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Daily Bread

WILLIAM P. MC KENZIE

Tired worker, still unwearied in devotion,Rest and renewal are provided with your task;Be not self-pityful, lest privative emotionDeny to you God's wealth because you will not ask.
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The Light of Understanding

LAURA GERAHTY

Pray in the silence of the listening night,That God unclose dull eyes and give them light.

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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 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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Presence

FREDDA R. GRATKE

I Thank Thee, Father, that I've learned to pray,And praying, feel Thy presence in my heart.

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"Unto the clouds"

MARIAN J. COBB

Earth has donned her somber robes, weeping the hours away;Day is bedraggled, deluged, drear; storm—clouds and winds hold sway;Mountains befogged 'neath misty veil; in valleys the waving grainAnd beauty that walks in garden plots, lie trampled and drenched with rain.
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My Inheritance

ELIZABETH PRICE

It seemed a desert place in which I stood—Distressed, alone, discouraged, ill with fear.
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"Great peace have they which love thy law"

CAROLINE LAWRENCE DIER

With this glad psalm we lift our eyes;We ponder in the silent hourThe law of Love, and realizeTruth's blessed healing power.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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 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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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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The Sunshine of Truth

THOMAS LOVATT WILLIAMS

Since God is Light,There are, beside my way,No lurking shadowsTo becloud the day.
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The Comforter

LAURA M. DOWNEY

O Science , thou of royal mien,How blest the hearts that on thee lean,Seeing the things so long unseenBy blinded mortal eyes!
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The Harvest Is Abundant

MARJORIE STALEY SANFORD

The harvest is abundantFor those who wisely sowThe seeds of loving-kindness,And guard them while they grow;Who weed out thoughts of error.
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A Gift to Ask of Thee

MADELYN G. COBHAM

Dear Father God, I have a plea;I have a gift to ask of Thee:A yearning, quiet, heart-deep prayer,To trust to Thine all-loving care.
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Rise!

MINNY M. H. AYERS

Rise above earth's mists to seeLife from higher, clearer views;Glimpses of eternityPaint the scene in radiant hues.
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Surety

MIRIAM D. BLACKBURN

When our dear Master healed,He did not say,"This will take time to yield,A week, a day.