Poems

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REWARD

Wilhelmina Belle Barnes

Only the pure are happy;Only the just have peace.
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PEACE

Yvonne O. M. Hind

I sought peace —Found it elusive,Ran to pursue it,Endeavored to claim it,Then to blame it.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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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A READER'S PRAYER

Zula Hall

Humbly I thank Thee, Lord,For this Thy gift of service.

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IN HIS STEPS

Helen Dye Sharback

In His steps He leads meUpward, outward, onward.
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MY FIRST COPY OF THE TEXTBOOK

Mildred Kendall

I read again these pages,thin and stained,where tears of repentance fell;and tears of joywhen all the vast uncharted labor of the yearsfound chart and compasshere.
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REFLECTION

Graham Cameron Driscoll

I know that God is Love, because one loved me,Spoke the word of comfort, dried the tear.

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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.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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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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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EARLY STUDENT IN SCIENCE

Walter Frederick Hannan

How beautiful a thing the calm that comesWhen God reveals His truth to human mind!Then vanquished are the images unkindThat plague all quiet thought with restless drumsOf earthly strife.
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WHEN MY HEART PRAYS

Esther A. Callihan

When my heart prays,It says no wordAnd asks no thing.
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GRACE

Mary Tompkins Boyd

Dear God, we come to Thee in prayerWith gratitude; Thy tender careProvides us with our daily foodOf Love divine, Truth understood.
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DEMONSTRATION

Marion Louise Kinnard

Today you have threshed a mountain andbeaten it small,
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LIFE'S GAUGE

Kathryn Paulson

The measure of our life is love,Not length of days or years;And in proportion as we loveEternity appears.
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NO SEPARATION

Roberta Joan Seiferth

My loved one does not dwell apart from me,Although his presence here I cannot see.