Heaven’s aftersmile
Love, God, provides powerful, ever-present protection and inspired direction.
No snare, no fowler, pestilence or pain;
No night drops down upon the troubled breast,
When heaven’s aftersmile earth’s tear-drops gain,
And mother finds her home and heav’nly rest
(Poems, p. 4).
So ends a poem titled “Mother’s Evening Prayer” by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. I never really understood or appreciated the full impact of that poetic phrase “heaven’s aftersmile” until recently.
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November 16, 2026
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