Poems

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Nature's lesson

JUNE McCLENEGHAN FOWLER

A song of birds is often heardBefore a ray of light;This psalm of praise in nature's wayForetells an ending night.
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Eloquence

GODFREY JOHN

Forgive me if my words come few and slow,For when at last the door is closed to senseThen listening is the strength of eloquence:I speak what first in secret I must know.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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The heart cries

STANLEY JOHN YORK

The oppressed arecrying out in pain.

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error and God

Alexandra Moore

once upon a timea little errorwas lookingfor someoneto botherbuthe never didbecauseGod was with everyoneAlexandra Moore
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Covenant

WILLIAM HAMILTON HILL

Love knows what the future holds—Present blessing, long foretold.
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Cause for rejoicing

MARY BELL RHODES

All perfect things endure—For nothing real and good can disappear;Each true identity is safe, secure;One with the Father, Life, forever here.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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Shared reflections

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From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

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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An evening hope

JUDITH ANN BELANGER

(with gratitude to the members of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship for giving their love and light)
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In the waiting garden

TRAILL C. FLETCHER

Surely no bird sangThere was no squeaking of the hunting batNor rustling of lizardAt the cave's mouthIn the waiting gardenAt that momentWhen Lazarus came blindlyFrom the grave.
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The woman and the book

MARGARET TSUDA

The woman spent her childhoodin a lovely corner of the universewhere the spring-flowering arbutuspushing up throughthe dead leaves of winterscents the air around.
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Yield

THOMAS C. KELLER

There's a lesson in the trees,their ease—they just bend in the breeze.
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A patient's prayer

MARCEIL RUTH DeLACY

Dear God,I prayto do my part,to listenwith a humble heart,to know my placewithin Your plan,to see myselfas perfect man.
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My Father's son

EVELYNNE B. SMITH

I watched him leave so many months agoHis face expectant/eager, all aglowForgetful of the field wherein I stoodsun-beaten, dour.