Poems

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CHALLENGE

Lillian M. Carter

Of course I love! The challenge comes: then prove it.
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NOT ONE IS LOST

Cosette E. Colby

You never left your Father's house;You never lost the way.

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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 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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DEPORTMENT WHEN UNOBSERVED

Grace Soden Haerle

"I do always those things that please him," Jesus said,Speaking of God.

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TRUE SELFHOOD

Doreen Bowden

Real entity is one with God;It patterns Love's design;True selfhood must reflect the OneWhose being is divine.
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WHERE ANGELS TREAD

Robert Ellis Key

Where angels tread,We do not seeTheir footprintsOn the grass,Nor do we hear themAs they gently pass.
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HOLY PURPOSE

Naville Hoogs

If I have lightened someone's crossToday by word or deed;If I have loved sufficientlyTo sense another's needAnd answered it unsparinglyFrom heaven's boundless store,Then I have used God's talent wellAnd am prepared for more.

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Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

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 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 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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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.