Poems

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Touchstone

LUCIA JOHNSON LEITH

Not ill willNor self-willBut good willIs God's will.
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Instead of shadows—shinings!

MARIDEL E. GREEN

If shadows claimed a placeto cast their gloom,you wouldn't tryto rub and scrubthem out of sight

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Anthology of classic articles

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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The non-event

Virginia Thesiger

"I have decided," said my nose,"to have a cold.

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Eyes opened

JANICE JOHNSON-PALMER

Sometimeswhen I forget to look where I'm goingI tripover my own thoughts.
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My gifts

NEAL STANFORD

What gifts have I that I can bring,This Christmas Day, unto our King?
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Singing a new song

LILLIAN RANGE DELLY

I am onewith the beggarlying at the gatecalled Beautiful

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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Shared reflections

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

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

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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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Immortal history...

SUE A. SPOTTS

This is man's true, eternal story,Not a tale that is quickly told,But the truth of man in God's glory—Truth that never grows old.
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Vesture of the Christ

JEAN M. LANGERMAN

What is this endlessly unfoldingrobe of Truth,this timeless weavenot seamed, not stitched,at no point vulnerable,but the undivided vesture of the Christ?
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Conception and perception

KATHRYN A. KNOX

Conceptionis Mind aloneunderstandingits Mind-created idea—not matter thrownand mixedin a biologic jar.
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No blackout

ELLEN MOORE THOMPSON

In any night of our experience,darkness seems to far outweigh the light.
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Unnecessary obstruction

GREGORY PAUL WALSH

Silly stubborn nonself,A one-way cloud,Hides—not us from His sightBut Him from ours.
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Progress

LONA INGWERSON

There was a timewhen I pursued bread for bread's sake