Poems

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Christian Science

CHRISTIANA WILLINK

You are passing through the gate, my child,The gate that leads to heaven.

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The Upward Way

ALEXANDER NORTHRUP

Have trouble, sickness, and sorrowIn this dream of mortal strife

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Be Still, and Know

ELLA A. STONE

"Be still, and know that I am God"—This message, full of healing peace,Our Father speaks to every heartThat would from error find release.

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Our Secret Fortress

EDNA WISE WEST

No barrier is there of race or creed,All, freely, we may goAnd find of good, to meet the heart's deep need,A glorious overflow.

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No Limitation

MABEL WHITE RODOCKER

Why limit life to just a few short years,Which seem so filled with sin, and pain, and tears?

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A Prayer for Needy Ones

HAZEL HARPER HARRIS BRANDNER

I come, dear Lord, with this first fall of snowTo lift my heart in tender prayer for themWho have great need, and yet who do not knowThe way to touch the Master's garment hem.

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Bring low my mount of selfishness, O God,Exalt the darkened valley, till a roadLofty but level, smooth and straight, appears—Thy highway, where my humbled, following feetMay tread henceforth in lightness; where the tearsWill rise no more, and where my soul,Freed from the phantoms of the mortal load,In selfless journeying may find its peace.

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Mount of Prayer

RUTH MARIE DILLON

Sweet mount of prayer! With earliest morning lightMy waking thought with joy ascends to thee;Within thy quietude I seek God's face,And always find Him waiting there for me,Waiting to gird me with His strength and power;He knows my need, and that throughout the dayMy trusting heart will turn to Him each hour,And seek His loving counsel all the way.

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Light

AMY DAVISON WILBUR

God said, Let there be light, and it was day,The formless void of night had passed away;Nor sun, nor moon, nor stars as yet were made,But Truth revealed gave light that could not fade.

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Reflection

ALMA G. V. HARRISON

The moon is full tonight;Its gentle lightBathes all around in beauty, yet that beamIs only the reflection of a rayFrom the majestic sun that rules our day.