Poems

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Behold and Hear!

DAISY R. STAEHLE

Like muted violin played soft and low,The tender strains of Truth as sweetly flowInto your soul, and tell in wondrous loreOf things divine, one had not dreamed before.
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What Is Love?

ESTELLA M. STETSON

What is love?

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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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One of His Disciples

SUSAN F. CAMPBELL

Angels stood in shining garments,As the day began to dawn;Jesus first appeared to MaryOn that radiant Easter morn.

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His Daily Task

MABEL CONE BUSHNELL

I wondered how he went about his daily work;How did he do his daily tasks, and were they hard?
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The Christian Science Practitioner

ALICE E. CHATFIELD

The streams that flow beneath the ground,All hidden from our sight,May never creep through earth or rockTo come up to the light.
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"And as ye go, preach"

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

Oh, not by words of eloquenceWith human wisdom charged—In simple goodness be the WordUnfolded and enlarged.

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Anthology of classic articles III

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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 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 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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Enough—No More

JOHN L. NEWLAND

Shall I blame Him who doeth well all things,Because the day to me no riches bringsOf worldly goods which I had craved?
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In God's Care

MARY C. REYNOLDS

God's taking care of me today.
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Clarity

HELEN WOOD BAUMAN

As when the moon's cold light doth pale before the dawn,And day's all-seeing eye destroys the night's concealed deceits,And sleeping birds awake to sing,And flowers unfold their fragile chalices,And nothing is unseen;
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The Sands of Time

MARION S. WALEN

Before a heart of peace, time, cowed, slips by,And leaves eternity on either hand;The faults of sinful men, which mortals cry,Were shown by Jesus written on the sand.
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Security

MARGARET OSBORN

Peace, doubting heart!Trust on and falter not;God's loving care forever holds thee dear.
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Concert of Nations

EDGAR ISAAC NEWGASS

Possess thyself in peace, content to waitThe while aggression, apathy, and hateTurn on themselves and thus are self-destroyed,All their pretensions proven wholly void.