Poems

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Over the field when the day is fair,...

John Fullerton

Over the field when the day is fair,The sower scatters the seed abroad,Stays not to mark where it falls, his careBut to leave it with his God,Who sendeth the rain and the sun's bright rays,And a hundred-fold in the harvest days.
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God's spirit falls on meAs dew drops on a rose,If I but, like a rose,My heart to Him unclose.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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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Smile and Sing

BY ANNIE MARIE BLISS

Smile, little sister, when all seems wrong,Shorten the long day with a song.

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I need not leave the jostling world,...

Harriet McEwen Kimball

I need not leave the jostling world,Or wait 'till daily tasks are o'er,To fold my palms in secret prayerWithin the close-shut closet door.
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Thanksgiving

BY BERT POOLE

Eternal God of Life and Truth and Love,I thank Thee who hath to my soul conveyedA consciousness of spiritual birth.
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Resolutions for the Day

Mary Baker G. Eddy

The following poem was written by the Rev.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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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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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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Sorrow

BY MOWBRAY MARRAS.

Sorrow appearsCrowned with her diadem of tears.
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Christian Science

BY EUNICE POND ATHEY.

Untold are the mercies, untold are the blessings,Untold the glad songs that ring out to-night;Singing of peace, health, harmony, gladness,Brought to our hearts by this radiant light.
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Forbear, Forgive, Forget

BY WILLIAM BRADFORD DICKSON

Forbear, strong heart, forbear;Let not the arrow dartWhich wounds the trusting heart;Forbear, strong heart, forbear.
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June

James Russell Lowell

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how;Everything is happy now,Everything is upward striving;'Tis as easy now for the heart to be trueAs for grass to be green or skies to be blue,—'Tis the natural way of living:Who knows whither the clouds have fled?
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Whence Comes the Spring?

Bliss Carman

Look, love, how the woods are all mistyWith purple and gray!And the soft mellow wind has a touchOf enchantment to-day.
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Chastity

BY EVELYN SYLVESTER.

Think chastely, and the thought shall beA wall of armor unto thee;Speak chastely, and thy words shall growTo noble deeds.