Poems

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A Rebuke

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

Beneath the sycamore's deep shadeRetreat each day Kohela made,That, free of earth's discordant din,God's harmony might reign within.
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"Ever with me"

ADELA V. SCRIMGEOUR

I lay upon a hillside cold and bare;I had no friends, no home, no means to live,When on my dull ears struck a voice divine,"Son, thou art ever with me; all is thine.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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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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Guidance

FRANCES THOMPSON HILL

O wondrous peace of Love divine,My heart doth sing thy song sublime!Love's gentle presence bringeth joyThat doth all sense of grief destroy.

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Freedom

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

An ant was toiling patientlyFrom twining cords to struggle free.
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Harmony

LAURA GERAHTY

Oh, for a broader love, that clasps a whileBoth friend and seeming enemy in one embrace;That sees the true reflection of God's smile 'Neath earth's cold frown in every brother's face!
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Immanuel

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

Yussuf Ben Orem sat one dayWithin the gate where trade held sway,And one, a merchant, came to himAnd spake: "O Master, day grows dim;Withdraw, I pray, with me apart,Far from the buzz of babbling mart,Where I may speak and thou may'st hearWords only meant for thine own ear.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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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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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Art More a Man?

CHARLES C. SANDELIN

Art more a man when thou art lade with rustOf envied wealth and puffed with vaunted power?
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"Awake thou that sleepest"

J. BALFOUR ELLIS

We seek no flashing light that gleameth far away,Piercing the shrouding night with transient ray;Called out of sleep, Father, we pray to TheeThat Truth's unclouded sun may light our way.
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The Guiding Light

MINNA MATHISON

Oh, let not seeming lure usTo leave the charted way;Let wisdom still adjure usWith precepts day by day.
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Pinions

GERTRUDE RING HOMANS

Rest in fullest measure,Wait upon the Lord;Soon 'twill be His pleasureTo fulfil His word;Then will Truth dawn faster.
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Love's Guidance

CHARLES C. SANDELIN

Naught that the erring senses say Can e'er our trusting hearts dismay; Nor should a doubt or fear obscure This thought: In Love we dwell secure.
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Guidance

EDITH L. PERKINS

O guide unfailing, always art Thou here!Though earth's obscuring mists would intervene,Through consciousness uplifted Thou art seen,By Truth revealed in Spirit's atmosphere.