Poems

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ANNUAL MEETING

Lillian Turner Marks

A holy hush fell on this holy ground.
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REFLECTION

Margaret G. S. Tidey

The storm was over and the rains had ceased;Dark, lowering clouds had risen to disperse,And I walked out into the sweet, cool airLost in deep thought, and unawareOf nature's beauty round the countryside.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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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GOD KNOWS

Oma Olna Martin

God knows, and man reflects God's knowing;Then need I plan or fear?

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SIMEON

Pierrepont E. Twitchell

The Holy Spirit told me I would seeThe dear Messiah ere I go away.
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SUPERNAL LIGHT

Lucius C. Douglass

The light of Truth has never failed,Through sometimes in us dormant liesUntil, by drastic need assailed,We see through more enlightened eyes.
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BEFORE THE LECTURE

Nanette Nelson Melvin

This is a sacred time, this quiet hourBefore the feast so lovingly preparedIs set before us.

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Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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 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 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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WHY THE SILENCE?

Louise S. Darcy

Why should a silence fallWhen each has much to sayTo help his fellow menUpon the upward way?
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GROWTH

Benjamin Sturgis Pray

Step day by day into the human sceneAs if along your garden path in springYou walked with eager notice of each greenUnfolding frond and each first blossoming.
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THE BOW OF PROMISE

Florence Mayer Houghton

When cloud or mist of evil seems to be—Your way obscured, truth's path you cannot see—Turn thought to God.
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RELEASE

Mildred Seidenstricker

In that darkest hour before dawn broke,Chastened, rebuked, I called aloud to TheeAnd felt the warmth of Love that gently spokeOf unity between my God and me.
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LIKE A WATERED GARDEN

Marian J. Cobb

As clouds share with parched earth their liquid storeOf cooling and invigorating rain,And on a garden's flowered beauty pourThe quickening showers, reviving it againUntil the drooping stems spring up anewAnd bear their petals with a sturdy grace,And every blossom glows with brighter hueAnd greets the garden with a smiling face—So to my heart, when parched with doubt or fear,Come thoughts of God, like a refreshing shower,Until hope, faith, and love again appearAnd bear me upward with their holy power.
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I LISTENED

Nonabel G. Corley

In the dark of the nightFrom the depths of despairGod spoke—I listened;He answered my prayer.