Poems

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BENEDICTION

Edith Coonley Howes

There is a glory in the midnight skies,A song to still all fear,A wondrous promise if we lift our eyes,A word if we will hear;For God's pure love is proving faith's increaseAnd bringing forth the Christ, the Prince of Peace.
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MANHOOD'S FLOWER

Myrtle A. Cash

In quiet faith I pray.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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NOT AS A BEGGAR

Audrey A. Mersereau

Not as a beggar did blind Bartimaeuscome to Christ Jesus to receive his sight,but, casting on the ground his beggar's garment,he ran in joyful haste to claim his right.

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TO THE ARTIST AND WRITER

Evelyn Ring

In your hand, the brush or pen,On the page, your name,But by His power the work is done;No lesser power claim.
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HERE WHERE I STAND

Olive Scholes

Here where I stand is holy ground,No matter what the mortal seeming;In every place God's love is found.
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THE READER

Annie Lorena House

When , after judging how the Word should sound,He gave the reading in a practiced way,Profuse in praises, many hearing himSaid, "A good Reader, this, who read today.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

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

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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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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THE PRECIOUS OIL

Dorothy Nash Symon

Ten virgins waited eagerly the hourThe bridegroom should appear, arrayed in power.
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MIND GUIDES

Jennie Baird Schooley

I know that God will lead the wayTo His unending day.
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CHILD OF LIGHT

Sarah Rebecca Hardie

I am a child of light.
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TAKE COURAGE

Peter James Albery

However cloaked with fearOr sad it may appear,No physical eventIs reason to lament;It is a battle to be won, not lost,A darkly flowing river to be crossed.
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THE ISLAND OF THE INNOCENT

Fanny de Groot Hastings

The island of the innocentIs bathed by quiet waters,The planets of the firmamentShine on its sons and daughters.
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MAN'S BIRTHRIGHT

Ruth Grayson

Behold God's man!Look not upon his shadow, bound with fear—Poor counterfeit of what Love has designed—But lift your eyes to see whom God holds dear,The perfect man, idea in perfect Mind.