Poems

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Peace

ETHEL WASGATT DENNIS

O troubled heart that prayeth for the morning,Yet seeth but the travail and the night,Still do earth's shadows flee before that mandateWhich stirred creative dawn, Let there be light!
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"I am the way"

JOAN MC WILLIAMS

You who, alone, live out your human dayLonging to find a comrade on the way,Listen! for many friendly feet are therePacing the very path that you must share.

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Shared reflections

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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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Grace

JULIA M. LESTER

Give us this day our daily bread.

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Oneness

LEAH BOHN

Think not thy sphere to circumscribe With measurements of time and space.
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A Prayer

ELLA RAMSAY MAIN

O Father-Mother God, I love Thee well,And come to listen for Thy "Peace, be still,"The thoughts of hate and wrong and strife to quell,And joyously with love my heart to fill.
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The Way of Peace

ELIZABETH CHALLIS ADAMS

I turn to Thee, dear God, nor turn in vain.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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Anthology of classic articles

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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 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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Our Father-Mother, God

ADELIA LYLE MC CANNE

All that I have today is Thine,Of beauty, light, and power;The opportunity to liveIn Thy eternal hour.
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Life Triumphant

EDITH JOYCE ELDER

A poet wrote—"So young, so strong, so sure of God!"But I am old.
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Waiting

CLARA PARK OLIVER

As the poppy waits the morning sunIts petals to unfold,Until upon a gladdened worldIt smiles in radiant gold;So, patiently,I wait for Thee.
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The Surrender to Love

REUBEN POGSON

The surrender to Love is not harsh, but is sweet,As the ointment of Magdalen laving the feetOf the Saviour, removing the dust of the street.
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Conversation at Nazareth

ALICE JACQUELINE SHAW

What love is?
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A Place for You!

MARGARET WINGFIELD

Dear Father-Mother God,We dwell in Thee.