Poems

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A Song of Praise

HENRIETTA MAYER GROSSMAN

To Thee, great Author of the Book of Life,I tune my lays.
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Obedience

EDITH MAE BRISAC

Let me reflect Thy light from day to day;Let me but see the way that I should go;Let me so keep my heart at-one with TheeThat I may see what Thy dear will may be,And, seeing, do as Thou wouldst have me do.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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The Wayside

MARION SUSAN CAMPBELL

I thought I had a stony path;And wearied by my load,I sighed because the enemyHad strewn thorns in the road.

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The Only Wealth

ALICE LIVINGSTON EAGAN

Had I the world, its riches and its fame,Its love, the wisdom of its greatest sage,With all the honor the false senses claim,Ancestral glory down from age to age,
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Truth, Love, Life

KATHARINA SCHWEDER

'T is brought to pass! I am made whole!God's mercy is no stinted dole!He spake, "Let there be light," for thee!My heart, what greater joy wouldst see?
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The Elder Son

AMY CAROLINE THROSSELL

He came; and from afar I heardThe noise of dancing and the din of making merry,And with scorn and pride of heartI spurned the foolishness of those who welcomed him,—The hapless ne'er-do-well,—who came through urgeOf hunger and of thirst, back to his father's dwelling.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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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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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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Service

ALICE CARY VICTOR

Give me to serve, dear Lord;Though humble be the task,If it but serveth Thee,'T is all I ask.
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"Rejoice in the Lord alway"

MARIAN J. COBB

In the morning, radiant morning,When Truth's sunlight shines on me,Bright with splendor, warm and tender,Lord, I will rejoice in Thee.
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Fealty

MARION STEWARD

To Thee each knee shall bow, each tongue shall swear!So wrote the prophet in an age gone by;So know we now, to-day, though clanging strifeClaims power in the world through false belief!
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Sunrise

POPE COLLIER

I Saw , in early morning, when the dewWas dripping from the tender bloom of May,And moist-winged birds soft fluttered to the day,The stars grow dim and tremble from the blue,As shadows passed and twilight rosy grew.
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A City Set upon an Hill

IVA B. LINEBARGER

Fair city set upon an hill!Thy healing light cannot be hid!A beacon in a darkened world,Performing deeds the Master did.
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Had I the Mind of Christ

E. JEWEL ROBINSON

Had I the Mind of Christ,How changed the world would be!No longer then would sin or fearWithin my heart strange phantoms rear;But I would feel Love's presence near,Had I the Mind of Christ.