Poems

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A PRAYER

Agatha M. Baring-Gould

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

M. Elizabeth Kirwin

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

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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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THOUGHTS FOR THE CONGREGATION

Lillian Turner Marks

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

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THE EVER-PRESENT HARVEST

Amelia S. Wadsworth

Why speak this way: four months to growTill ripened heads of grain will show?
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THE CHRISTLY PATH OF LIVING

Ethel Munro Goss

Let me walk this Christly path today.
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CONTINUITY

Florence H. Lawson

You say he died.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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Now

Fanny deGroot Hastings

I Stand at length where phantom timeCan neither halt nor spur,Where being climaxes at prime,Future and past concur.
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"DRINK YE ALL OF IT"

Roberta Joan Seiferth

The cup's depths looked so very deepAnd dark, he said that I must drain;I wanted freedom from my pain,But felt perhaps the cup could keep.
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ASSOCIATION DAY

Mary Baker Thompson

This is our Olivet, this beauteous day,Joyous, illumined, a rare, precious gem;Here is the mount where we may watch and pray,Here humbly touch the garment's healing hem.
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PRAYER IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

Doris Maude Ferne

Dear Father, heal the sad, the sick, the blind,With the unfolding treasures of Thy Mind.
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GOD MADE MAN UPRIGHT

Amy G. Viau

Man's dignityIs the poise of graciousnessBestowed by God.
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PERENNIAL BIRTH

Edith Coonley Howes

New birth is a dawning,An impelling visionOf perfect being, beautiful, free.