Poems

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Healing

FRANCES M. PRAY

How quietly the dewRests upon each flower!His Word is touching heartsAs gently this hour,As softly, as the dew,But vibrant with power.
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Giving

AMY A. CHOISY

Have I not aught to give?

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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 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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Divine Love

NELL JUNE MC CALL

Love will teach me what to say;Love will lead me all the way.

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Humility

HAROLD G. MORRIS

Oh, may I hold the thought that is from Thee, For perfect Mind Thou art, The Mind of Christ shall then abide in me— Reflection is my part.
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God's Presence

HELEN KNAUS

Encompassed by a host of fearsThat pressed on every side,I glimpsed His nearness, and my tearsOf loneliness were dried.
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Awake

CONRAD EIERMANN

Awake, O heart entombed by care,And seek the truth awaiting whereDark images of mortal mindWould fain their false dominion bind.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

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

Audio Collection

Get to know God: The “omnis”

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

From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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"Clothed upon"

MARTHA MAY SMITH

Clothed with immortality,Radiant and fair;Nourished well by Spirit;Children of His care;Housed in sweet security;Governed by the rodOf unerring Principle,Father-Mother God,
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Exhortation

ROBERT ELLIS KEY

Trust in the living God,The living good.
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Rock

DOROTHEA STURDIVANT FAGAN

Who builds on earthly hopes, builds all in vain,For every wrong desire brings troubled care,And fleeting joys reward again in pain;These are the dreams that lead to dark despair.
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The United States to Great Britain

by MARY BAKER EDDY

Hail , brother! fling thy banner     To the billows and the breeze;We proffer thee warm welcome     With our hand, though not our knees.
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Healing Prayer

EUNICE M. BRONSON

As simply as the child that seeks his mother's knee,For comfort, do I, trusting, turn to TheeFor solace in my time of stress.
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The Deep Sea Fishers

MADGE ELDER

They were hungry and cold and tiredAs they turned their boats to the shore,And all that their hearts desiredWas the haven of home once more.