Poems

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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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Changing your world

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

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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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.
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Reality

FLORENCE E. HOUGHTON

Help me, dear Lord, to see this cloak of matterFor what it is—an unreality—And help me, Lord, to don the snowy vestmentsOf Truth, as understanding sets me free.
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Light

MARY L. CHEWNING

Beyond the cloud's opaqueness,The sun is ever bright;So, hid by human weakness,Stands Truth's enduring might.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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Anthology of classic articles II

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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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The Open Door

VERA CONSTANCE HOWARD

Are all the doors about thee closedBy sickness, fear, or care?
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Now Is the Time to Be Grateful

MILDRED NICKERSON HALL

Now while the clouds conceal the sun,and the tempest roars, by wild winds driven,sing now a song, O struggling one—a song of joy.
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"Thy light is come"

HAZEL W. ALLEN

A passing cloud obscures the dawning day,And for a moment darkness seems to claimThe reigning power.
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Silent Prayer

S. ELLA SHELHAMER

O sacred silence, moments briefIn which to abrogate false fears!Forsaking sin, forgetting grief,We rise above the mist of years;And in that momentary spanBehold anew God's perfect man.
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The Little Things

F. INA BURGESS

Speak understandingly to other heartsIn language sweet with comfort and with peace,And bring to tired eyes a happy light,And to the burdened breast a quick release.
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The Infinite Unseen

LORENE H. TROUSDALE

Beneath the raging of the waves,Under the lashing of the sea,Ever abides, in depths serene,Perfect tranquillity.