Poems

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GUIDE ME, LORD

Maxine Le Pelley

Guide me, Lord, that I may steerMy own course straight and without fear.
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"COME UNTO ME"

Mary H. Oliver

Nearly two thousand years ago the wordswere spoken, "Come unto me, all yethat labour and are heavy laden.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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FULFILLMENT

Edna Wise West

As every unit vital is unto the whole,So each idea is essential to the fullOmnipotence of Soul.

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LAZARUS SPEAKS

Frances M. Pray

How strange it was at first—How hard to make them all believeThat I was not a spiritMoving in their midst,And when I walked among my friends,All looked with awe and were afraid.
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TRUE FORGIVENESS

Adilene Ratigan

I strove awhile to free my thoughtFrom deep resentment's bitter stain.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS

Edith May Matthews

We must live bravely: the faithful will knowGod is beside them wherever they go.

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Anthology of classic articles

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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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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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MENTAL BATTLEGROUND

Marion Francis Brown

My enemy is not my foeWho seeks my life in war's duress,But that which would dethrone the ChristWithin my human consciousness.
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THE IMPOTENT MAN AT BETHESDA

Lillian Turner Marks

At any time the power was at hand.
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"I WILL HAVE MERCY, AND NOT SACRIFICE"

Pearl Strachan Hurd

Mercy, not sacrifice.
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NO MOTE, NO BEAM

Hazel Livingston

When the mote in my brother's eyeLooms larger than in mine,Teach me the senses to defyTill thought is one with Thine,Until with clarity I seeNo mote nor beam in him or me.
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LIFT UP YOUR HEART

Mildred Seidensticker

A great resurgence sweeps across the earthAs cleansing fires of Truth consume the tares,Challenging all that would oppose God's powerTo liberate mankind from evil's snares.
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PRAYER IN CHURCH

Ruth W. Heywood

Let each inthis holy placeHear Thy voiceand see Thy face;Sing Thy praiseand speak Thy word;Feel Thy peace,dear Father, Lord.