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Present Praise

JOHN WHITE

The breaking morn, refreshed with sparkling dew;The busy noontide too;And radiant evening, coloring the west,With night, for needful rest,Are not, as heretofore, mere fleeting time,But cycles for sublimeAnd ceaseless thanks to God, wherein to bringOur instant praise, and sing!For now, unfolding to our inward sightBy Scripture's unlocked light,Is seen a nobler man, gracious and kind,Likeness of perfect Mind,Reflecting love, joy, goodness, peace, and health—Spirit's unfailing wealth!In man's glad sonship, then, let us rejoiceWith heart and ampler voice,And thanks unceasing to the Father giveIn whom we ever live.
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Confidence

LILY BOYD

I cannot doubt, my loving Father leads,And frees my path from thorns and tangled weeds.

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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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Restoration

WILLIAM COLWELL BARTLETT

I will restore to you the wasted years;The ravages of time, disease, and wantShall fade from thought.

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There is No Fear in Love

EDITH C. CARTER

There is no fear in that deep tenderness,That vast enfolding peace whose source is Love;No cause for fear, e'en in the wildernessOf time and space.
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Consolation

GLADYS CLARKE

Think not because we cannot seeHis form so dear,Love failed us here;In Mind no separation can there be,God's children dwell in Love's eternity.
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Presence

MABEL VAN HOUTEN

Who has seen the wind?

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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These books healed me

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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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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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Water in the Desert

F. MILDRED RICKMAN

He knelt alone upon the desert sand,Lifting his thought to God in the still even.
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Recognition

ELLA H. HAY

I will have faith;Though dangers great beset my path,And through the valley darkened hathMy courage waned,Thank God for faith!For Love hath His own angel sent,And to my chastened spirit lentHis power and strength.
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Enlightenment

ANNIE ANDERSON

Lord , send Thy light! so sped the humble prayer,That suffering sense of darkness might be healed;The loving grace of God the need suppliedAs to the waiting thought came Truth, revealed.
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In Paths of Righteousness

EDITH M. SHANK

Give me, O God, a clearer, fuller vision,That I may see through mists of false belief,And in Thy light know Spirit's omnipresence,Wherein man dwells secure from fear and grief.
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Fasting

NORA L. BROWN

To fast is not to grieve with downcast look;To fast is to reject the carnal mindWith all its hates, and fears, and empty pride,Deceptive, wrong desires that do enslave.
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The Sinless Self

REUBEN POGSON

Offspring of Soul, that knows no mortal sense,Radiant with light, ineffable, divine,Clad in the might of God's omnipotence,Piercing the mist of mortal selfhood, shine!