Poems

Achievement

The budding thought that seeks a higher senseOf Life and Love, that yearns to understandThe universe of Mind, must soon expand—When God is sought, He surely shall be found.

In the Court of the Areopagites

Ye men of Athens, what intention broughtYour footsteps eager to the hill of Mars?

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Anthology of classic articles III

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From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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Shepherd Song

As the shepherd guides his chargesTo the mountain meadows green,So does God provide the uplandsWhere His flock may rest serene.

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A Soldier's Prayer

At break of day, when morning sun draws nigh,I close my eyes in prayer, and pray that IMay know the truth, that it may make me freeAnd bring me nearer still, my Lord, to Thee;

"In a certain place"

There only is one certain place:It is not far,Nor found by weary, toilsome ways—There, now, we are.

Convoy

How sure is he who travels in the way!He holds his course in confidence and peace.

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Shared reflections

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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 Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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Wings

God gives him wings—strong-pinioned, buoyant, kind,Held true by compass of all-knowing Mind—A legion angel thoughts to bear him up and on.

Repentance

The peaceful silence of the contrite heartIs eloquent beyond all clamorous praise;For in this stillness pride and fear depart,And meekness learns of God His wondrous ways.

Obedience

Do you move freely on the mountain height,With feet unfettered and with heart unbound?

Safety

Hid in the secret place of Mind,Far from earth's turmoil and distress,Safe in the inmost heart of Love,We find at last our happiness.

Certainty

"It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Prayer

Let me not cling to any earthly pattern;Let me not hold to modes and means outworn!Oh, let me rise in inspiration's freedom,And fearless face the new and glorious morn!