Poems

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Goodly Heritage

FRANCES HILDA SHERLOCK

I came to Love, to beg a daily rate:A little meal, ah, just a little oil;And planned to give, from early morn till late,Full recompense, with uncomplaining toil.
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Safe with the Shepherd

MAXINE M. L. SCHROER

Lord , Thou art here, and I am safe once moreWithin Thy tender, all-protecting arm.

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Changing your world

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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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Prayer

GRACE A. WARNER

Dear Father, when my footsteps strayThy Word points to the upward way;Thou givest strength throughout the dayWhen I for courage pray.

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"The flaming sword"

ALMA G. V. HARRISON

Does then the flaming sword still guard the wayThat leads unto the blessed tree of life,And must Truth's pilgrims seek with pain todayTo reach that refuge from their woe and strife?
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Morning Light

FRANCIS BALDWIN

Lo, morning's joy dispels the gloom of night!Sing, O my heart, in joyous gratitudeFor Love's inestimable gift of light,That puts all fears and falstities to flight,Declaring all that is of Truth is good.
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Recompense

PEGGY YOUNG CLARK

O you who gaze with saddened eyesAt vanished, wasted daysMay now look up and see the dawnReflecting healing raysOf hope, and joy, and confidenceIn Love's design, always.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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 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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How to Serve

ALICE MAUDE SCHUTTE

How shall I best serve needs of human kind?
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In Thy House

ROWENA A. MILLS

Oh, we would enter in Thy house, dear Lord!Outside the storms of grief and hate assailThe tired wanderer, and he shrinks in fearFrom lightning flash and roar of storm and gale.
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Growth

LAURA BROWN CROWELL

Lord, make me glad for little things,Those things which every day appear.
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Prayer for Loved Ones

VIRGINIA M. CASSEL

Dear God, I love them so!
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Climbing

JEAN E. CARTH

Down in the valley, held by indecision,Darkened by shadows—merely marking time—We long for light to purify our vision,And pray that strength be given us to climb.
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Arise

VERA CONSTANCE HOWARD

Is it at a tomb thou standest,Stooping down and seeing thereCrumbling hopes and aspirations,Shattered plans, ambitions fair?