Poems

A SOFT ANSWER

I have learnedTo keep a quiet tongueWhen I just simply longTo shout with indignation.

MARK AS WRITER

After a hundred years of scrutinyAnd polemic, best and worst,Scholars peaceably agreeThat Mark,To invent a normOf outline for the Gospel form,Was first.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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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EASTER TRIUMPH

Was he a king then?

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A PRAYER

Dear Father, oh, forgive them.

LET SILENCE SPEAK

He answered Pilate not a word.

DISTRIBUTION

Our bread of Truth we now send forth to heal;Our wine, Love's inspiration, we now shareWith all receptive strangers everywhere,Through distribution of the Word.

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Anthology of classic articles III

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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 Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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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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OUR READING ROOM

We welcome all; within this quiet roomFor us the table of the feast is spread,And placed thereon abundantly is bread,Sustenance from heaven; he to whomThis bread is given shall be satisfied.

AT TESTING TIMES

Acceptable to God, sole source of wisdom,Let my conclusions and responses be,Relying not on chance or human judgment,But based on Principle unerringly.

SPACE-AGE QUESTION

What will men do, out in the starry deepsOf far-flung universe, if they meet lifeIn form unlike their own?

ASPIRATION

I am not a Mary;yet I aspire to be—to change my Martha naturefor loving grace to freefrom earthly tasks that cumber,from worldly cares, and findsweet peace in understandingmy God, eternal Mind.

THE HEIR

The Father has given to the sonnot sober suit, not uniform,but a many-colored coatall fresh, all gay.

BIRTHDAYS

Why mark a date that never was?