Poems

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MORAL COURAGE

Bessie R. Cairns

To the upper room I go,Away from the world of care,To gather moral courage,A gift of God, through prayer.
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REALITY

Estella Mayer MacBride

Father, I am thankfulThat the universe of Spirit,Perfect, freeOf all inharmony,Forever is the one reality.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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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COURAGE

Ernest F. Fisher

Father, I thank Thee for the courage ofThose who traveled by difficult ways.

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THE LENS OF SCIENCE

Alan W. Thwaites

I sought correction for the erring sightThat conjured images of falsityWhen I desired to know mankind aright.
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MY DUTY GIVES ME ENDLESS JOY

Myrtle Ella Robertson

My duty gives me endless joy:It is to have my thoughts employThemselves in knowing God is One,In knowing that His will is done,In knowing He will hear each call,In knowing He is All-in-all!
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THE COMFORTER

Judith Somers Cocks

They thought their friend and Master dead,And, hungering for him, bereftOf all they loved, they turned for breadBack to the trade which they had left.

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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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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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WAY-SHOWER

Laura Brown Crowell

When Jesus walked, the people pouredFrom every town and village street,Bringing their sick and suffering onesTo have them healed—to hear him speak.
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THE LIVING CHRIST

Elizabeth Glass Barlow

He sat by the wayside begging that dayAnd a wonderful thing occurred:"Jesus of Nazareth passeth by"—These were the words he heard.
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ANSWERED PRAYER

Lorene H. Trousdale

We would be free,Earth's burdened mortals cry.
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BEHOLD THE SIMPLE WAY OF SEEING

Dorothy M. Kiddoo

When I sincerely probe my sense of manTo rout the knowledge gained from mortal mind,How gladly do I set to work to banThe false suggestions Love has not defined.
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THE VAST FOREVER

Gilbert R. Smith

Someone with faltering voice and tearWhispers, "He is dead and gone from here.
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DISCIPLE'S PRAYER

Gwen M. Castle

Let me be patient, Lord, with thoseWho come to me;For I would be as he who taughtIn Galilee.