Poems

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LEADER BELOVED

Douglas Roberts

Alone you stoodThrough bitter wrong—The silent conflictOf a heartIn lone Gethsemane.
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"PEACE, BE STILL"

Gerald Stanwell

There came a sudden storm of mortal fearsThat beat into the consciousness of thoseDisciples who became afraid untilThey cried unto the Master, who aroseAnd calmed the troubled air with "Peace, be still.

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Shared reflections

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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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OH, JOY-FILLED DAY!

Louis H. Schreiber

To rise at mornEmbraced in God's dear tenderness,Cared for in richest realmOf Life, and Truth, and Love;To realize His endless blessed bountyFree to me and all—And this good news mineTo celebrate and shareThroughout each hour—Ah, this is truly heaven to contemplate,And heaven to take,And heaven to useIn service, selfless, satisfied.

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SAFE IN LOVE'S ABIDING

Louise Wheatley Cook Hovnanian

As the robin greets the spring,So does every morning bringThoughts of joy, to make me singThanks for Love's providing.
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AS THEY WAKEN

Peggy Young Clark

Father-Mother, These, Thy children,Turn to TheeAs the flowersTo the sun,Now the wall that I had buildedIs withdrawn.
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TIME TO AWAKE

Myrtle Daugherty

It is time, Paul said,To awake out of sleep.

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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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Anthology of classic articles II

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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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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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SONG AT MIDNIGHT

Ruby M. Drogseth

Cuts and bruises from the Roman lashWere painful, and the bands were tight,Yet Paul and Silas, in an inner cell,Sang songs that echoed through the night.
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LOVE BUILDS GOD'S HOUSE

Mildred Kendall

Love builds God's house and keeps it fair.
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NEW VIEWS

Kathryn Laney Veazey

Diviner heights of Life before me riseThan mountain grandeur's lofty solitude.
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AFFLUENCE

Marjorie D. Manley

True prayer is not a plea for just enough,Nor intimation that our needs are small,But recognition that to God's own childIs given the kingdom—not a part, but all.
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DISTRIBUTION WORKER

Annie Lorena House

I Gave an offering to the poorin spirit.
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AFTER HEALING

Carol Earle Chapin

Let go the dream that man was eversick or sinful, loose the chainthat seemed to bind your loved one or yourself.