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Joyous Singing

LOTTIE M. BROWN

When the Christmas bells are ringing All my being answers, singing! Singing softly through the twilight, Singing gladly of the Christ-light! Singing for the wrongs forgotten; Singing for the good begotten; Singing with a cadence holy, Singing with a spirit lowly!
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We Are the Lambs

PAULINE PEARL STRACHAN

We are the lambs.

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Shared reflections

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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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Unfoldment

MARY HOYT LOVELAND

The precious road to freedom is the way;Now dipping into shadow, thence to soarInto the light, it reaches for the day.

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Restoration

EMMA HODGES

I Found the glorious truthThat ever makes men free,When bowed by grief and lossOn sorrow's Calvary.
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Prayer

ETHEL WASGATT DENNIS

How often mortals plead through barren yearsThat Love may enter and dispel their fears,Yet cling the while to selfish, stubborn pride,Which holds the door fast closed, with Love outside!
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Michael and Gabriel

MARIAN J. COBB

As in the wilderness, when Jesus said,"Get thee behind me, Satan," evil fled,And in that place, erstwhile so dark and sinister,The angels came unto our Lord to minister—

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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Anthology of classic articles

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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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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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The Father Cares

AMY G. VIAU

O Thou , bereft on a barren wayOf mortal sense, in the heat of day,Be not dismayed by seeming snares,Trust thou in Him, for the Father cares.
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I Met a Shepherd Singing

MARION SUSAN CAMPBELL

I met a shepherd singingAs night drew downLike a tattered shawlWith its edges torn.
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Consolation

HARRIET M. IREY JUDAH

Father , shed Thy light around us,Let us feel Thy presence near;Let not mortal sense confound us;Heal us of all doubt and fear.
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"While he blessed"

FANNY DE GROOT HASTINGS

While he blessed them where they stood—Peter, Thomas, all but one—Such a father-motherhood,Such a boundless benison,
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Our Father

GWEN M. CASTLE

"Our Father," what security is thereEach time we rest upon this sacred tie!To know this blest relationship is prayerThat brings us peace and lifts our thoughts on high.
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Comfort

LAURA BROWN CROWELL

Rejoice, dear heart, the winds of God are blowingThe chaff of error from the face of earth;Be grateful now that human thought is knowingThe might of courage and the weight of worth.