Poems

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"When it was yet dark"

ROSE E. SHARLAND

Ah , Mary! with your eyes all blind with tears,Not knowing death's harsh mortal dream withdrawn;Turn from your agony, your groundless fears,And see the dawn!
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My Prayer

AGNES W. WRIGHT

Help me, O Lord, to give up self, And ever humble be; So would I take Thy hand in mine, And strive to follow Thee.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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Little Things

CLARA REYNOLDS SMITH

The little things, just little things,Oh, may they be my task!If not for me the bigger things, For little things, I ask.

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Lift Up Your Heart and Sing!

FREDA GIBSON POWELL

Friend, lift up your eyes and seeHow wide the clear skies are.
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Love

HELEN WARD BANKS

BELOVED Father-Mother—The only power I own—With Thee so close beside me I never am alone! From Thee come inspiration And light more clear than day; Thy hand points out the path to me, 'Tis Thou who lead'st the way.
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God's Little Ones

JOAN SOLOMON

THEY follow winged with joy, those little feetPlanted so early in the narrow way;With tiny hands in His they go to meetAnd face the passing shadows of each day.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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 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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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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Supplication

MARY F. RICHARDSON

Dear Father, make me patient as the stars,That banish purple shadows from the sky;Teach me to uncomplainingly fulfillThy law, by loving those who pass me by.
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"He that believeth shall not make haste"

JOY BENNETT

Let me be poised and calm and still,This is my prayer each day;Alert to hear and do Thy willIn Thy appointed way.
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God's Will Is Done

LELA E. ROGERS

God's will is done in heaven and earth!If we should learn the eternal worthOf this forever truth,How much of worldly woe and strifeWould disappear from human lifeAnd leave a living proof.
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At Last I Know

MABEL RISELING

I pondered oft in silent hoursAbout His wondrous love divine,And thought, Ah! would it meet all need When trials came to me or mine?
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"And after the wind"

KATHRINE H. WILLIAMS

I Thank Thee, Lord, in this gentler hourThat the strength of the storm is gone,That daylight waits at the windowpaneAnd the clouds are hued with dawn.
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Praise

ETHEL CARY GILBERT

Larks winging upward,Filling the heavensWith praises of God and love to mankind,So lift our hearts, Lord,That we too may love Thee,And know Thee as Life, Truth, Love,Infinite Mind.