Poems

Oh, Make Me Worthy

Oh, make me worthy of the loveSo well outpoured to me.

God Is Teacher

"Teach the little ones," they saidI protested, in my fear,But they told me lovingly,"God alone is Teacher here.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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Today

This I do know: If I but firmly standUpon the holy mountain of today,Not looking in to clouds of errors pastOr from tomorrow borrowing a ray,Knowing that all of good is now and here,Joy and peace, and opportunityFor sharing this glad truth, unfold to me.

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Love's Panoply

No matter what today may bring,God's love environs me.

Lodestar

The cross is the lodestar;all must accept its guiding light,for men must tread the Master's waywith unselfed love and healing touch.

Omnipotence

Dear Father, when I clearly seeThat power alone belongs to Thee.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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

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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 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 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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"Open thou mine eyes"

Love Has clear eyes,Piercing throughMortal disguise,Beholding realityThrough mists of frailty.

Gethsemane

The Master yearned for proven loyaltyAnd asked his dearest friends to watch—to stayTheir consciousness in Truth—that he might prayWith their support, for he could plainly seeThe outline of the cross on Calvary.

Resurrection Morn

No stone is there between thy God and thee;The way before thee lies triumphant, free.

One Hour

"Could ye not watch with me one hour?

Joy

Joy is the prayerOf good expected,The calm assuranceThat GodHas not neglectedTo light with LoveThe pathwayYet unseen.

The Risen Christ

"He is not here, but risen;The stone is rolled away.