Poems

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Progress

GRACE CROSBY WHITNEY

Great is the light that is gently awakeningSlumberers many from earth's weary dream;Sweet is the voice of Truth's angel calling,"Come unto me," and thee will I redeem.
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Sweetness of Prayer

KATHERINE VARGA POHLMAN

We say the Master spent long hoursIn prayer to God.

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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 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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More Light, Dear God!

HELEN DUNN

Teach me to know the pure in heartSee God; that man does not depend on mortal breathFor life, but perfect in His likeness, set apart,Can never know the enemy called death,Since God is Life.

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Christmas

ALICE CARY VICTOR

Once again angelic voicesBring their message to our earth,Bring to listening ones assuranceOf the young child's holy birth.
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"Unto us a child is born"

LUCIA C. COULSON

Silence in heaven and on earth;Silence so filled with light,So pregnant with deep meaningsThat the hymn of morning starsHeld no comparison.
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The Pure in Heart

ESTHER BRINTON

Another generation comes,According to God's Word,To call thee blesséd,Mary.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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A Large Place

MABEL CONE BUSHNELL

He hath "set me in a large place"—Mid-ocean, came the thought—And vision, Godward turned, beheldThe might His hand hath wrought.
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Supply

PEARLE M. WARREN

How precious are Thy thoughts, O God;How great the sum of them to me!If I should count them, one by one,They are too vast to numbered be.
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"Be still"

GWEN M. CASTLE

"Be still, and know" that nothing can disturb thee,Wait patiently upon thy Father's will;
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When Truth Shines for You

VERE BAILLIEU

Trials will be forgottenAs frost is forgotten,When the sun has changed itInto silver dew.
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Love Never Fails

WILFRED KERMODE

DID Jesus ask the palsied man if he were fit for prayer, When at the pool of Bethesda he saw him lying there?
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The Messenger

DOROTHY JACOB

The golden afternoon was drawing to a close, And the still peace of evening filled the sky; The drowsy air was hushed around the well Whereon the traveler rested, And the quiet benediction of the evening Deepened into glory with his presence.