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[Written for the Sentinel]
The Statue
As
servants plowed his fields one day,
Yussuf Ben Orem came that way,
And stood and watched their sturdy toil
As they upturned the fertile soil.
When, Io, one plowshare struck a stone,
That, when uncovered, seemed to own
Some grace of figure, which the man
Begged for the master's eye to scan.
He had the stone removed to where
It might be found if figure fair,
Obscured beneath the clinging soil,
Would issue from the cleanser's toil.
With patient zeal and loving care,
And tenderly lest they impair
Some line of beauty or of grace,
They toiled, the dark stains to efface.
And Io, at last, their toil complete,
A statue, fair from head to feet;
Whose beauty, form, and grace amazed
The eyes of all who thereon gazed.
Yussuf Ben Orem looked, and thought:
Nay, am I not then gently taught
That thus, by patient daily toil,
Ourselves we cleanse from mortal soil?
Until, revealed, we joyous scan
The statue of a perfect man;
And never should our hearts despair,—
The perfect man is ever there.
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May 15, 1915 issue
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The True Preventive
CLARENCE W. CHADWICK
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Reason and Revelation
MABEL BROSTROM
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Man's True Constitution
VIOLET KER SEYMER
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Reaching the Hilltop
CAPT. GEOFFREY WILKINSON
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Scientific Unfoldment
CASSIUS M. LOOMIS
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Realities
ABBIE FOSDICK RANSOM
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Pastor—was quite right in assuming, when composing...
Judge Clifford P. Smith
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In view of the wide-spread and earnest study of the Bible...
F. Elmo Robinson
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The comment in a recent issue, in which the legislature...
Ezra W. Palmer
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In the review of certain books in a recent issue, the statement...
J. Arnold Haughton
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The Statue
SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD
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Spreading the Gospel
Archibald McLellan
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God's Ever-presence
John B. Willis
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Remembrance
Annie M. Knott
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The Lectures
with contributions from C. T. Cotham, Roy E. Bignall, Frank H. Ehmke
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In grateful recognition of what Christian Science has done...
John G. Goodier
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When I first heard of Christian Science I had been afflicted...
Dora B. Thomson
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I am very grateful for the many blessings Christian Science...
Laura B. Harris
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It is about eleven years since Christian Science was first...
Laura R. Joslin with contributions from Benjamin J. Joslin
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About five years ago, while living near Summit, N. J., I...
W. C. Williams with contributions from Sarah A. Williams
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It is nearly ten years since my first healing in Christian Science
Daisy Horton Lutz
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I wish to state what Christian Science has done for me
Earle W. Smith
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Several years ago I had a fibrous corn on the bottom of
E. S. Houghton
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For the healing that came to me four years ago, when I...
Josephine Martens Kilpatrick with contributions from Phillips Brooks