Poems

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CEASE AND BEGIN

Lillian M. Carter

"Cease ye," Isaiah said, "from man, whose breathIs in his nostrils.
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ASSURANCE

Pearl Strachan Hurd

You can trust God to be good.

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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 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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MY PRAYER

Helen Dye Sharback

Give me the shepherd heart,Vigilant, tender,Wakeful to all human need,Quick to discern the mental callOf the wayward, the weary, the willful,Famishing for word of Truth.

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BEFORE THE LESSON

Gerald Stanwell

This is indeed the holy Comforterimparting Truth, which in its turn will sownew seedlings, new convictions that will growand speak themselves of Love's infinitude.
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THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE

Mildred Kendall

Cries of the multitude in the valleyof decision
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HOME

Lois Allen Beck

Within the all-encircling sphereOf peace and harmonyGod's children ever dwell secure,Unfettered, upright, free.

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Anthology of classic articles III

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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Shared reflections

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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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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BECAUSE OF THY GREAT MERCY

Evelyn Games

Because of Thy great mercy, God,I too must mercy showTo weak, sin-sick, downtrodden ones,With labored step and slow.
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HEART-WHOLE

Margery Todahl Blokhine

There never was a tired heart—Only a heart pursuing peace;Each impulse from Almighty God.
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REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR

Ruth King

Though we remember God when stars are dark,When winds blow coldly on our stony ways,And we go forward, strong to demonstrate,What of His love in green and primrose days?
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ASSURANCE

Aimee E. Green

Serene my thought to greet each newborn day,Unquestioning my trust in Mind's directing.
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SIMPLICITY

Olive Scholes

Let us not wrap clear thoughtIn things obscure,But unadulterated keep God's WordUnaltered, pure.
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NO DEATH IS THEIRS

James M. Speers

No death is theirs who visiblyHave left us, It is only weWould make the parting real, would layThem in some sepulcher—not theyWho wake to Life's bright victory.