Poems

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WHATEVER CONFRONTS YOU

Leila C. Harsch

If it's bad, it isn't true;If it's good, it's meant for you.
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THIS DAY

Margaret Barlow

This day is more to me than justAnother mortal measure;My day is never limitedFor aught but idle pleasure.

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Shared reflections

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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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SPRING

Xavier North

God's all spiritual, love-filled springIs a joyous, abundant, eternal thing.

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OBEDIENCE

Winifred Brown King

"Stretch forth thy hand.
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THE NIGHT IS GONE

Mary Somny

Joyous, now, I claim my freedom;It is mine as God's own son.
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LOOK UP

Dorothea Sturdivant Fagan

Because I walked with lowered gazeIntent upon the ground.

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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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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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REPENTANCE

Mary Boyd Wagner

There is a law of Truth and Love that breaksThe chains of sin and leaves man free to rise,Uncumbered by the weight of past mistakes.
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I KNOW

Helen K. Fries

It matters not what others think of me,It matters not what others seem to see;I only know that I am God's own son.
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THE LECTURE AUDIENCE

Mollie Ruth Bottoms

Again , as on the shore of Galilee,The multitude is waiting to be fed,Waiting by time's ever-ebbing seaThe breaking of imperishable bread.
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VICTORY

Ethel Wasgatt Dennis

Must we shut Love from out our livesFor evil shown,Terming it weakness?
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TODAY

Elizabeth Sembler

Today , dear God,Help me to seeMy fellow manAs made by Thee,
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A LIBRARIAN'S TESTIMONY

Netta Emeline Neild

So long he stood before the window, gazingIntently, small face earnest as he read,That one inside the Reading Room who watchedWent out to him at last and gently said,"What are you reading?