Poems

TRANSFORMATION

God, whose name is Love, has brightenedAll my life, dispelled the night;My drear pathway He has lightened,Darkest clouds has put to flight.

EUTYCHUS

What a privilege was hisin that crowded upper room so long ago,where many lamps proclaimed a burst of lightupon an ancient world's near–darkened thought!From his window perch, he listenedwhile one of the gifted speakers of all timewarmed to the eternal theme of Life and Love and Truth,presented by Christ Jesus, our Exemplar.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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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ONE IMPETUS

Mind, which declared itself I AM—Love, all-encompassing, the pure, the true—Utters itself; and to each humbled heartIts promise speaks: I can; I will; I do!

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THE FALLING PETAL

A petal from the rose by my bedsideDropped onto the table with a tiny thud,Splintering the silence of the breathless hour,And I became suddenly awake.

WATCHFUL PRAYER

How prayerfully we watchAnd hourly prayTo do God's will!Love points the way.

SWEETER THAN THE SONG OF BIRD

FAR sweeter than the song of birdThe tranquil voice of Truth I heard.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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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.

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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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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SECURE

Held in God's care,We are secure.

SURETY

Fear not;The Shepherd's gentle rodAppoints your rightful way,And His beneficence is yoursThis newborn day.

THEY JOURNEY ON

They journey on—the loved ones who have steppedBeyond our ken of mortal sound and sight.

LOVE'S PROVISION

"Children, have ye any meat?

GOD IS ALL

God is all-power:With His support, we cannot faint;No stain of sin or evil's taintCan touch us or can bring us harm.

WEAPON AND TOOL

This Science bring, to those who heed,The truth not born of mortal sense:Who gives his love to God is safe,He goes his way with confidence.