Poems

BLESSED ARE THEY

Friendly encounter on this earthly planeReveals expressions from celestial scene.

ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD

Not unto Saul alone the challenge came.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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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I SAW

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

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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.

RETIREMENT

Tilling the soil?

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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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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WHAT PRICE VICTORY?

Who is to say the victory is not here?

ETERNAL IMAGE

The grandeur of the snowcapped peakgleams, mirrored in the lake:each pinnacle and ridge and massrepeated, for its sake.

"FATHER, FORGIVE THEM"

They jeered at him:"Save thyself," and "Come down from the cross.

WHO KNOWS?

On that sad dayThree widows reached the parting of their ways.

THIS QUIET READING ROOM

O quiet room of rest and meditation,Of hope and silent prayer!How very close you are to God,How much you have to share!Your sheltering walls hold treasuresThat lead to happiness,To beauty, and to Love's perfectionAnd protectiveness.

A DISCIPLE'S PRAYER

Dear Father, on the altar of Thy loveI lay my simple offering tonight.