Poems

FOR THE BEGINNER

Enter , dear child! The door is open wide;The door of Life has neither lock nor key.

TO ONE READING THE WORD OF GOD

Trust the idea which Science has revealed,Ponder in secret, live it openly,And watch its beauty flower tranquilly.

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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 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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JOHN

Beloved disciple, whose days uncounted ran,An angel touched your browAnd gave you inspiration to avowThat God is Love.

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SUBSTANCE

True wealth lies not in compass of a coin,Nor can be measured in a formal sign.

GRACE AND PEACE

If grace be multiplied to meThrough God's dear love,I shall be kind,Reflecting the tenderness of MindSpontaneously.

DAWN

It stormed last night, but now in the morningEvery leaf holds a jewel in its palm.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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

From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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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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A PRAYER

O Father , give me light to seeMy brother's real identity.

THE CHOSEN

To be the choice of God,How great the honor hereAnd manifold the peaceHis chosen one may hear.

THOUGHTS FOR THE CONGREGATION

No dull-of-hearing attitude can stayThe purpose which has brought us here today.

THE EVER-PRESENT HARVEST

Why speak this way: four months to growTill ripened heads of grain will show?

THE CHRISTLY PATH OF LIVING

Let me walk this Christly path today.

CONTINUITY

You say he died.