Poems

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FREEDOM, THE HERITAGE OF MAN

Mary H. Oliver

IF we would be completely free and findRelease from all imprisoning thoughts, we mustDesire, above all else, to do God's will,And understand that we may bless mankindBy separating error from our thoughtOf man, who is Gods child, forever free!
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MORNING THOUGHTS

Virginia Major Harshfield

Wake to find God ever present;Let the dreams of darkness flee.

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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 Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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AT DAYBREAK

Fanny de Groot Hastings

As they walked and as they wentThrough the quiet countryside,Reading nature's testament,Bird and beauty multiplied,Jesus, mighty to transform,Met them, and their hearts were warm.

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KNOWING

Florence Elizabeth White

How beauteous, fair, divinely wholeIs he who knows the joy of Soul;And patient, pure, serene, and kindIs he who knows the might of Mind.
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PROMISE

Olive Scholes

The hills that rise above the pastured vale,Whose rugged forms are outlined on the skies,Seen through revealing Science show the peaceAnd grandeur which God's universe supplies.
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"THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR"

Maude De Verse Newton

How comforting it is to knowMy neighbor is my brother,That we may share unfailing goodIn all things with each other;

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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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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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OBEDIENCE

Robert Oliver Shipman

Trust in Love,the Lovethat knowsno fear,that nowis here.
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BE COMFORTED!

Elizabeth Tucker Dresser

Come, beloved, lift your eyes.
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RADIANCE

Ruth M. Baring-Gould

Clear and pure is the joy of heartAs we glimpse the substance of Soul.
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HILLTOP OF FAITH

Amy G. Viau

From high hilltop of faith, the eye perceivesGod's universe in vastness of revealings;And vision scans beyond horizoned earth.
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TRANSFORMATION

Gerhard Nebel

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

Carol Earle Chapin

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.