Poems

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THE PRACTITIONER

Arthur Percy Bubb

He turns to Mind throughout the day,Not once nor twice but every hour,To guide him in the narrow way,As God-endued to speak with powerThe Word of Truth and Love, to healOr raise from sin the living dead,While in humility to kneelBefore the word, "Take up thy bed.
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RAINDROPS OF DIVINITY

F. Ina Burgess

The gracious rain falls on the famished fields:The tranquil, waiting earth drinks thirstily,And empty stream beds parched and gray with dustBear laughing, singing waters to the sea.

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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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FULLNESS OF JOY

Wilhelmina Belle Barnes

A deep , abiding joy does not need laughterTo express its presence or its power,For God's own Son, known as the "man of sorrows,"Gave us his joy that our joy might be full.

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"BUT THE SERVANTS KNEW"

Sally Forth

Jesus bade the servantsbring water unto himand fill the waterpots of stone;they filled them to the brim.
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THE INNKEEPER

Cleo Cooper

Was he to know that he had closed his doorTo the Prince of Peace on this momentous night?
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ARISE AND EAT

Helen Packard Johnson

O Elijah, Elijah, King forlorn under a juniper tree,Why do you here despair?

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Shared reflections

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From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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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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"MAKE THEE AN ARK"

Jeanne Paul Christensen

"And God said unto Noah, Make thee an ark.
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THE GENTLE WORD

Edna Wise West

The gentle word has power beyond compare—Its scope is infinite; with what sweet graceIts utterance falls upon the heartLong bruised by harshness.
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THY PLACE

Elizabeth O'C. Ledbetter

So often one has asked, "Where is my place?
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THE BEACON LIGHT OF PRAYER

Oma Olna Martin

When in the maze of mortal thoughtsI sometimes lose my way,And fears and doubts beleaguer me,I lift my heart and pray;And in the beacon light of prayerMind's path that must be trodShines clear once more, and taking it,I find again my God.
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THE LITTLE GRACES

Helen B. Phelps

I want to carry in my heart the lightOf little graces.
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HUMILITY

Rita Lenore Andrews

A single sunbeamAs a thing apartCould show no light.