Poems

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PAUL

Winthrop Pitt Tryon

Foreign thingsMet rebuffOn Mars' Hill,When an orator errant,With Roman warrant,In accent odd—Touch of Cilician—Harangued the populace,Hard by the Acropolis,Whose vestureShone,Pediment and portal,In beauty mortal.
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HE CANNOT ESCAPE LOVE

Grace Nixon Stecher

Should your brother choose to strayBy the valley road,Walk with him a little way,Ease him of his load.

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Changing your world

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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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MY SON

Hazel A. Wood

"Son , come home.

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LOVE YOUR ENEMIES

Isla Paschal Richardson

"Pray for them which.
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REALIGNMENT

Benjamin Sturgis Pray

Forgo all preaching perched aloofIn Pharisaic isolation.
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SEARCHING MY TEXTBOOKS

Oma Olna Martin

Searching my textbooks I findMan's home is in immortal Mind,Where wisdom reigns and God is All.

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Shared reflections

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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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From Safety

A safe refuge

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NOW

Emil William Frandsen

Eternal now,Fact profound!No future, past,Nor time-lost ground.
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DEDICATION

Jacoba Pfeil

Take Thou, dear Lord, my heart into Thy keeping,All pure and holy, with Thy spirit filled;Help that no thought may ever enter,Untrue, self-willed.
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TREMBLING SHE SPOKE

Myrtle Daugherty

Trembling she spoke.
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CONSCIOUSNESS

Edith Gaddis Brewer

I would go alone and findWhat is granted to the mindTo partake of and to give,Without audience to live.
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PRAYER IN CHURCH

Hazel Harper Brandner

Dear Father, let this congregation hearThy sacred Word in sweet humility;Let understanding grow more deep and clearAs unselfed, reverent thought communes with Thee.
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CONVICTION

Pearl Strachan Hurd

All those he had cherishedLeft him at that hour;Whose thoughts had openedLike a flowerIn Christ-loveNow fled.