Poems

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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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Shared reflections

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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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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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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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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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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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 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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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.
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Fruitage

FLORENCE E. HOUGHTON

I ask myself at eventide,What tribute do I bringFor gifts of peace, protection, love,From Thee, my God and King?
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Morning

ANITA ST. JOHN KELLY

The morning breaks: from mistiness of thoughtI will look up and see what God hath wrought.