Poems

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"Why tarriest thou?"

CHRISTIANA WILLINK

FOLLOWER of Truth, the call comes hourly; Canst thou not hear the plaintive cry Of earth-bound hearts in human bondage Seeking their higher destiny?
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The Gift

ESTHER BRINTON

Dear , I would comeBringing you the heart's most precious thing,That only God could give to me for you.

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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 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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Wings of Thought

ELIZABETH HAYWARD GARDNER

Thanks , thanks for the wings of thought!With them may I spurn the sod;I may mount to the height of eternal day—I may rise to the realm of God:Though my heel to the hard earth cling,And though mists may cover my eyes,The pinions of Love will lift me aboveThe creature that suffers and dies.

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Guidance

LOU-VEE B. SIEGFRIED

THE peace that comes at close of day Is symbol of the sheltering way God's perfect love broods over men And leads them back to faith again;
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Omnipresence

KATHARINE ALICE WITTER

OH, precious knowledge stilling fear,Annulling discord, envy, strife;Revealing God as ever near,As omnipresent Truth and Life!
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A Prayer

WILLIAM KOCH

O FATHER , give me words to voice The song that lingers in my heart.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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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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Transfiguration

LEAH BOHN

As a bride adorned! Ah! Truth, I too would be Adorned, transformed, With radiant purity.
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Altars

MARION SUSAN CAMPBELL

Almighty God,Thine altars are so near!This very mornHow quietlyMercy defeated scorn.
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"In my Father's house"

BEATRICK BRADSHAW BROWN

In my Father's house is a place for me where I may go and rest,A place of hallowed beauty midst the mansions of the blest.
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Wayfaring

EDITH GADDIS BREWER

Naught can disturb my walk with Thee,Thou ever present God.
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A Hymn

EDMUND R. CUMMINS

LOVING Father, Thou hast told usIn Thy sacred Book divine,That Thine arm doth e'er enfold us,That our lives are one with Thine;Yet, regardless of the tokenThat we all Thine image bear,Some believe that they are broken,Fallen, sinful, sick with fear.
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My Song

EUGENIA M. FOSBERY

I READ a book of poems to-day,And then I said, I too will write a song,For I am likewise thrilled by lilting bird,And summer sky, and racing cloud, and feathery tree.