Poems

THE LIGHT OF TRUTH

I Stand on higher ground today in praiseOf Thee: all beauty, goodness, truth, and love.

THE LITTLE MAID

By companies they came and took me captiveand brought me to the house of him whose wifeI now must serve—a Syrian!And I?

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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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THE ELECT

We are too richTo be poorWho have the pearlBeyond all price.

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THE VALLEY OF DECISION

Think not of small import today's decision.

UNITY

The world is not in night;Clearly the growing lightReveals the pattern of the Father's plan.

YOUR PART

Perchance your longing eyes perceiveWhat other workers in the Field achieve;You seek a part in honor and in fameTo bless the world, enrich it in Christ's name.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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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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RESURRECTION

I stood and weptAnd sorrowing viewed the scene:Man fallen,Caught in the maelstrom of earth's woe,Sick, sinful, tired.

CERTITUDE OF VISION

Who finds the inner brightness of the SoulPuts off the hindering whither and the why,Puts on the ancient yea—the certain, whole,Unalterable, and eternal aye, and aye.

GOD'S GRACE

God's grace as sunshine is upon the earth todayThat bringeth forth the bud unto the perfect flower.

DUTY

Do I see someone struggling?

THE OPEN DOOR

What is that open door which God has set,And which no man can shut?

THE FATHER'S BARN

We need to build no greater barns to storeThe increase of our wordly stocks and waresIf we remember that the threshing floorRelieves the husbandman of worldly tares.