Poems

Divine Consciousness

MARY WILLIS SHELBURNE

Eternally in Him we live and move,Never an instant parted from His love.

Christian Science

JESSIE B. SHEUERMAN

I searched for youAs many sought the Master,Hoping to learnThe way of Truth and Life;And through that seekingCame the heavenly answerThat heals all sin and sickness,Ends all strife.

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Prayer of the Prodigal Son

ALEXANDER A. LE M. SIMPSON

This world and I must part;We have too long kept restless company.

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Gateway of Willingness

MARY STONE WALLACE

There is a willingness akin to graceIn humble hearts where love is given place;

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As we take our daily steps through sunlit pathsOr shadowed ways, intent upon our goal, perchanceUnheeding, thinking only of the tasksWhich seem to crowd upon our days,And planning, weighing all the thingsWhich still somehow must needs be done,Oh, may we learn to pause and liftOur thought above all selfish care,Lest in our haste we might pass byOur brother, standing there!

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Thou Nameless One to Jacob Friend

JEAN BROATCH

Thou nameless one to Jacob friendThat wrestled through the night's dark hourAnd smote the sinew of a thoughtThat long had held him in its power,Come thou with light to my dark hour,So it may vanish with thy touch,And I behold in Truth's clear dayThe knowledge of a better way.

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Love's Beam

EDNA HENDERSON STRAYER

I cannot lose the beam of Love.

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"Ask, and it shall be given you"

ANNA STANTON LAY

There is an overtone of judgmentin that tender invitation,"Ask, and it shall be given you.

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Salvation

HELEN GRAY PHILIPS

Far off seemed victory, though bravely sought;And here, the tempter in the shade of thought,Nodding in soft intent its evil head:"Don't suffer any more—try me instead.