Poems

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The Victor

MABEL STUART CURRY

"Lord, if thou hadst been here," she said,"My brother had not died,"Forgetting that he raised the dead,Walked on the waves, the hungry fed,The sinful sanctified.
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God Requires the Past

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

Our God requires the past of manIn His eternity:No time for death or woe or sinIn His domain can be;

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Exhortation

REUBEN POGSON

When on some lane that seems to have no turning,To reach its end our best has not sufficed,Try then to feel, with those whose hearts were burningUpon that twilight road, the presence of the Christ.

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Home at Last

RUBIE FORSYTH

Down the paths of a dream long deadA man's sad heart goes wandering,So sunk in its piteous ponderingThat the very light of his day is fled.
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The "still small voice"

LEELAH C. HART

When first I heard the "still small voice,"I did not heed its gentle plea,But went my wayward, willful way,Rejecting signals sent to meBy Love, the Father-Mother, God,Who shields from harm and mortal lureThe child that in realityHas never been aught else than pure.
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Perception

ALICE TROXELL MC COUN

Without a sound the fog moved slowly by.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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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 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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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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Rest

MARY C. REYNOLDS

There is rest for the bird that eagerly homeward is wingingIn the quiet of even—sweet rest from his soaring and singing.
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His Angels

MARGARET TROILI CAMPBELL

There fought with him at PenielA man till dawn, so Jacob said,Who named him then as Israel,And left him, safe and comforted.
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Whence Cometh Peace?

MINNY M. H. AYERS

Wars and the talk of wars!When shall these cease?
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A Prayer

EMMA LOUISE GREENWOOD

Hold me in Thy presence, God,Till I may come to seeMyself as Thy reflection,Pure, joyous, free!Hold me in Thy presence, God.
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Assurance

MILES BUCKSTON WATTS

How blest to know that, as a lovely flowerSprings to fulfillment with each passing day,God's purpose is unfolding hour by hour,Embracing me within its gentle sway.
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Patmos

GRACE NIXON STECHER

The Isle of Patmos was a lonely isle,Sparse in its beauty, tree, and singing bird,Where only rocky silences were heard.