Poems

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The Answer

ZITA LOUISE BAKER

Oh, lift me high above the mists that blowThroughout the valley of captivity!Hemmed in on every side, my heart is low,My thought is clouded, every step is slow.
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"Feed my sheep"

WILLIAM H. D. MORGAN

As in Bethsaida, all who cameOur Master fed,So we today find Christ the same—The living bread.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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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Dawn

E. OLIVIA STACK

Ere yet the sun mounts to his lofty throne,Dark shadows and dim shapes seem all around;Come, watch them fade the while exulting dayWakes glorious through a silence vast, profound.

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Comfort Ye

DOROTHY MARY HUTCHINGS

Lord , teach us now to comfort one anotherAs Thou dost comfort us, that so we mayEncourage, cheer, and help each one his brother,And follow in our Master's steps today.
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I Thank Thee, Tender Shepherd

EUGENIA M. FOSBERY

I thank Thee day by day, O Lord, my God!For Thou hast led me all the darkened wayAnd o'er the jagged rocks, to heights of joyOf which I had not dreamed in valley paths.
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Reliance

GLADYS GARDEN

Because I know Thy guiding handIs holding mine along the way,I ask no question, voice no fear,Content to listen, day by day.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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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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Child's Morning Song

LAURA GERAHTY

Father, I thank Thee for the night,I bless Thee for today;I rise and know the morn is bright—Thou art with me alway.
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A Prayer

HELEN B. TAYLOR

Almighty God, whose might is love,Whose wisdom is a boundless sea,In grateful adoration bowedI lift my heart in praise to Thee.
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Giving

ANNIE M. BARTHOLOMEW

Give, ever give,And never mind the getting.
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If Only We Could See

VINTON A. HOLBROOK

If only we could always seeThat these great mountains which appearTo bar the path for you and meAre insubstantial mounds of fear!
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Bartimaeus

DOROTHY LANE DOYLE

Of skies at dawn men's voices tell,Of sun-drenched meadows, blossom bright,Of moonlight's white, enchanted spell—The while he walks through moonless night.
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Morning

ELLA A. STONE

Sometimes the night seems long and drear,But morning brings the sun's bright beams;Then we forget the hours of nightWith all their troubled thought and dreams.