Poems

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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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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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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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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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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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Changing your world

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

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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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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Peace

MORGAN SHEPARD

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

W. ALLYN BUTTERFIELD

Freely ye have received, so freely give—Thus said the Master, many years ago.
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The Oil of Joy

GERTRUDE DEANE HOUK

In Thee, O God, abides eternal gladness,The oil of joy for mourning, grief, and care;True beauty for the ashes of earth's sadness,The garment of Thy praise for dull despair.
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The Christian Science Reading Room

ALFRED GORDON

O quiet shelter from the heat of day,Where weary ones athirst may come and drinkThe living waters flowing peacefully,And gain fresh views of how to work and think!And then, refreshed, they sally forth to fightAnew life's battle, primed for victoryO'er every ill that would obscure the sightOf heaven now and here eternally.
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Signs of Dawn

ELIZABETH B. CATE

As fading beams of waning moon,And rosy hues of morning,Announce to wakening bird and beeA fresh, new day is dawning,So fading dreams of error's night,And gleams of Truth appearing,Reveal to calm and holy faithLove's perfect reign is nearing.
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Footsteps of Love

FLORENCE DAVIS KELLER

Where walks supernal Love today?