Poems

To the Christian Science Practitioner

ALMA B. WIGHTMAN

O patient toiler in the Master's vineyardPursue thy way,Rejoicing ever in thy holy missionEach glad new day.

Communion

CUTHBERT GEORGE WILKINSON

I have in Mind a universe divineWhere things are golden thoughts, the myriad stringsThat make of heaven a mighty harp that singsThe song of Truth and Love, my bread and wine.

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Our God

HEDWIG BROWDE

Oh , God, Thou art our shieldFrom every seeming wrong;We look to Thee, are healed,Our grief is turned to song.

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Healing in Christian Science

MINNY M. H. AYERS

Within the room a holy peace is found— The promise of a hope to be fulfilled;And she who rests here, though by error bound, In patience waits until the lie is stilled.

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For a Little Lad

LAURA GERAHTY

When Jesus was a little lad,No angry, careless thoughts he had;So I, like Jesus, meek and mild,Will prove each hour I am God's child.

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Choose Ye

ANNE H. BROGAN

I might have been one of the lepers,The ten by the wayside that day,Who stood afar off and besought himTo send their foul sickness away.

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The Comforter

MARIAN J. COBB

How tenderly the Master spakeTo his disciples true:The Comforter to you will come,If I depart from you!

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The Star

LILLIAN FRENCH READ

Across the tranquil Syrian nightIt flashed upon the shepherds' sight,Whose wondering, awe-filled gaze was turnedTo where its lambent beauty burned.

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Help me today, dear Lord, to keep a smile,To count my blessings every little while;Help me express Thy love and joy and peace,To know that through such prayer comes my releaseFrom every kind of pain and woe and fear;To know that I am free, since Thou art here.