Poems

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The Gift of Love

ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG

Into this day that seemed so dark and denseLove's light has shone,Causing the shadows of old fearsTo vanish, one by one.
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"Shew me thy ways, O Lord"

MARY WILLIS SHELBURNE

Open my eyes that I may seeWhat is Thy loving will for me;That clear before my troubled gazeThy light shall show the ordered waysOf Thy requirements.

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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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Now

KATHRYN LANEY

There is no past to cause regret or tear, No future fears to which I needs must bow, For day by day the truth unfolds to me That in God's universe there's only now.

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"Why art thou cast down, O my soul?"

ESTELLA M. STETSON

I must resolve this doubt, this indecision,That seems to cloud my concept of true being.
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True Service

FLORA PHILLIPS MC KINLEY

Wake us to see the pillar of Thy fire!Let us not sit, O God, in dotish ease,Lest liberty and courage may expire.
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"Thy will be done"

MAURICE MC C. CHURCH

Give me the grace to pray, "Thy will be done,"That, trusting, I may find my love in Thine;That I may place each hope in Thee alone,Nor heed this will of mine.

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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 Meek

ANNA STANTON LAY

Yes , mighty are the meek who walkeach day in blest obedienceto Truth, who humbly listen, talkwith Love, and know no vain pretense.
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Answered Prayer

MARY E. COOK

Restore, dear Lord, the joy of Thy salvation,The bonds of sense remove and set me free,That I, like bird full-winged, with jubilation,Thy Word may carry over land and sea.
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Obedience

ROSE WILHEL FISHER

I know not, Lord, I cannot tell,Where this day's work may be;But if I listen for Thy voice,It is revealed to me.
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"Come to Zion with . . . everlasting joy"

VERA CONSTANCE HOWARD

Joy springs from sweet conviction based on God's omnipotence,And, blooming, makes a fertile vale of desert ways of sense.
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Omnipotence

ROBIN A. WALKER

It is enough to knowGod is,That nothing can existWhich is not His.
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God's Promise

NORAH M. COSTERTON

The promise stands forever sureTo those who humbly wait on God;Whose thoughts uplifted are and pure,Who tread the path the Master trod.