Poems

GOING BEFORE

The path that Joseph trod was strewn with snares,Yet bonds of evil never fettered him.

ASSURANCE

A springtime follows even coldest winter,A morning breaks the gloom of darkest night;And we, though in the throes of midnight anguish,May know that evil yields to Truth's pure light.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

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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CUMULATIVE GROWTH

What one approaching God in prayerHas failed to find a measure of releaseFrom ills and troubled moments there—A glimpse of serenity of peace?

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SOUL FILLS ALL YEARS

Do not record your age.

PRACTITIONER AND PATIENT

God's power is infinite.

NO PRODIGAL—MY BROTHER!

Do I behold him reapingwhere he has never sown?

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Shared reflections

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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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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NO FAILING HEALTH

There is no failing health of man,For he has everlasting life;He has been strong since worlds began.

OBEDIENCE

No more shall errant waywardness—False love, false trust, false fear—Obscure the way of Principle.

INVOCATION

O holy spirit, softly as the doveCome to my heart and fill it with Thy love.

HUMILITY

When our dear Master went aboutand taught of heaven's glories,he wove the simple country thingsinto his wondrous stories.

POWER AND PRESENCE

How strong the voice of Truth?

WATCH AND PRAY

Tell me, what shall I watch?