Poems

MARTHA AND MARY

Any housewife can understandHow Martha felt.

IN TIME OF ISAIAH: PROPHECY

A child shall comeAnd a man shall go,Yet ever present his words abide.

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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 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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OUR HIGH GOAL

What better way to heed the Christ commandsOr follow in the path our Leader trodThan by effective healing, which expandsHumanity's reliance on one God!

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RETURN OF A SOLDIER

Thank You, God, thank You!Praise and glory and gladness fill my heartBecause You saw Your sonSafe in Your eternal care,And I daily saw him thereAs well, and here he is today,Home at last, to stay!

AN ANTIPOLLUTANT

Ideasinfinitesimal to infinite—interrelatein sweet harmony;each supporting the otherin Mind's ecology.

THE SPIRITUAL UNIVERSE

From a distant starTo where you are,God is.

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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.

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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 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 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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THE MICROSCOPE OF LOVE

Snowflakes goflurrying or blizzarding by—a wet, misty blur.
How often evil's vicious deed but givesintended victim new direction, scope:denied free speech, he writes a book that livesfar, far beyond the author's pent-up hope!Domitian banished John to Patmos.

GOD'S DAY

Firmament arc of heaven,Open allness of LoveShining in Genesis lightIn breathless wonder of God's day.

CHALLENGE

I have joy within today,Coming from Truth-filled thoughtThat uplifts—inspires, and has broughtTo me a deeper sense of the wayWhich Jesus chose to go.

SILOAM

"Go, wash in the pool of Siloam.

"EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN AGAIN"

"Except a man be born again"—These were the words he said!Were all my years of learning vain,And all the knowledge fled?