Poems

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A Prayer for Today

MINNY M. H. AYERS

Keep me close to Thee, my Father,   Keep my ear attuned to Thee.
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Resurrection

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

When they beheld the rock-hewn bedWhereon the Master lay,I think they went with anguished heartsTo keep sad watch and pray.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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Healing

FRANCES M. PRAY

How quietly the dewRests upon each flower!His Word is touching heartsAs gently this hour,As softly, as the dew,But vibrant with power.

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Giving

AMY A. CHOISY

Have I not aught to give?
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Divine Love

NELL JUNE MC CALL

Love will teach me what to say;Love will lead me all the way.
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Humility

HAROLD G. MORRIS

Oh, may I hold the thought that is from Thee, For perfect Mind Thou art, The Mind of Christ shall then abide in me— Reflection is my part.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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 Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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God's Presence

HELEN KNAUS

Encompassed by a host of fearsThat pressed on every side,I glimpsed His nearness, and my tearsOf loneliness were dried.
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Awake

CONRAD EIERMANN

Awake, O heart entombed by care,And seek the truth awaiting whereDark images of mortal mindWould fain their false dominion bind.
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"Clothed upon"

MARTHA MAY SMITH

Clothed with immortality,Radiant and fair;Nourished well by Spirit;Children of His care;Housed in sweet security;Governed by the rodOf unerring Principle,Father-Mother God,
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Exhortation

ROBERT ELLIS KEY

Trust in the living God,The living good.
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Rock

DOROTHEA STURDIVANT FAGAN

Who builds on earthly hopes, builds all in vain,For every wrong desire brings troubled care,And fleeting joys reward again in pain;These are the dreams that lead to dark despair.
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The United States to Great Britain

by MARY BAKER EDDY

Hail , brother! fling thy banner     To the billows and the breeze;We proffer thee warm welcome     With our hand, though not our knees.