Poems

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IN HIS PRESENCE

Beatrice Mary Billing

There is a quietness.
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TWO VIEWS OF DAWN: A PARABLE

Carol Earle Chapin

To unillumined eyelight reappears,rising above the rim and finding me.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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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"PEACE ON EARTH"

Edgar Isaac Newgass

Love is blessing you and me,Blessing all humanity,Even those who disagree.

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THE POET PRAYS

Max Dunaway

Set my lines to song, dear Lord;Give them resonance and beauty.
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COMPLETE

Vera Sohr Kelly

I am complete, for Ihave put my hand in Thine,O God.
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THE HEALING CHRIST

Helen C. Benson

The healing Christ is here—today.

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Anthology of classic articles II

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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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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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SPIRITUAL SECURITY

Winifred Fields Walters

The young boy Joseph was just as securewithin the pit as his brothers werewith the sheep.
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THE FRAGRANCE OF HER NAME

Doris Kerns Quinn

She made the name so lovely—one to beFilled with the fragrance of fidelity;For who can speak her name and not recallRuth's life?
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BATTLE HYMN

Sydney Derek Hill

O David, with so small a stoneYou brought Goliath low!Oh, may your courage cause us allTo run to meet the foe!To choose our stone, washed pure and smoothFrom any taint of fear—And use our sling, the Truth upheld,And know that God is near!
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FULFILLMENT

Mildred Lincoln Russell

In Soul's completeness grows no might-have-been,No blighted blossom powered to beginBut not fulfill the loveliness of Love;
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PRAYER BEFORE PUBLISHING

Mollie Ruth Bottoms

Let me consider well what I would saybefore each word leaves facile tongue or pen;let what I publish humbly point the wayto healing Truth for suffering, seeking men.
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COMBAT ZONE

Harriet L. Bossard

Rid me, God, of tendencyTo fight my wayPast evil giants of the day;Mere human thrustNot strong enoughTo catapult the stoneThat renders error prone.