Poems

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Prayer Before a Christian Science Lecture

ANNETTE JEAN HORNSTEIN

O stranger , come with open heartTo hear the Word of God.
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Take Courage

S. LESLIE G. BEAUFOY

Come, loyal pilgrim, rise againAnd take the narrow road!Tread bravely onward to the lightAnd leave behind your load.

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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 Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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Pontius Pilate Remembering Jesus

RAMONA A. MAURER

It was so strange.

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Angel Thoughts

CONRAD EIERMANN

Angel thoughts that come to usSwiftly bring release;They bear the image of our God,And spread their blessed peace.
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True Independence

HAZEL HARPER BRANDNER

The little maid who tended Naaman's wifeAnd Daniel, who survived the lions' den,Were God's ambassadors.
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Peace

BLANCHE C. FREDERIKSEN

High in the changeless altitude of Mind,Where Life is law, and Love forever king,Man in unbroken harmony abides.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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

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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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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Trust

DOROTHY M. MURDOCH

Strive not to stretch your human hand to saveYour child from all earth's dangers and alarms.
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God's Will Is Good

LILLIAN TURNER FINDLAY

God's will is good, His love encircles all;Truth is the risen sun, dispelling night,Revealing mercy with its healing light,Thus guiding men to hear the Father's call.
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The Perfectness of Love

IRENE L. MUNK

The trees, etching their green loveliness against the skyWith outflung branches, typifyThe measureless and boundless meed of Love.
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"Thy son liveth"

HAZEL D. SMITH

"Weep not," the loving Master saidTo the sorrowing widow at Nain.
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Safe Dwelling

MAURICE MC C. CHURCH

Where is your faith in Spirit's powerTo guide, to guard, to saveFrom pestilence that walks at night;From weather, wind, and wave?
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Jesus in the Temple

KATHRINE H. WILLIAMS

We may not know his glorious words of truthThat scaled the temple walls, but we may surmise:These men were scholars, he was but a youth,Yet wisdom beyond theirs was in his eyes!We feel assured those hours were happy hours;He must have told of that joy forever given—Who later chose the smiling wayside flowersTo point a wondrous verity of heaven.