Poems

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A Light Is Shining

RUTH CATHERINE JONES

Piercing chaos and darkness,Undimmed by terror and blight,Behold, a light is shiningOver all the world tonight.
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In Thy House Today

ETHEL WASGATT DENNIS

Let there be silence in Thy house today,Stilled here the seven thunders of earth's strifeAnd even the softest whisperings of senseThat would disrupt the harmony of life.

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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 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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Lighthouse Keeper

ESTHER CHURCH

The lighthouse keeper ever tends his light,So that its rays may find the rocks unseen.

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Christmas Poem

VERE BAILLIEU

"Because there was no room for them.
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Benediction

ROSE T. KELSALL

Be comforted, ye weary ones,Hear Spirit's gentle voice:Oh, lift your heads, the message runs,Imbibe Life's fount, rejoice.
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Sign of Immanuel

LUELLA KNAPP BRISTOL

How often, through the mists of mortal sense,Men yearn to see some sign or evidenceThat God is near!

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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

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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 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 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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Love's Omnipresence

BLESSING AINSWORTH BROWN

No less is God upon the fieldOf battle far awayThan in this quiet, hallowed room,Where He seems near today.
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God's Perfect Protection

FLORENCE E. GLASS

In olden time the prophet Abrahamwas called upon to sacrifice his son,or so he thought, but truly God's commandmeant not what he interpreted, but ratherthat he must give up his false sense of son.
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The Fourth Beatitude

JAMES MONTEITH ERSKINE

Whoever hungers for the bread of TruthOr longs for water Love alone supplies,Sinner or saint, aged or but a youth,He shall receive the food that satisfies.
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Be of Good Cheer

JAMES TOWNSEND MAC VICAR

Be of good cheer! The Master calleth you!And Bartimaeus cast his robe away.
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Petition

CHRISTIANA WILLINK

Teach me how to yield, dear Father,To Thy great and holy power;Humbly do I ask it of TheeAs I listen hour by hourFor the holy inspirationWhich to man Thou dost impart,That which purifies and cleansesThe repentant human heart.
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"While it is called To day"

LAURA LEE RANDALL

Lord, Thou hast given us this dayIn whose clear light,Showing Thy might,We can most gratefully believeThat all the good for which we prayWe shall receive.