Poems

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THRESHOLD OF YEAR

Benjamin Sturgis Pray

Pause now and stand on holy ground.
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NO DESERT PLACES

Lenorah A. Wadsworth

A skylight window in an attic room,to some, might have meant discouragement and gloom;but one brave heart refused to acknowledge dangeror insufficiency.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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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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THE STAR

Harold Vinal

They were a people who for forty yearsPitched their great tents against the burning dark,Drank from the brook at Eshcol, and shed tearsUpon the meads of Ain and saw the arkBorne before Moses.

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WATCHER AT BETHLEHEM

Hester Champney

First my ear caught the silver sound of a bell.
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LISTENING TO LEARN THE WAY

Aimee McKinnon

I am listeningWhen all sense of self is put away,When fear has fled and error's nightHas been replaced by Love's revealing day,When with calm trust I knowThat God owns every hour,When I can wait, assuredThe Father with His love and powerMaps and marks the willing traveler's way—A way harmonious, bright, wherein each step is shown,Because the traveler makes true listening his own.
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LET GO OF PERSONS

Dorothy Neilson Derry

A friend once gave me,When I was burdened by the acts of personsand the why of things,A healing thought:

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Anthology of classic articles

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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 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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INNOCENCY

Carol Earle Chapin

The Psalmist sang.
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"GIVE YE THEM TO EAT"

Mary E. Izzard Root

My store seems meager, but they have come farTo glimpse the Christ.
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RELEASE

Dorothy H. Stephens

"God requireth that which is past.
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THE NEW BIRTH

Jean McWhood

As thought begins to soar above the earth,And mortal weights release their fearful clutch,There dawns a deepening hope, a heartfelt touchOf Life and Love which signals the new birth.
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IN QUIET WAYS

Irene Cutlip Reuter

A mighty wind once rent the mountainsideAnd brake the rocks apart; an earthquake came;And then a fire; but these did not proclaimGod's presence in the world's chaotic tide.
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LOVE IS SUPREME

Edith M. Ericson

Who loves the Lord above all elseShall every moment findAll things the Father hath are his,Within the realm of Mind.