Poems

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The Thrush's Song

MARGARET B. AYRES.

A wood-thrush sang to a child one day,Sang from his hedge in the garden-way,Atilt where blossoming branches sway.
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You Cannot Hide from the Light

FANNIE ROGERS WHITE.

The world is full of sunshine,Is full and running over;It shines in all the cities,It shines on fields of clover.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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Flowers

MARY B. G. EDDY.

Mirrors of mornWhence the dewdrop is born,Soft tints of the rainbow and skies—Sisters of song,What a shadowy throngAround you in memory rise!

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Omnipotence

FLORENCE V. EDDS.

Since Love is all,—our certain guide,—How can we stray?
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I Prayed, Thy Kingdom Come

JONES VERY

I prayed, Thy kingdom come! For winter longHad held the frozen earth in fetters bound;And wretchedness and misery, war and wrong,Age after age, did in the world abound.
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Trusting

MARGARET FLORENCE MC AULAY.

O Weary heart and steps that slowAlong life's pathway come and go,Fear not, the Master trod aloneThe thorn-path leading to a throne.

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Changing your world

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Anthology of classic articles

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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 Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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Truth's Paean

EMILY HOUSEHOLDER.

One note with endless rangeVibrant with infinite changeAll music holds;
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Out of the Gloom

ED B. MOSS.

Out of the gloom of centuries pastThere cometh a day of light;From man-made creed to humanity's needIs the voyage from wrong to right.
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The Battle Call

JANET T. COLMAN.

Out to the front, ye tried and true warriors!Out to the front at duty's loud call!Out to the front, where the battle is raging!Out to the front, to arouse one and all!
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The Daughter of Jairus

EUGENIA BEATRICE MABURY.

What means this radiance falling round,And through the mist whence comes this sound:"O maid! I say to thee, arise"?
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If we Knew

J. EDWARD SMITH.

If I knew that a word of mine,A word not kind and true,     Might leave its trace     On a loved one's face,I'd never speak harshly, would you?
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The Treasure House

MARY J. ELMENDORF.

There stands a wondrous Treasure-House,Beside a peace-enfolded sea,Wherein are riches fairer farThan pearls of Ind or Araby.