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GRATITUDE

Maud Hubbard Brown

When I remember how my trust in TheeHas led me through the wilderness of years,Healing all pain and wiping dry my tears,And clearing, through the dark, a space to seeThe heavenly light of Love delivering meFrom all that flesh inherits, all arrearsOf error entertained, till there appearsGod's man in me and all men, blessedly,
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FAITHFULNESS

Alan W. Thwaites

The one who in compassion gaveThe troubled world a healing signDid not disdain the marriage feast,But changed the water into wine.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

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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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"THOU GOD SEEST ME"

Thelma Brooks

When Hagar in the wilderness,Weeping, and blinded by her tears,Lacked water for her only son,An angel message calmed her fears:

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I SHALL SING

Annette Jean Hornstein

I shall sing psalms as David didOf God's true love and power;And then I shall, as David did,Find refuge in His tower,Where mortal woes and whims are still.
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"WHERE HAVE YE LAID HIM?"

Alexander A. Le M. Simpson

Remember the old story, the boy at workIn his father's field of corn, the fiery sun,The sudden cry, "My head," and how he was carried inAnd given into a tearful mother's armsTill, held upon her trembling knees, he died?
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"TEACH US TO PRAY"

Bessie L. Doherty

"Lord , teach us to pray"In gracious, wordless ways—Glad lives expressing every dayAll that our eager lips would sayIn gratitude and praise.

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"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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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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MY NEIGHBOR

Estella M. Stetson

Who is my neighbor?
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LOVE'S BOUNTY

Margaret Osborn

God has prepared the way for me,and humbly I have sharedthe bread of Lifewith those I greetbeside the road.
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PROGRESS

Pierrepont E. Twitchell

The place where you are nowIs where you need to be.
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LIFE

Ada Kathrine Lampet

Life is not measured out in solar years,Includes no crippling limitations or sick fears,No loveless longings and no loved ones lost,For Life is God.
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CONSOLATION

F. Ina Burgess

As I observed a little ladAt play with all his gaudy toys,A pyramid of colored blocksErected by his baby handsWith slow and patient carefulnessWent crashing in a brilliant heap.
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THE FEEBLEST STEP

Doris L. Crandall

I thank Thee, Father, that the feeblest stepToward Thee is guided, strengthened by Thy hand;The humblest cry for Truth is satisfied,The water turned to wine at Thy command.