Poems

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That We Be Born Again

LYDIA A. WILBER

Dear Father, God, where we may be,In lands unknown, in jungle maze,On desert sand or stormy sea,To Thee we turn in loving praise.
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Omnipresence

EDITH COONLEY HOWES

I know That where I amIs God.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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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Reading Room

LAURA H. RAYMOND

While in this quiet, restful roomI turned to God.

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Divine Consciousness

MARY WILLIS SHELBURNE

Eternally in Him we live and move,Never an instant parted from His love.
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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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Anthology of classic articles III

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Anthology of classic articles II

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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Gateway of Willingness

MARY STONE WALLACE

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

CONSTANCE DAVIS GUNDELFINGER

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.