Poems

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THE BOUNDLESS BASIS

Denys Irvine

No fear-forged bonds restrain the childWho knows man's origin is Mind.
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A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST'S PRAYER

Esther M. Scheck Peterson

Once I prayed for recognition,For a share of wealth and fame,For personal acclaim.

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From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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ON GENTLE WORD

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

Oh, let it never bear a sting—the thought you think.

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THE PRACTITIONER PRAYS

C. Elizabeth Hunsworth

Make me a clear transparencyThrough which Thy light may shineSo that all those who look to meFor comfort, help, and healing seeOnly that light divine:Only Thy face, not mine!
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SPIRITUAL HARVEST

Robert Bartels

Let us sing praise this day of reapingFor garnered gain, held in safe keeping,That followed days of toil and sowing,In patient care and quiet growing.
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DAY

Helen L. Beecher

Day: the illumination of Life,Deathless, limitless, complete.

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Shared reflections

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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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LOVE GOES OUT

Pearl Strachan Hurd

Love is a thing that goes out,something we have to give,not something we haul infrom person or place or wrapmiserly in a clout.
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THE MAN

Winthrop Pitt Tryon

Man of mercymet with Truth,loving children,stalwart youth;
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NOEL

William Aubert Luce

The gentle lamb—it must have heardThe angel song cascading downThrough star-illumined air.
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REASON AND REVELATION

Astrid D. Johnson

Since I'm convinced that God is All,And All is good;Because I understand that God is Life,And Life is God;I daily demonstrate that here and nowWe are in heaven,And I can let you go.
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THE SINGING HEART

Kathleen O'Connor

My heart is singing like a bird;Thou, God, art All to me.
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EVERLASTING LIGHT

Hazel Harper Brandner

Let us grow lovelier as years advanceWith wisdom, tolerance, and shining graceThat manifest a radiance to enhanceThe beauty of expression in each face.