Poems

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"Speak, Lord"

RUTH E. PUFFER

As spoke a little childIn bygone year,So say I now,Expectant, too, to hear.
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Completeness

MARY MORTLEY HAYS

I HAVE Life,I have Soul,I have Love that comforts me;I have Truth that makes me whole,God, who is all these to me.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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God's Thoughts

RUBY ROSENBERG

I saw at set of sun how mountains layAs jagged patterns penciled on the sky,And their profile in granite seemed to tryTo reach beyond the end of fading ray.

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The Practitioner

DOROTHY DAVIS ARMSTRONG

I love the gentle countenanceThat shines with purest joy and peace,Which find reflection in my ownAnd bid the tumult cease.
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Unmoved!

CONSTANCE DAVIS GUNDELFINGER

What though the great trees blow and bendBeneath the chilling blasts of earth,And brittle branches stark and strippedReach upward to a starless sky?
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Day

OLGA B. MARTIN

I will arise, for day is come,And I have work to do.

Audio Collection

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.

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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 Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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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.

View other Collections →

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Oneness

MARGRET BOWER FRELIGH

If I take the wings of the morningand dwell in the depths of the sea,Even there shall God's hand hold me,And His love shall follow me.
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"Keep the door of my lips"

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

Oh , let me keep a faithful watchUpon my lips todayAnd bear true testimonyIn everything I say.
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The Kingdom Within

MYRTLE A. CASH

Ever the kingdom is within,Ever He holds us free from sin;Ever He speaks before we call,Eternally our God, our All.
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"Life more than meat"

FANNY DE GROOT HASTINGS

"Butter and honey shall he eat"—But none wrote that for forty days,While men sit in the scorners seat.
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Awakening

ETHEL MUNRO GOSS

Out of the snareOf grief and sorrow and crying,Our soul is escapedAs a bird rises,Strong-winged and free.
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Everywhere the Same

ELAINE JOY ANDERSON

It makes no difference in what landOr clime I seek my way.