Poems

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Morning Prayer

MARION LOUISE KINNARD

Father , guard my wayward tongue,Help me to speak gently,Keep the portal of my lips,Let me watch intentlyLest a note of fretfulness,Weariness, resentment,Claim to be my voice today,Cloud this home's contentment.
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Today

LILLIAN D. AULD

Help me to do Thy will todayIn all I do or think or say,That I may help some weary oneTo know that man is God's own son.

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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 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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Entertaining Angels

MARION ALICE BOWERS

I will have guests today;My house of consciousnessIs cleansed; and throughMy opened window streamsThe sunshine of God's grace.

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Dawn

MARION SUSAN CAMPBELL

Truth with sweet joy enfolds us,After all fears are past,Though hearts with self lie burdened,Love quiets us at last.
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Sanctuary

FAY LINN

Lord , I have entered in and closed the doorTo finite sense.
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Thy Servant Heareth

GLADYS GARDEN

Speak to me, Father;In Thy dear voice revealingThy wondrous secrets to my waiting heart.

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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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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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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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Trust

ELLA MAY FRAZER

I have Thy Word—a shelter and a friend;For this, and faith to trust, I thank Thee, Lord.
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Enough Today

L. PRESCOTT PLATT

Why doubt thy Father's love,And for tomorrow pray?
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Love Leads

OLIVE SCHOLES

The mist that hid the rising hillRolled back with warmth of day,And brought to view the pastured slopesBy which our pathway lay.
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Light in the Prison

VERA CONSTANCE HOWARD

Art thou in prison, hopeless, bound,With doubts beset, by suffering tried, While past regrets and future fearsRelentless stand on either side?
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"Come and dine"

FLORENCE L. MAGERS

The Christ is giving now the invitationTo sacramental feast for all prepared,The bread of Truth, Love's wine of inspiration,In silent prayer so lovingly is shared.
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The Lesson

ELLEN VELLONE FLOYD

I learned from God how beautifulThe words of Love can be;Their miracle of bud and bloom,On lips of men like me,