Poems

SIGNPOSTS

How could I know that I had found the roadTo life eternal when there was no signThat I could plainly read?

A PARENT'S PRAYER

Although my child gains when I kneel and pray:"Save her from false attraction, God, each hour!"we both gain more when I appeal this way:"Help me to know Thee, God, the only power!"

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Changing your world

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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THE INWARD MAN

Shadow of a man,the outward man,but the place of his fearis a dark dark place,twisting tunnelswhere no men live,a dark, dark placewhere no sound issave the tattered,rattling songs of death.

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"ABIDING IN THE FIELD"

Father, my Mother—thank You for the doorto Life.

SPEAK WITH CENTURION AUTHORITY!

Centurion knewmilitary command,subordinate response,one.

GUIDANCE

Trusting God's purpose for His son.

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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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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ON THE MOUNT

The loved disciples stood on mountain height,Watching with awe his face shine as the sun,His raiment turning white, white as the lightTransfiguring him—the God-anointed one.

BLESSED ARE THEY

Friendly encounter on this earthly planeReveals expressions from celestial scene.

ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD

Not unto Saul alone the challenge came.

I SAW

I saw as mortals see,and there was only loss and anguish there,which filled my heart with long and dark despair.

INSEPARABILITY

Because we live in Life we cannot part,Though mortal sense insists: "I'm here.

THE SERVANTS KNEW

None but the ChristThe wine of inspiration can impart.