Poems

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Pilgrimage

DOROTHY JACOB

Dear God, let me walk with Thee all the day,For when alone, how steep the path and drear,What hills of doubt and valleys deep of fear!But by Thy side, how easy grows the way!
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Awakening

WILLIAM P. MC KENZIE

Awakening out of one of the little dreams of sleepI wonder a moment is it night or morn,But through this resurrection my sense of being I keep,And with refreshment arise as one newborn.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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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The Call

ALICE BARTHOLOMEW

Oh , little child of long ago,Awaking in the fitful glowOf temple lamp, a-burning low,To hear the voice of God!

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Our Father's Care

ELLA A. STONE

Soft meadows green in Galilee,Bright lilies blooming fair,So gently swaying on their stemsIn glowing sunlit air!
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The All-in-all

ABIGAIL DOROTHEA BAKER

All the lovely things we love in lifeAre only symbols of divine perfection.
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The Lesson of the Bird

EUNICE M. BRONSON

A little bird mistakenlyHad darted from a spreading treeThrough doors that hung asway,And seeking then the precious lightHad flung himself in rapid flightAgainst a windowpane.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Listening

GWEN M. CASTLE

As the child Samuel waited in the darkFor God's command,So may I listen for the voice of TruthAnd understand.
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The Pilgrim's Prayer

MARTHA BAILEY PROCTOR

O thou almighty One, who by the handOf Moses led Thy flock from Egypt's land,Though scattered in the dark and cloudy day,The rifted clouds reveal the lighted wayThat leads from bondage to the claims of sense,To liberty in Thee, omnipotence!The journey may be long and sense impede,But Love provides for every human need.
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Building!

ELSIE A. KOEFOED

I will build me a house eternal, that reacheth to heavenly height—A house not made by hand.
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Reflection

NORAH MC GARIGLE

Have I a word of hope and cheer?
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Let Me Remember Beauty

ELIZABETH BRAINARD BONTA

The tender curve of little moons,A flock of birds against the blue,The flame of peach trees in the spring,The mountain's far extended view;The gracious smile, the gentle word,The kindly action—let these beWithin my heart a well of joySymbolic of Life's harmony.
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Grace for To-day*

MARY JANE ALLURED

Grace for to-day! Oh, may we knowThe joy these words imply,That as the seed of love we sow,We reap our true supply.