Poems

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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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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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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.

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Anthology of classic articles

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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 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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"No night there"

LILIAN ABIGAIL KING

Father , I thank Thee at this eventimeThou knowest not night.
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Protection

DOROTHY M. THORNTON

Father, be it day or night,In the darkness or the light,May I not forget that LoveIs around, below, above.
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"The hearing ear"

MADGE ELDER

"Hear me, O God!" how often would I plead;"Answer my prayer, for urgent is need.
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Trusting

MILLICENT COLEMAN

What if the seas be dark and drear,Our little craft be tossedWith angry winds that conjure fear!Trust Love, and nought is lost.
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Petition

HELEN KNAUS

OH, make me glad for everythingThat Thou hast given me:Rekindled hopes enlarged to faith;Love poured unceasingly;
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"Who is thine enemy?"*

DORIS ANNE PEEL

I CANNOT look to time, to place,to see his face;he is not thereor anywhereoutside the door,outside the inmost privacy of me:for sure as suremy anger builds his height,my pride and hate and frightdefine him, part by part,and while he lives in heart,while looms in mind,there is no peace, no certainty,for he is meand I am he.