Poems

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The Ever-mounting Way

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

The far-ascending way was dark and drear,The travel on its rugged path seemed hard,For with me yet I bore an earthy loadOf vain beliefs that happy progress barred.
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The Reading Room

FLORENCE E. HOUGHTON

Oh , quiet refuge, place of peace apart,Where men may seek refreshment for the soul,Where men may rest, sheltered from mortal thought,Partaking of the manna that makes whole!

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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 Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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A Childlike Thought

BERTHA IRENE BYRD

Where'er a childlike thought may be,Trust, innocence, or love,Tis there Christ's presence will aboundIn wisdom from above.

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"Come and see"

FLORENCE L. MAGERS

"Come and see," the Master answered Those who asked his dwelling place;Then he taught them of the Father'sEver-present power and grace.
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The Morning Watch

ELLA M. KINSLEY

are the day's work is begun,Love divine, I come to Thee.
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Immortality

LINA PLUMER CLINGEN

Ah , woman, who on that first Easter dawnCame to the tomb and found the Master gone,

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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.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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 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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Healing

LEELAH C. HART

I stand this morn upon the mountaintop,And doubt and fear of evil now have fled.
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Look Up

F. INA BURGESS

When burdens seem to be too great for bearing.
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Our Refuge

STELLA EISEMAN

Shelter us, O Father-Mother,In the secret place most high;In the ark of Thy protection,Where no evil can come nigh.
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Be Still

MONICA M. GRANVILLE-JONES

Be still, O struggling heart,Nor doubt the Father's care;He knows thy every need,And hears thy prayer.
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The Good Neighbor

MARGARET TROILI CAMPBELL

When in pity for distress you goDown the road to mankind's Jericho,Be prepared to pour on wounded thoughtOil from Christ's dear sancturary brought;Minister to him who droops from careWine distilled from praise in secret prayer.
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Day

JAMES MONTEITH ERSKINE

"Day.