Poems

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"Pilgrim on earth, thy home is heaven"*

VERA CONSTANCE HOWARD

Desolate wanderer, where art thou straying?
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My Garden

ANNE H. BROGAN

My consciousness a garden is,Wherein the seeds of Love are growing;Where opening buds of promise sweetGrow full and free, in beauty blowing.

Audio Collection

Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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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Answered Prayer

RUTH D. SMITH

Dear loving, all-wise Father, when I prayLet me not with my feeble sense of goodOutline my needs or think to plan my way;Thy guidance must be better understood—More wisdom, Lord, must be my prayer today.

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Prayer

JOHN L. NEWLAND

Our Father, who in heaven art,"Hallowed be thy name;"Thy kingdom reign within the heart,In earth and heaven the same.
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The Valiant Heart

WILLIAM J. REID

That valiant heart, which has the vision clearTo gain from earthborn taints a glad release,Will heart the music that no ear can hearAnd sing the silent song of joy and peace.
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The Christian Science Reading Room

WILLIAM KOCH

A refuge in my hour of woe,Dear Father, Thou hast given me;A sheltered place where I may goTo have communion sweet with Thee.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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 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 Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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Unfoldment

ELLA A. STONE

Let us think of each day as a flowerUnfolding in sunshine's warm light,An opening bud in the morning,A beautiful blossom at night.
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Love's Bounty

EDITH L. PERKINS

'Tis Love that makes the jonquils' golden hue,That paints each velvet petal of the rose.
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Divine Love

ALFRED ERLE

O Love divine,Thou wonder of eternity,Thy light thrones high above the heavens;Thy depths are all-unsearchable;Thy sacredness doth hush the senses, self-beset;Thy patience tireth not, nor frowns;Thy strength lags not, nor is it spent in vain.
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Our New Hymnal

MABEL CONE BUSHNELL

I walked within a garden fair,And talked with Him;I fought a valiant battle there,My eyes were dimWith grateful tears; each page I tookAs mine, for thus my lovely bookWas pointing me to upward look.
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The New Publishing House

PAULINE PEARL STRACHAN

THE brown earth breaks.
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"Yet I will rejoice"

MABEL H. SCHROEDER

THOUGH the fig tree shall not blossom, And the vines no fruit shall yield; Though the olive bear no fruitage, Neither meat be in the field; Though the flock from fold be absent, And no herd be in the stall; "Yet I will rejoice," with singing, Knowing naught but God, as All.