Poems

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What Is Prayer?

MARY JANE ALLURED

What is prayer?
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"Thy will be done"

DORTHY M. THORNTON

I Pray Thee Father, that Thy truth aloneShall be my guide; that Thy one perfect wayIn Christ may hold my thought.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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"Neither do I condemn thee"

ROSA M. TURNER

He , looking up into that holy placeSaw none but God's own child, in snow-white grace;With one long glance from eyes that, radiant, shoneIn Truth's pure light, beholding Love alone,He gently spoke the message of release,Neither do I condemn thee; go in peace,And sin no more!.

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God, Good, Is Supreme

WILFRED KEEMODE

Great God of justice, love, and power,Whose presence fills the constant hour,The birthright of each child of Thine,Reflecting true the Mind divine,Is that each conscious moment beReplete with joyful harmony.
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The Master's Teaching

KATHERINE E. VARGA

I went to Jesus to be taught,And learned of many things;I'd heard of wonders he had wrought,His power surpassing kings.
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The Perfect Boon

EARL BALDWIN THOMAS

Lord, I am grateful for the healing artThat dawned upon me at despair's black brink,For grace that followed fast my change of heart,For each pure thought that came to me to linkMy consciousness with Mind's eternal might;For trials that purge away the cumbering drossAnd show Love watching through the darkling night,And Truth's triumphant crown beyond the cross.

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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.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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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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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Watch

MARJORIE GERKEN

"Could ye not watch with me one hour?
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Mirror

EUBIE FORSYTH

Be still!The whisper through the forest ran,And little leaves forbore to stir.
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As Through a Glass

Beryl Carter

O God, I thank Thee for the meadow brownsAnd for the yellow hay,For bird and bee and bluey dragon flyAbout my path to-dayI thank Thee greatly for the hazelnutsThat hang in the high hedge,And for the berry blossoming so rareAlong the water's edge.
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Hour of Prayer

CAROLINE L. DIER

Into the secret placeOf Love's abiding,Humbly, with gratitude,My Lord, I fare;With joy in Thy service—Trusting, confiding,Thus may my life becomeUnceasing prayer.
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The Day's Work

NINA B. FARRINGTON

Gently the day breaks, and all earth is waking;Sunbeams are drinking the dew from the lea;Morning is here, and from out vibrant stillness,Love's work is calling—is beckoning me.
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"When the sun was setting"

GERTRUDE S. MC CALMONT

At Capernaum,On Galilee: