Poems

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Our God Is Love

ADA E. DESLER

Is there a brother man whose needIs a loving word, a kindly deed?
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A Prayer for Our Sons and Daughters

ROSA M. TURNER

Oh, that our sons may be as stalwart as treesPlanted beside the river's verdant brim;As trees whose boughs shall never lose their leaves,Whose roots reach deep into the living stream.

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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.

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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I Thank Thee!

MARY ANN WILLIAMS

I thank Thee, Father, for Thy love,That knows of naught but good;I thank Thee for Thy constant careThat gives me daily food.

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Immanuel

ETHEL TRESSLER MERCER

Lift up the eye and gratitude express;Seek now with prayer thy brother man to bless;In quiet meditate on God's command;Find in God's law the writing of His hand.
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Silent Prayer

J. LILIAN VANDEVERE

The congregation hushed in silent prayer.
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Teach Me to Love

GISEL A. BAUMGART

Teach me to love,    Forget illusive wrongs;Teach me to praise    With grateful, joyous songs;Teach me to think    A gracious, kindly way,Teach me, dear God,    In Love alone to stay.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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Changing your world

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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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From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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Awake, Thou That Sleepest

ALMA G. V. HARRISON

AWAKE ! for light saileth abroad on the wings of the morning;Awake! for life reigneth, and cometh with joy hand in hand;And with clarion voice, Truth speaketh of wisdom and warning,And love, over all, at the portals of heaven doth stand.
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Love Speaks

JOAN MC WILLIAMS

Come unto me! This is our lecture's song.
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The Beautiful Gate

MARION ALICE BOWERS

One built a temple for the Lord, his God,Of polished stone and cedar, gem-inlaid.
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The Voice

ANNE CLEVELAND CHENEY

Are you weary from long vigil,Anxious and oppressed?
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Talking with God

ANNIE M. BARTHOLOMEW

Oh, rest, dear child of God, and knowThat faithful watch thy Father keeps.
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Petition

MARTHA BAILEY PROCTOR

O Swift-Winged seraphim!Today a live coal from Love's altarLay upon our lipsThat we may findNo utterance for thoughts unkind,No false reports of sinful senseDenying God's omnipotence.