Poems

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Morning

CLARA LEAVITT BAXTER

Oh, what a beautiful, dewy, early morning!See reflections of boats and wharves in the mirroring bay!And oh, how beautiful, too, is Truth's bright dawning,With God's ideas under His constant, beneficent sway!
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My Father's Voice

E. JEWEL ROBINSON

Within the secret precincts of my heart—So deeply welled not e'en mine eyes may see—There bides a voice which of mine own seems part,So oft I hear it softly speak with me.

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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.

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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Love's Joy

DOROTHY M. KINGDON

As roses from the one great GiverOf all lovelinessReceive their beauty,And, as theyGive out impartially to all alikeThe selfsame color, shape, and charming fragrance,Giving and ever giving without wearinessTheir sweetness to the atmosphere around,So let me also share with one and allThe deep unfailing joy God gives to me,That it may permeate the atmosphere of thoughtWith universal, spiritual tenderness,And bring to troubled senseSoul's dear delight.

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Gladness

JANE POLSON SPEARIN

I shall begin each sunlit morn anew,And go in joyousness the whole day throughWith gratitude for every lovely thing—My step shall lighter be, my heart shall sing.
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Evening

H. CLARA BUCK

Dear Father, in this twilight hourI bring a load of sorrow,The longings still unsatisfied,The fears about to-morrow.
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Thy Will for Me

MARGARET PLUNKET RAPER

What is Thy will for me to-day?

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Anthology of classic articles III

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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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 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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The City Christian Science Reading Room

ANNA EMANUEL WILLIAMS

There is a quiet sanctuary of peaceWhere all may enter in.
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My Prayer

ANNE H. BROGAN

DEAR Lord, I askTo see my brother as the son of God,As one begotten of the Father's love,Whose high and holy heritage I share—Both sons, both heirs of that great heritage,The Father's home.
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Consciousness Our Dwelling Place

ALMA B. WIGHTMAN

As light doth draw the flowers from the sod,That they may cover earth with loveliness,So Truth uplifts the human thought to God,That we may learn the way of holiness.
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Keep Smiling and Keep Sweet

LILLIAN BARKER DURKEE

Keep smiling and keep sweetNo matter how things seem,They are but error's dream;And false beliefs retreat,When dawns the heavenly lightUpon awakened sight.
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Resurrection

VERA CONSTANCE HOWARD

Is it at a tomb thou standest,Stooping down and seeing thereCrumbling hopes and aspirations,Shattered plans, ambitions fair?
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At the Sepulcher

ELIZABETH HAYWARD GARDNER

Early in the morningA weeping woman came,Stooped in trembling silence,Murmuring low his name.