Poems

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Set under Authority

PETER J. HENNIKER HEATON

Mountain tops of selfishness, deeps of unreality,Have they seemed to baffle thee toiling for the right?
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Dawn

ALICE T. MC COUN

Have you not watched at dawn the radiant lightChange clouds of gray to brighter shade on shade?

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Changing your world

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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Seeds of Love

CHRISTIANA WILLINK

When earth seems weary and wan and sadJust scatter the seeds of love:Someone is waiting to be made glad;Go, scatter the seeds of love.

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The Lecture

THOMAS QUINN

One holy hourWhen men may come and findThe priceless truth—God is all-loving Mind.
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Serenity

ANNA EMANUEL WILLIAMS

Would error nullify the good,Unfolding now before our sight?
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Healing

MARGARET MORRISON

Unto thy door may come some dayOne to be healed; and sense will say:Here is a man by sin insnared,Nothing of evil has been sparedTo make for him full wretchedness,To bow him low beneath earth's stress;Poverty-stricken, ill, afraid,Hopeless is he—beyond all aid.

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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 Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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My Father Called

ESTHER BRINTON

My Father called to me one day and said,"Come, dear child, and take my hand,Together will we walk.
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Oil

ELLA A. STONE

Give me, dear God, a consecrated heartKept holy unto Thee,O'erflowing with Thy love divineAnd tender purity.
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Song of Gratitude

ROSE SAFFRON

Sing on, glad heart, sing and rejoice,List not to error's raging voice,Sing on and rise with quickening wing,Sing on, glad heart, oh sing!
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Unfoldment

GERTRUDE DEANE HOUK

There dwelt within the chalice of my heartAn angel-thought.
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Sing Praises

ANNE H. BROGAN

I sang a song of praise that day,And all my troubles fled away;A happy song to God above,Who made the universe of love;A song of gratitude and praise,To Him who governs all my ways.
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Thanksgiving

FREDDA R. GRATKE

I thank Thee, God, for the consuming fireThat melts away the dross of human sense.