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ALWAYS HOME
"When are you coming home?" you ask.
"Three thirty," I reply.
Driving toward the city now,
home-thoughts, leaf-bright, drift in.
Serene, I hear Love's voice,
mother-gentle, firm, persuade:
Sing! Obedient, I run over
hymns of home I know and love—
that same home the Master knew, loved,
made plain, yes, daily proved to be
man's only real resting place,
with none ever left outside,
no, nor ever drawn away
from this—Love's harmony within,
Love's peace with me as I move
along, past country greens,
across long unused tracks.
And now in town through dark garage,
here too, the joys of home shine,
lead me down to waking streets
where, eager, I look for, find
more warm welcome home signs
all the way to the office door.
Opening, I see the light
sun-flowering my desk. Suddenly,
I know, no matter where one goes:
into office stillness,
back down to city noise,
out toward the river,
where Love is (everywhere!),
there is Love's idea
communicating home!
Your greeting: "So glad you're home again!"
Grateful answer: "Never really away!"
Jane R. Harwood
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July 12, 1969 issue
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Creative Business
MARTIN BROONES
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Strengthening Our Citadel
HENRIETTA K. CARAWAN
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Do Christian Scientists Have Fun?
EVELYN P. JENSEN
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Pause Prayerfully
JOHN MASON JEFFREY
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Where Is Your Confidence?
SAVILLA WELK AMERY
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ALWAYS HOME
Jane R. Harwood
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How Big Can You Think?
OLGA COSSI
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Happiness and Health
Alan A. Aylwin
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Overcoming Frustration
William Milford Correll
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In 1936, I had what is most commonly referred to as a nervous...
Thomas J. Abbott
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During the year 1925, I was invited to attend a Christian Science...
J. Pauline Tanner
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Mary Baker Eddy, the author of Science and Health, states on the...
May Courser with contributions from Pearl Courser Moody
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In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures Mrs. Eddy...
Mary Ann Sutton with contributions from L. Jack Sutton
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I would like to bear witness to the fact that the practice of...
Russell Luerssen with contributions from Elizabeth Bice Luerssen
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RADIO PROGRAM NO. 379 - Overcoming Discord Within the Family
Richard Lombardi with contributions from H. Dickinson Rathbun
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Signs of the Times
William M. Bowen