Poems

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Freedom

ADRIENNE HAIGH

O Father , thank YouFor sin destroyed,Honesty revealed!Your hand whereon I leanIs manifest at work;Mortal chains are broken—I arise, am free!
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Prayer

EDITH COONLEY HOWES

Not for a measured goodOr little love I pray,But opened eyes to seeGod's allness mine today.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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The Reading Room

TWILA CLARK

A quiet room, where radiant lightUnveils the Christ in consciousnessTo those who need the healing mightOf gentle Love that lives to bless.

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Love's Compensation

JESSIE B. MOTTEN

I do not grieve because the way is strait,Because it narrows to the heavenly gate,For Love illumines it with light so great,Outshining hate.
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Now!

JAMES DONALDSON ENSIGN

I need not wait for passing daysTo give our God all power and praise;For now I am the Father's child—Perfect, free, and undefiled.
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The Pure in Heart

EMILY M. STEPHENS

Not with reluctance, but with joywe pass beneath His rod.

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Shared reflections

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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 for Help

LUCY I. STURK

Uplifted , I went forth to meetWhat seemed Goliath with his shield,My hand in God's.
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Confident

CONSTANCE E. ELLISON

"If You have to pass through angry waters,They shall not overwhelm you.
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Be Still and Know

BERTHA RIVERS—THOMPSON

"God was not in the wind.
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Glory Through Humility

REUBEN POGSON

Although the snowdrop is so slight, so frail,It pierces through the winter's stubborn soil.
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Liberation

JAMES MONTEITH ERSKINE

"Not by might"—The force of argumentLaunched by the battering ram of human will—We storm the gates of light,
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Scientific Forgiveness

MARY H. OLIVER

Until all thought of hurt is blotted outWe cannot truly say we have forgiven;And if there still remains a single doubtThat aught but good was ever real, we needTo pray for patience and humilityAnd greater love for God, that we may knowThat man is God's idea, forever free.