Poems

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GRACE

Helen Oscar Winfield

As yesterday is but a shadowUpon which the door of eternity has alreadySilently closedAnd tomorrow but a mythIn which men hope to bargainFor a bonus or a boon
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SOUL'S DELIGHT

Jane R. Harwood

Joyful , let us take our stand for God,Knowing His the power with which we act;Then, unshaken at the point of strength,Prove this truth eternally is fact.

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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.

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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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TODAY

Bernice King Brigham

"To day shalt thou be with meIn paradise,"Jesus' promise to the thiefBeside him on the cross;

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NEW LOOK

Mildred S. Ainsworth

Today I close my dooras though I had never closeda door beforeto fretting and all anguishof mind and heart and soul—because I must renewedly be whole.
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HUMILITY

Margery Todahl Blokhine

Meekly it ranges the green valley,Daylong unto night;Then, like the lamb, humilityIs drawn toward the height.
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LIBERATION

Nyla May Foreman

My Father put me in a great city.

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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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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

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DEPTH

Maxine Le Pelley

Heat and drought will dry upTo empty river bedStreams that once have sparkledBy smallish trickles fed.
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KNOWING VERSUS FEELING

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

It is the truth of God we know,not what false sense may say we feel,that gives us nutriment to grow,and grants us Christliness to heal!
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"GOD SETTETH THE SOLITARY IN FAMILIES"

Sarah Rebecca Hardie

It is God who "setteth the solitaryIn families";His mighty hand that guards and governsTheir long wanderings.
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HEALING

Edgar Isaac Newgass

Our God is very Love and wholly kind,With no opposing element—the MindThat has conceived the universe and manAccording to His own exalted plan.
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THE GREATEST NONCONFORMIST

Vera Elizabeth Hughes

He stood out in a crowd;he stood loyal to God.
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THE ONLY TIME FOR PRAISING GOD

Miriam Brown Cohen

Now is the only time for praising God.