Poems

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The Breaking of the Day

EVA B. SNOWMAN

I prayed that God would teach me how to pray—To open wide my eyes that I might seeThe full intent of what the Master soughtAlone with God in deep humility.
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A Prayer

MARY H. OLIVER

For this I strive: more wisdom to attain,The wisdom born of Love and Mind, which makesOne able lovingly to guide; to gainMore tenderness of heart, for this it takesTo comfort them that mourn, that hold as realTheir past mistakes or sigh for other years.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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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"The Lord is in this place"

MABEL STUART CURRY

The one who passes wearilyThe long, dark night aloneMay pause to praise where once he madeA pillow of a stone.

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Noontide

WINIFRED R. DAVIS

Man never changes; always he reflectsComplete and perfect qualities alone.
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Go Forward

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

Have done with all the yesterdaysWhen evil ruled the hour;The dawn is great with heaven's goodAnd Truth's almighty power.
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The Secret Place

LORENE H. TROUSDALE

My life is not a fleeting breath,Subject to accident or fate;Confined within false walls of sense,Where mortal terrors lie in wait.

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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 Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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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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Call to Duty

OMA OLNA MARTIN

Work without respite,Child of the day,Life has no momentsTo squander away;Hearts are still hungry,Eyes are still blind,Feet are still tryingThe straight path to find.
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Cast Out the Beam

MAYME DAMLEM

THE mote that's in thy brother's eye, And looms so big to thee, Is but the shadow of the beam That dims thy power to see.
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As Thou Hast Made

AMY G. VIAU

FATHER, who made the earth and heaven, Who guards and guides creation, all, Lead me to recognize Thy realm, Wherein men neither fail nor fall.
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"When he had given thanks, he distributed"

JANIE FLEMING LAWRIE

How buoyant rises gratitudeFor cherished boon, long sought;For granting of a dear desire,Or blessing in our lot.
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Protection

ANNA WENDT

He who guides the seagull's flightHigh above the waters blue,Shall He not, by day and night,Guard and guide and cherish you?
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Happy the Man

MYRTLE ELLA ROBERTSON

Happy the man the Eternal has made,Joy is his portion and all unafraid,Reflecting God's beauty and wisdom and might,Heir of all grace in the kingdom of light,He lives as God lives, unhampered and free,Forever at one with the Deity!