Poems

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Melody

FLORENCE L. MAGERS

A song is singing on my lips,Of faith, of hope, of praise—A song of faith that overcomes,That bringeth victory;Of hope that eagerly awaitsTruth's promised liberty;Of praise that peals adoringlyFor good's supremacy—A song of constant gratitudeFor Love-illumined days!
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My Prayer

MEDA C. LESCHEN CLIFTON

If I should have some human heart's desire,Which even needful, then, may seem to be,O let me pray with steadfast thought entire:Prepare Thou me for what Thou hast prepared for me!

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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Obedience

MARGARET WINGFIELD

Teach me, O God, to waitEach morn for Thy behest,Pause in the holy hush, till dawnsIn thought Thy clear request.

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Father-Mother God

THOMAS LOVATT WILLIAMS

Father of light, who guides me all the way,I am Thy child; I can so clearly seeIt is Thy loving hand which leadeth me,Each happy day.
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Teach Me to Give

IVA B. LINEBARGER

Teach me, O God, to give of all I haveUnstintingly, and not to be concernedLest I deplete my infinite supply.
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My Heart Is Fixed

F. INA BURGESS

Within God's gracious, omnipresent love,Protection and security are foundFor all.

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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.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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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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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Beauty

MARGARET MORRISON

My heart ascends in singing praise to Thee,Oh, Mind divine, because that through the clashOf warring wills, aims dwarfed to selfishness,And pleasures vain as bubbles children blow,The light of Thy great Science stands revealed.
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Father-Mother God

KEVA CLINICK ALBURY

I KNEW the tender love of GodWhen He forgave my bigotry,And smoothed the roughened path I trodBy guiding and uplifting me.
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I Shall Arise

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

BEHOLD how evil smites my step, And every hour is dark with woe: I shall arise—I shall arise, And humbly to my Father go.
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Our Reading Room

MARY MARGARET SHIPHERD

YEA, this is God's anointed place, Prepared and furnished by His grace; A jewel hung in holy light, It draws the needy by true might.
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Our Father

ROSEMARY C. COBHAM

What kind, strong fingers of a father's hand, Touched with compassion, now could smooth away The sorry traces of this storm-racked day?
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A Paean of Praise

WILLIAM JAMES PRICE

Give love To the God of all goodness, Who is healing the heart of its sorrow, Giving strength to the weak, and a voice to the dumb To speak wisdom.