Poems

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FISHERS OF MEN

Edith Leavitt

When , by the Galilean sea,Jesus bade Simon and Andrew,"Come, follow me,And I will make you fishers of men,"Straightway forsaking their nets,They went with him.
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VALLEY OF DECISION

Alan W. Thwaites

''Choose ye.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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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HOME

Elizabeth M. Platte

How perfect is the home we have!Mind builds it first in consciousness;Reveals it now through pure ideasOf harmony and righteousness.

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HEALING AT A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE

Bertha E. Decker

Athirst for healing Truth and Love,I listened to the speaker's wordsOf God's all-power, unfailing law,His tender, ever-loving careThat reaches out, enfolding all.
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THE COMFORTER

Harriette Meldrim Lake

Then dance, my heart, and turn away from tears;The Comforter with love has set me free.
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DOUBT DISSOLVED

Pearl Strachan Hurd

"Three in One"—the mystic sign:"Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

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'OUR FATHER ...'

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

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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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LOVE EXPRESSED

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

It isn't the lovein the motto or creed.
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"FEED MY SHEEP"

Una Lias

"Feed my lambs," the Master said.
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PRAYER FOR A JOURNEY

Elisabeth H. Tolman

Dear Father, as I journey toward EmmausI pray no mortal seeming cloud my eye,Lest—willful, heedless—I should meet my brotherAnd, seeing not Love's image, pass Christ by.
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BARS OF SENSE

Hallie Dupree Shipman

In the deep and throbbing stillness of the night, when sleepDeserts me, I ask,How should I feel if I were imprisoned and if no one cared?
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PAUL

Winthrop Pitt Tryon

Foreign thingsMet rebuffOn Mars' Hill,When an orator errant,With Roman warrant,In accent odd—Touch of Cilician—Harangued the populace,Hard by the Acropolis,Whose vestureShone,Pediment and portal,In beauty mortal.
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HE CANNOT ESCAPE LOVE

Grace Nixon Stecher

Should your brother choose to strayBy the valley road,Walk with him a little way,Ease him of his load.