Poems

LIFTED UP

The light shone clearly where you stoodunshaken, seeing only good,and while you spoke the brightness grewtill what Love is winged into view.

OBEDIENCE

"Speak the word only,And my servant shall be healed.

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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.

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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THE SPIRITUAL FACT

Above the beat of rainand wail of wind,the constant sun isshining in depths of blue.

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PITCH YOUR HOPE HIGH

Pitch your hope high;Claim heaven itself to base it on.

ONE NATION

A mountain viewreveals a living map.

THE MOUNT

The higher he climbed, the more alonethe Son of man whose thoughts his own.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

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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 Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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EXPANSION

God opened up to me a heaven so fair,That but to stay therein was all my prayer;Till, as His love still drew me gently on.

THOUGHT-BLENDING

When thought meets thoughtAnd finds a welcome there,Then heart rejoicesIn that blending, rareAs when hands claspIn gesture warm and kind.

LOVE CARES FOR YOU

Father , not for myself alone I pray.
What eye beholds the springNo retina or lensWith signals to the brainCould compass such a thing.

"AND GRACE FOR GRACE"

How shines the graceOf him who knowsThat God aloneAll power bestows!How light the step,How clear the eyeOf him who trustsImplicitly!

GUIDING STAR

Always there is a star—not for proud thought, enthroning intellect andhuman mind as god,but for the humble heart which seeks a guideto bring it nearer to reality.