Poems

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SMALL RAIN AND TENDER HERB

Margery Macdonald Cantlon

Now upon the tender herbemerged from dark terraininto a sunlit world superb,fall gently, soft small rain!
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ON HEARING BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY WITH CHORALE

Mary Dunham

With intricate balance of thrust and counterthrustThe beams support, uphold the houseWhere the white-robed choir is singing of joy;And listening with joy, I hear again,Not the words of Schiller's odeThat Beethoven loved and celebrated,But "In Thy house securely dwelling,Where Thy children live to bless"Christian Science Hymnal, No.

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Anthology of classic articles

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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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I TALKED TO GOD TODAY

SYLVIA N. POLING

I talked to God today, and it was a good day.

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I'm In Business

Written by Sylvia N. Poling

Fathers say they're in business,Mothers are busy with things to do.
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"O HOW LOVE I THY LAW!"*

Peter J. Henniker-Heaton

Because I have loved God's law,God's law will protect me.
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NATIVITY

Frances Motley Pray

The child was heralded by light,By star unplanned by men's decree;This harbinger of holinessA part of prophecy.

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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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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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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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MY FRIENDS

Sylvia N. Poling

I love my friends.
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NO DIVISION

Margery Todahl Blokhine

Children together,Can there beA mindless gap?
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MAN UNBLEMISHED

Mary Shaw Brock

The lonely leper stood apart,Shunned by all.
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FROM THE CROSS

Margaret Tsuda

With whatlovemust Jesus havelooked down uponJohn—faithful inshame ashe had beenin glory.
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A WRITER'S PRAYER

Ralph I. Hubley

O Lord, save me from contributingto the millions of useless wordsprinted daily in the world!Let me reflect as clearly as I canthe ideas already presentedby Your omniscience.
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ALL THE TIME THE ANGEL WAS THERE

Doris Peel

As the cold waters inexorably roseand the night deepened, dark upon dark,with no word spoken from out the voidand no sign given in flame or cloudall the time—unseen, unheard—the angel was therestanding guard.