Poems

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BEHOLDING LOVE'S CREATION

Ruby Lee Corder

Creative Love, whose radiant power has keptThe spiritual universe and man intact,Would never leave His child in dark bereft,For God holds man in Love's divine compact.
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TESTIMONY MEETING

Mollie Ruth Bottoms

"Let your light so shine," the Master said,That men "may see your good works, and glorifyYour Father.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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CHARITY

Mary Lucretia Barker Franklin

The way was steep and night seemed long,But charity rejoiced,In darkness raised Love's triumph song.

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HOMESTEAD

Pearl Strachan Hurd

I moved into the light,And suddenly I sawThat house was mine.
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"MORE THAN TWELVE LEGIONS OF ANGELS"

Myrtle Daugherty

"Put up again thy sword into his place,"Jesus admonished the impetuous oneStriking in vain defense.
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CHRIST JESUS

Fanny de Groot Hastings

He went a little further—always he wentFurther—outdistancing in more than space—Further in meekness, further in consentTo do the Father's will, further in grace.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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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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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THE HEALING WORD

Marjorie D. Manley

The healing word is gently saidBy those who are through Spirit ledTo understand and to rejoiceThat man reflects the Father's voice.
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WRITTEN IN HEAVEN

Alan W. Thwaites

To those accusing onlookers,The Master spoke no word,But stooped and wrote upon the ground,As though he had not heard.
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THE MEEK IN HEART

Myrtle A. Cash

The soft rebuke—how kind it was—and thenin pure reflection of God's gracethe outstretched hand to ease the hurt;and following fast the tender wordthat turned reproof to heaven's song.
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THE THOUGHT THAT LIFTS TO GOD

Margery Todahl Blokhine

The thought that lifts to God wings high,Touching infinitude of TruthFrom molecule to star, the whileEncompassing them both.
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CONFIDENCE

Florence M. Patterson

As the grass downtroddenSprings ever upward to the light,So shall my heart, when error's throesWould all but crush the hope within,Spring ever upward to my God.
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"YOUR NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN HEAVEN"

Sarah Margaret Glasspoole

With diamond point and angel's penIndelibly impressed,In Spirit's record you are foundInevitably blessed.