Poems

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Love's Triumph

ELIZABETH CARMON FIELD

When the clouds of sense descending,Seem to gather drear and wild,Can you say with thought transcending,It is well with God's own child?
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A Prayer

RUBY A. GARDNER

Oh, let me be as glass transparent,Through which the light of Truth may shine;Oh, let Thy love be e'er apparent;As I reflect that Love divine.

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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 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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Protection

VINNA MARA KING

In the light of God's dear love,Beholding His perfect way,There living, growing, loving,Find "life.

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The Law of Love

LUCIE HASKELL HILL

The earth belongs to him who loves,And all its fullness is his own;In kingly company he moves,Who does not seek to walk alone.
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"Worship God"

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

Whenever through the troublous dayTemptation's woes appear,When sorrow weighs my spirit down,A "still small voice" I hear:"Worship God.
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Harvest Song

MARTHA BAILEY PROCTOR

Out in the fields it is time for the mowing;White gleams the harvest on hillside and plain,Out in the fields where the tares, too, are growing,Seeking to smother the bright yellow grain.

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These books healed me

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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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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As a Child

BETHEL GILLIAM

I lose the sense of passing years, of time;Youth is renewed,And thoughts are preened for happier, loftier flight,When I become a child.
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Inspiration

ESTHER B. MC LAUGHLIN

In deep and somber fastness of a woodA silent golden cataract of lightO'er crags of green and yellow foliage leaps,Nor bends its radiant courseTill in the troubled mirror of a poolIts molten splashes far across the fernsWake glimm'ring light,Like diamond dew amid the maidenhair.
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God is Taking Care of All

PEARLE M. WARREN

The things I need to do to-dayShould be accomplished one and all;No thought of doubt I need obey,Since God is taking care of all.
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Employment

BLANCHE MURIEL HOUSDEN

To do Love's service lovingly,For Love's dear sake,His grace thy inspiration, generous, free,The potency of Truth supporting thee.
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Obedience

MYRTLE TIMMONS SUTHERLAND

Shall learning thenSpeak to me in paradox?
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Security

ELIZABETH S. MC CARTY

When day grows dark, I look to Thee,And in the very placeWhere deepest shadows seemed to beI see Thee face to face;Since Thou art Life, Thou fillest space.