Poems

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Niagara's Message

ARTHUR S. HOLLIS

Swift , foaming torrent! How unceasinglyYou pour your waters o'er yon brinkDownward in laughing ecstasy—A cataclysm.
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Inspiration

LILLIE MARY CARTER

It comes to me on singing windsAcross the shining, eager sea:It speaks of Truth's omnipotence,Of Love and immortality.

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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 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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Omnipresence

ALMENA R. DE PUY

When doubt besets me, then I sing;When fear assails me, then I clingTo God as omnipresent good;And His great presence, understood,Has never failed in calm to bringThe comfort of His shielding wing.

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A Song of Gratitude

LOUISE KNIGHT WHEATLEY COOK

Dear Lord, I thank Thee that I did not getAn answer to my prayer of long ago.
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"A beam in darkness"

REUBEN POGSON

Fan bright the spark of holy flameThat in the dark so gemlike gleams,Dispelling with its tiny beamsAll thoughts that bring the gloom of shame.
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Desire

WILLIAM H. WRIGHT

When morning's radiant splendors glowAbout the day's bright eastern door,My thought ascends in plea to knowHow I may praise Thee more.

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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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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

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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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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Reflecting Good

CARINE M. PERKIN

We know Thy Word to-day;Forever freeThy purpose we fulfill,Thy truth we see.
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Come Walk with Love!

MINNY M. H. AYERS

I walk with Love along the way,And oh, it is a holy day!Instead of heartless, cruel fear,I feel God's presence with me here;The joy that none can take awayIs mine—I walk with Love to-day!
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Service

MABEL FETT MILLER

Father, I would serve Thee;What wouldst Thou have of me upon this quiet hill,Where valorous deeds are known as echoes onlyBrought by the winds that voyage where they will?
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What Do Ye More?

FREDERICK STARR CAMPBELL

What do ye more than others, if ye greet Your brethren only as ye daily meet The passing throng?
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The Chamber on the Wall

MARIE TAGGART KEITH

Lovingly the chamber on the wall Was builded for the holy man of God, That he might rest and there refresh himself For ministry that crowded every day.
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Humility

EMMA VIOLA WHEELER

God gave me love, And love then brought to meThe richest of all gifts—humility.