Poems

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ATHLETE

Benjamin Sturgis Pray

With skill and form and flexile-functioned lineFlung on our sight, he dares us to excel.
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THE OPEN DOOR

Rubie Forsyth

God's loving-kindness is not for a season.

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Anthology of classic articles III

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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THE MULTITUDE

Evelyn M. S. Duckett

He had compassion on the multitude.

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WAIT ON THE TRUTH

Jennie Baird Schooley

Wait on the truth, O earnest heart,Lift up your thought in praise.
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OMNIPRESENCE

Grace Anglada McCracken

By reason of man's unity with God,he cannot be alone—apart,lack wisdom, talents, goodness.
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ORBITS

Max Dunaway

The sun withdraws in regal majesty,Yielding awhile the rule of its domainTo the ascending moon and galaxiesOf stars that share in its nocturnal reign.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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 Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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THANKS BEFORE AND AFTER DEMONSTRATION

Hazel Harper Brandner

I pray to God this simple prayer:"Dear Father, thank Thee for Thy light"When down dark pathways I must fare.
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FORGIVENESS

Myrtle A. Cash

Forgiveness wraps forgetfulnessAround the smarting wound,Lets Truth's protective covering restUntil the breach is healed,With not a scar to mark the placeBy Love securely sealed.
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GOD REQUIRES THE WHOLE

Peter J. Henniker-Heaton

"I'll do what I can, then leave the rest to God"—Not thus Christ Jesus spoke.
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TRUTH REVEALED

Alice Mae Pfahl

"What is truth?
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OUR ROUTE

Pearl Strachan Hurd

A space ship to an outer world?
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PRAYER

Joan Nilson

Lord, when my brother comes to me in pain,Wounded by that sharp two-edged sword, the tongue,When human sympathies have all proved vain,And still with tattered pride his heart is hung—Then show me how to speak to him that WordQuicker and sharper than the two-edged sword.