Poems

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This Is Our Warfare

LAURA BROWN CROWELL

Brothers , let us importunately prayTo stand in Christian unity on guard,Conceiving man aright, lest foe retardTrue scientific knowing day by day;To prove the opportunities we share.
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The Omnipresent

REUBEN POGSON

I now no longer say, "Where is our God?

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Anthology of classic articles

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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Every Hour

F. INA BURGESS

Dear God, because Thy love all time enfolds,I shall not dwell on days that are gone by,Either to joy in them or, grieving, cry;To Thee belong the hours the past now holds.

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Mind and Man

WILLIAM COLWELL BARTLETT

Man is at one with God, his heavenly source;His consciousness, serene, can only knowThe facts divine and holy power, which flowIn union true and full unbroken courseThroughout the realm of all things real; with forceUnspent, unchecked by mortal will, yet kind,Revealing the unlabored might of MindWhich man reflects—his God-ordained resource.
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My Gift

JESSIE PAFFLEY

O Father God, I thank Thee,And thanking Thee, rejoiceThat when I truly listenI clearly hear Thy voice!In quiet meditation,In humbleness I findThe solace of Thy leading,The sanctuary of Mind.
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In the Isle of Patmos

HELEN ROBERTSON WHITEHEAD

The watchfulness of ever-present LoveWould guide John still within this banishment,For otherwise the dreary monotoneOf shifting seas had grown unbearable.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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For expectant mothers

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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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Receptivity

BUENA V. FREEMANN

Fling wide the gates and let the Christ come in,Fling wide the portals of your mental home.
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New Wine

ELIZABETH WOOLLEY

A night there was, When, doubting and severe, My weary thoughts contained in discontent Escaped In a thin cry; And, like the Psalmist, I trod softly midst the stars and questioned, Where is the place of inspiration, Where is its fountainhead?
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Children's Prayer

FLORENCE NELSON

Loving angels, guard my sleep.
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Testing Time

LEELAH C. HART

The mountaintop is all alight With morn's bright promise of the day; I stand alone in silent awe Above the clouds of misty gray.
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Serenity

ANTOINETTE HOLBROOK

Rest, troubled heart.
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In Thy Vineyard

DOROTHEA STURDIVANT FAGAN

WITH joy I lay my burden down;Its weary weight is gone.