and kind,Likeness of perfect Mind,Reflecting love, joy, goodness, peace, and health—Spirit's unfailing wealth!In man's glad sonship, then, let us rejoiceWith heart and ampler voice,And thanks unceasing to the Father giveIn whom we ever live.
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Confidence

LILY BOYD

I cannot doubt, my loving Father leads,And frees my path from thorns and tangled weeds.
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Restoration

WILLIAM COLWELL BARTLETT

I will restore to you the wasted years;The ravages of time, disease, and wantShall fade from thought.
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There is No Fear in Love

EDITH C. CARTER

There is no fear in that deep tenderness,That vast enfolding peace whose source is Love;No cause for fear, e'en in the wildernessOf time and space.
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Consolation

GLADYS CLARKE

Think not because we cannot seeHis form so dear,Love failed us here;In Mind no separation can there be,God's children dwell in Love's eternity.