Poems

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WITH AUTHORITY

Doris A. Lewis

O Father , open Thou my lipsWhen I speak forth Thy word.
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TALENT

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

A bird to whom the Father gave one songsings it repeatedly the whole day long!Shall I to whom the Father gave songs manygo hide them in the earth and sing not any?

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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PROGRESS

Marian J. Cobb

Progress is a word of challengeTo man's upward-soaring thought,And to compass its achievementMen and nations long have sought.

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MORNING

Sylvia Joan Albery

Awake to the light,Although the clouds are grayAcross the sightOf morning's eastward viewOf day.
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RENEWAL

Mildred Booth Lord

Though time, as finite estimate, seem real,And man by dreams of limitation bound,No travesty of sense assuming powerImpedes the course of Soul's renewing round.
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MASTER GARDENER

Fanny de Groot Hastings

Mary , beholding Jesus, thoughtShe saw instead the gardener.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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Anthology of classic articles III

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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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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SMALL THINGS

Rita Berman

No mathematical concept stands alone,No fraction even to the nth degreeBut is related, linked, is an associate,Commensurate in import with summation,Within the accurate science of the whole.
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THE LORD'S ANOINTED

Myrtle Daugherty

Let mortal senseTouch not the Lord's anointed, man.
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MY PRAYER

Helena A. Wood

Teach me to seeThe straight and narrow way that I should go.
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THE WAY

Gerald Stanwell

O Glorious God,Filling all the universe with love;O glorious Love,Giving us life and all things that we need;O Life eternal, waiting to be sharedBy every child, by every pilgrim, borneAnd guided through the power of Mind—This is Thy radiant dayAnd we are freed;This is the road decreed—By Thine own hand in ever-present morn,In ever-present dawning of the way.
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REVELATION

Elizabeth O'C. Ledbetter

Though morning wings may bear men in their questto peaks unsealed by gazers from afar,sheer earthly lore, so like the sea-foam crest,will disappear beneath Truth's risen star.
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MESSAGE OF THE CHIMES

Jean Hazel Allen

Ring, joyous bells! This glorious truth proclaimUntil all men, unfettered, rise and sing.