Poems

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THY WAY

Marguerite J. Lorber

Teach me to love Thy way, O Lord,The way of Life so freeThat every habit, every urge,And every tendencyMay lead away from mortal senseTo immortality.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING MEETING

Lillian Turner Marks

"There am I in the midst of themWhere two or three are gatheredIn my name.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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

From Faculties indestructible

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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THANK GOD

Edgar Isaac Newgass

They will not lift, whatever you do,Those clouds that overshadow you?

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CONFIDENCE

Dorothy M. Backhouse

Learn not to smotherWith the human love,Little mother,Those you wish to help.
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"LORD, I BELIEVE"

Mary Lucretia Barker

"Lord , I believe;Help thou mine unbelief.
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AWAKENING

Grace O. Holton

I cried : "Dear God, why dost Thou pass me by?

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Anthology of classic articles

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Anthology of classic articles II

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From Place

"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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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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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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"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.