Poems

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Pearl Strachan Hurd

Day in full flower! How can we longer peerAs through a mist in this full blaze of light?
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OBEDIENCE

Eva Leonora Norton

The lambs, they want for mother-love.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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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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PRAYER FOR A SOLDIER

Ednah A. Parr

Go forth in strength, my son.

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GOD FIRST

Ruth Catherine Jones

Flower before the seed,Fruit before the flower;God before the need,Omnipresent power,
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HOUSEHOLD OF GOD

Margery Todahl Blokhine

"God is love.
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LOVE OWNS ALL

Effie Valo Bair

If Love owns all the hours that wait,Standing outside tomorrow's gate,Then need I ask the morrow's task,Or need I fear a prospect drearIf Love owns all the now and here?

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Anthology of classic articles II

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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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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EMPLOYMENT

Eleanor L. Shepherd

Today I shall approach my workWith ceaseless trust and confidenceThat Mind alone directs and guides,And I reflect intelligence.
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TRUE MEANING

Gerald Stanwell

As flowers unfold,So come the sacred meaningAnd substance of a truth, each morning mealBringing to lightWith every prayerful gleaningThe messages of God that help and heal.
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WHEN?

Florence Irene Gubbins

When shall we rendThe veil,That frailPhantom of mortality?
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SANCTUARY

Alan W. Thwaites

Upon the world's horizon broodsThe challenge of an unspent storm,And over troubled nations spreadsThe shadow of the old alarm.
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HOW GOOD TO KNOW

Roberta Joan Seiferth

How good to know,Wherever we go,Love has prepared our place;No circumstance,No idle chance,Can govern any case.
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IN THE BEGINNING

Fanny de Groot Hastings

In the beginning God beheldCreation and pronounced it good.