Poems

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Highway

MARGARET L. SEAMAN

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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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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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.
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The Awakening

BEATRICE CLAYTON

THIS time-belief, this mundane phantasy,Now thrills with pleasure, now distracts with grief;But what of that?
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Gratitude

GISEL A. BAUMGART

SING to God a song of gladness!Hymns of praise and cheerBanish error-thoughts and sadness,Cast out thoughts of fear.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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 Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Messengers

EDITH L. PERKINS

Twas nothing but a common little flower—A bit of bloom beside the dusty way—Yet of its best bestowing hour by hour,The cheer it gave the traveler, who can say!
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The Call

WILLIAM S. H. ROBINSON

I heard a great cry that went up toward heaven,As if from human hearts by bitter painAnd ill-rewarded toil and grief oppressed.
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Right Desire

F. MILDRED RICKMAN

BECAUSE my being everlastinglyIs in Thine image, and to do Thy willSustains me, for Thou gently leadest me,I know Thine omnipresence, and am still.
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Confidence

LOLA R. CARR

AND if tomorrow come, I shall not fear.
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So Near is God

ANNIE E. F. DOLLIVER

O CHILD , though dark the night, Lift thought above the sod; Look up and see the light– So near is God!
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Peace

MORGAN SHEPARD

And Thou wilt keep his life in perfect peaceWhose mind is ever on Thy goodness stayed.