Poems

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GRATITUDE

Mary Lucretia Barker Franklin

Birds brightly sing for little crumbsThat kind hands toss their way,And gladly greet the light that comesTo turn the dark to day.
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A SONG OF THANKSGIVING

Maxine Le Pelley

She garnered her blessings into thought;Counted them, cherished them, but forgotThe lesser ones.

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Shared reflections

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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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PRAYER FOR THE WORLD

Ray Lewis Leach

Constant ray of Science,Beam of living light!Flood the mourner's sadnessWith Love's healing might.

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THE HEALING ART

Ruby Lee Corder

Immortal man divinely real,Light-winged and glory-shod.
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TRUTH

Henrietta M. Dobbie

I found the thread of knitted thoughtsEntangled with the yearsAnd pulled the snarls of false belief,Unraveling hidden fears.
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FOR THIS I PRAY

Oma Olna Martin

For this I pray:Courage to walk the heavenward wayThough friends forsake me here,And I must yield for heavenly gainEarth ties I now hold dear.

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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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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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 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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FOR A BUILDING CHURCH

Jean E. Cameron

May this church, so loved, so blest,Rise at Mind's serene behest,Showing forth a perfect planRevealed of God, approved of man.
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DESIRE IS PRAYER

Jacoba Pfeil

When in the stillness of the night,Dear Lord, I think of Thee—Thy precious love, Thy truth and light,Enfolding me,
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"THE BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR"

Edna Wise West

After the night of darkness,Before the daylight hour,Luminous, steadfast, lovely,Rises the morning star;Blessing the shrouded valleyWith surety of dawn—After the night of darknessEnsign of joy is shown.
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"IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH"

Margery Todahl Blokhine

In perfect trust I lay me down,Safe in the circle of God's love.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Elsie Hill Ainsworth

In God's pure sight I am already whole,Offspring of Love and Love's unchanging will.
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UNFOLDMENT

Kathleen O'Connor

Since Mind unfolds its own idea,No disappointed hope is mine,Or prisoning pride with all its fear;All comes of Thee and all is Thine.