Poems

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INDIVIDUALITY

Mary Lucretia Barker Franklin

The snowflakes with their intricate designsIn splendor fall upon my lifted cheek,And, contemplating varied crystal lines,I marvel that each flake is still unique.
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FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

Jennie Baird Schooley

In the darkness of the night,To Love we turn.

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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 Safety

A safe refuge

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

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THE TIDE OF LOVE

Robert Ellis Key

There is a tideOf heavenly, holy knowingForever flowingFrom a boundless source.

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AFTER PENIEL

Hazel Harper Brandner

When we, like Jacob, struggle through the nightTo reach a sense of God's protecting care,Let us persist until the dawning lightOf Truth reveals the answer to our prayer.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL HOUR

Mildred Booth Lord

Here in this hourWe meet in Love's embrace:Give us, dear God, the graceTo know ourselves all taught of Thee.
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"AS BIRDS FLYING"

Glanville le Sueur

Praise God for the joyof a fleeting glimpseof Truth, like the flashof sunlight on white wingssoaring, solitaryin cloudless air!

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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 Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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IN SEEKING GOD

Kathryn Laney Veazey

His glory is not seen with mortal eyes;No undiscerning ear Mind's voice has heard.
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MERCY

Myrtle Daugherty

How blessed to receiveA brother's mercy toward some blunderOf one's own, regretted poignantly.
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ASSURANCE

Louise S. Darcy

Be silent, sense, and let pure Spirit speakThe message that will ease the burdened heart.
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HARVEST

Frances M. Pray

We are the harvesters of light,Obeying Love's commands;We garner with our chastened hearts—Not with impatient hands.
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FAN IN HAND

Florence Fraser Ludgate

For winnowing of useless chaffFrom sound, substantial wheat,A fan is wielded patientlyTill harvest be complete.
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HEALING

Kathryn Laney Veazey

No need to ask Love's willingness to heal,Nor, fearful, question why, or when, or how.