Poems

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Ships at Eventide

JEANNE ROE PRICE

A ship that sails across the sea.
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In Truth's Clear Light

KATHRYN LANEY

When through the mist of sense to light divineThought, waking, upward wings,The unimportant things of earth recede—An angel sings.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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

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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Shelter

LUELLA A. BREWER

When error's storm assails.

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Love's Omnipotence

AVERINA M. BRERETON

We do not know the ways our loved should take,But gratefully we leave them in God's hands;He knows the paths they all must tread alone,Their needs, for happiness, He understands.
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The Vanguard

MARION ALICE BOWERS

"Evening , and morning, and at noon" do they pray,Their casements open to Jerusalem,As deep desire and earnest expectationAre winged to reach the great heart of God.
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Written in a Christian Science Rest Room

B. PHYLLIS SIMPSON

O Tender quiet, whither all may comeBringing their burdens, leave them at this door.

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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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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 Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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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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Progress

CHRISTIE L. TERPENING

Rising in the scale of being,Every earnest student growsInto willingness to conquerSin and death—all human foes—Willingness to prove his sonshipWith eternal Life and power,Finding Life and Truth omniscient,Guiding, guarding, every hour.
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God Speaks to Me

ALBERT M. CHENEY

"Speak; for thy servant heareth.
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Awakening

MARGUERITE SCOTT TILL

How fervently to God I daily prayedThat I might wake from out my doubting night,And lo, at dawn I saw the shadows fade,And pain and ill receded from my sight.
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Walk to Emmaus

THELMA BROOKS

While walking the Emmaus road,afraid of what their hearts forebode,speaking in terms of doubt and shameat mention of the Master's name.
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A Prayer for Those in Active Service

NAOMI V. M. TOPLEY

For those who from our firesides, Lord, have goneTo fight for freedom's cause on land or sea,We ask that they may know the peace of MindThat comes to those who put their trust in Thee.
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"I know thee by name"

VERA CONSTANCE HOWARD

I know thee by thy name! Could any wordsMore dear and close relationship convey?