Poems

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THE MULTITUDE

Evelyn M. S. Duckett

He had compassion on the multitude.
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WAIT ON THE TRUTH

Jennie Baird Schooley

Wait on the truth, O earnest heart,Lift up your thought in praise.

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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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OMNIPRESENCE

Grace Anglada McCracken

By reason of man's unity with God,he cannot be alone—apart,lack wisdom, talents, goodness.

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ORBITS

Max Dunaway

The sun withdraws in regal majesty,Yielding awhile the rule of its domainTo the ascending moon and galaxiesOf stars that share in its nocturnal reign.
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THANKS BEFORE AND AFTER DEMONSTRATION

Hazel Harper Brandner

I pray to God this simple prayer:"Dear Father, thank Thee for Thy light"When down dark pathways I must fare.
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FORGIVENESS

Myrtle A. Cash

Forgiveness wraps forgetfulnessAround the smarting wound,Lets Truth's protective covering restUntil the breach is healed,With not a scar to mark the placeBy Love securely sealed.

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Anthology of classic articles III

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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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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GOD REQUIRES THE WHOLE

Peter J. Henniker-Heaton

"I'll do what I can, then leave the rest to God"—Not thus Christ Jesus spoke.
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TRUTH REVEALED

Alice Mae Pfahl

"What is truth?
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OUR ROUTE

Pearl Strachan Hurd

A space ship to an outer world?
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PRAYER

Joan Nilson

Lord, when my brother comes to me in pain,Wounded by that sharp two-edged sword, the tongue,When human sympathies have all proved vain,And still with tattered pride his heart is hung—Then show me how to speak to him that WordQuicker and sharper than the two-edged sword.
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SERENITY

Helen Lucy Veatch Sutherland

Time is no moreAs this day wraps around meThe sweet serenity and utter joyThat follows work well done,The quiet consciousness of heart content,The memory of past precious hours spentIn earnest seeking what His will decreed,In glorifying Him in word, in thought, in deed.
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GOD'S DAY

Edgar Isaac Newgass

This is God's day, each moment of it His,And as we turn to Him in gratitudeFor this, how surely evil yields to good,For good is all that is.