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Since Father Time stands still, and heaven is here,...

Cassius M. Loomis

Since Father Time stands still, and heaven is here,And all eternity is ours by gift,Should we not learn from God — yes, know, indeed,That every cloud contains a friendly rift?
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LONGING

J. E. Breed

Come that unshadowed dayWhen naught but good shall be,And mortals, wearily,No more shall cast awayThe blossoms, withered, sere,That but an hour agone,Dew-fragrant with the dawn.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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OMNIPRESENCE

BLANCHE BLOOR SCHLEPPEY.

I may not know the breath that thrills the trees,Nor whose the touch that gives the grass its green,Nor how it is the snowflake gets its sheen,And why the rain-cloud woos the southern breeze.

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"HITHERTO HATH THE LORD HELPED US"

F. M. B. SCOTT.

Hitherto the Lord hath helped us—Rest, my soul, in that sweet thought:Every evil that assailed us,Overcome and brought to naught.
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"BLESSED ARE YE"

B. MC KINLEY-HAY.

Discouraged one! Do neighbors criticize, and friends revile,And e'en thy dearest meet thy loving smileWith jeers, not understanding Truth the while?
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WALK IN THE LIGHT

C.F. VAN DERVOORT.

When I am walking towards the light,There are no shadows to affright,The shadows then are all behind,And out of sight is out of mind.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

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Shared reflections

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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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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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ARBUTUS

WARWICK JAMES PRICE.

Dainty harbinger of spring,Pure and pale and pink and sweet,How your myriad voices singFrom the moss beneath my feet.
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SAFETY

JOHN S. CRELLIN.

In Thee, the Life, the Truth, the Light, Of all existence pure,From secret foe, from tempter's blight,In Thee I rest secure.
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CREATION

CASSIUS M. LOOMIS.

Beyond the one eternal Mind,What more will men by searching find,If God be All-in-all?
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ASPIRATION

MARY S. BROWN.

Holy Father, wise and gracious.
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AT LAST

HAROLD SUSMAN.

How long ye called me,And I would not hear!For I was deafenedBy the noise of fear!
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EASTER

ISABEL SHERRICK WARDELL.

This Easter morn, O Son of God,Abide with me;For shadows fall from the dark crossOn CalvaryUpon my path; and Love aloneCan make them flee.