Poems

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PROTECTION

Leila C. Harsch

BY reversal, not rehearsal, Do the stings of sense yield place To divine illumination And to Soul-revealing grace.
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THE KINGDOM WITHIN

Peter J. Henniker Heaton

God's law is written in our inward parts;in the deep places of the earth it rules.

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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PURIFICATION

Maxine Le Pelley

Father , if Thy goodI do not see,Show me my iniquity.

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FAITHFUL

Doris A. Lewis

Ready to speak the word in seasonOf the hope within us, and the reason,To all who'll hear;Living the truthWhich frees from fear;Lifting the burdened thought to feelThe buoyant power of Love to heal.
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GOD'S BOUNTY IS FOR ALL

Esther M. Scheck Moore

When my brother, like the prodigal,Has strayed far from the foldAnd wasted his inheritance, then,Like the brother of old,Should I bar my door to the wandererOr his repentance spurn?
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POWER

Lillian M. Carter

O Israel , forgetful of the cloud,The pillar of fire, the manna—was the rodOf unselfed will so readily disavowed?

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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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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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AGAINST INSOMNIA

Benjamin Sturgis Pray

Rebuke the stressOf bitter restlessnessWith hymn by hymn from your remembered store.
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HOME

Lillian Turner Marks

The truth that we have made our very own,And any talent we have tended well,We have and hold as a foundation stoneTo build upon.
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GIVER OF GIFTS

Leone L. Schulz

God's children, born ofLove divine,Reflect His love.
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"THE LORD OF HOSTS HATH PURPOSED"

Maude De Verse Newton

Let no man with a burdened heartWait vainly by the mounting road;Let him not bow, with weeping,Beneath an earthly load.
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PRAYER

Dorothy Davis Armstrong

Teach me to pray with constant, new desire,As only fresh communion can inspire,And find in primal cause needed effect;Then, in this holy oneness, just reflect.
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AWARENESS

Mary Elizabeth Thompson

Great Teacher, give to us thy flawless visionTo see the perfect man whereverHuman thought is longing to be shownThe truth; to lift sincere endeavorFor purity and freedom to a fresh,Unclouded point of view.