Poems

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An Open Door

MARTHA MAY SMITH

Before us Thou an open door hast set,Disclosing sacred vastnesses of Love;Revealing the infinitude of Mind,Where aspirations lead beyond, aboveIllusions of the senses, dumb and blind.
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Prophecy

WILLIAM P. MC KENZIE

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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Gone—All Our Grief

JAMES K. WESTOVER

We need not grieve;No heart but may look upAnd see the Love-crowned dawnOf God's eternal day—May see the beamAnd feel the warmthOf Love's bright ray.

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Companionship

EDITH L. PERKINS

Seems lone the path, and drear with shadows deep,Your progress hindered by a throng of fears,Obscured the vision in a blur of tears,So overwhelmed by sorrow that you weep?
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Demonstration

OMA OLNA MARTIN

When faith is at its ebb tide,When hope falls faint and sore,When sorrow walks beside me,Then I can pray the more;And I can let more goodnessMy every act express,Till faith and hope, reviving,Bring back my happiness.
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Pray

AVIS CLARKE ARMSTRONG

Pray , frightened one, be calm, and know your fearFor that frail thing it is, and see it flee,As clouds before the sunshine disappear,To leave your heart at rest, from bondage free.

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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 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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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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"No night there"

ALICE TROXELL MC COUN

How can one fasten shadows here and there,Or think some idle fancy glimpsed at nightMay be a part of substance, real and fair,When not a trace is found in morning light?
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The Gift of Song

LOTTIE M. BROWN

From God, my Father, comes the gift of songThat uplifts faith and triumphs over wrong;From God, my fortress strong—from Love divine—In every place this gift of song is mine!Encompassed round about on every sideWith songs of sure deliverance I'll bide;With everlasting joy upon my headMy heart shall sing, with daily wisdom fed.
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Then, and Now

DAISIE L. GOTT

I used to dread the early morning hour,When all the cares and duties of the dayAppeared ahead, like some relentless power,Filling my heart with sorrow and dismay.
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Love Is Near

CHARLOTTE M. ROBERTS

I shall not hesitate, for Love is near,And Love is greater than all else beside;He promises to cast out every fear,Restoring joy to me, if I confideMy all to Him, wherein I shall abideWith eyes that will behold, and ears that hear.
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In the Christian Science Sunday School

GERTRUDE I. STEEL

What do we give to them, these little onesWho come to us so trusting and so gay,Their eyes alight with that sweet childlikenessThe Master loved?
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Guidance

LESLIE TAYLOR STOW

No thought of mine shall fetter thee,Nor human will preventThy going forth where God will leadTo give thee sweet content.