Poems

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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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Watch

MARJORIE GERKEN

"Could ye not watch with me one hour?

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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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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Changing your world

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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 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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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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"When the sun was setting"

GERTRUDE S. MC CALMONT

At Capernaum,On Galilee:
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Purity

DOROTHY M. KINGDON

Hidden in the earth's great heartLie little humble seeds;Yet they unfold,And, gently pushing upward to the light,Grow into lovely lilies,Clothed in the garb of purity.
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To the Christian Science Practitioner

ALMA B. WIGHTMAN

May Love divine thy close companion be,And guide thy footsteps all along life's way,And may Love give to thee that wondrous peaceThe world can neither give nor take away.
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Christian Science

MYRTLE ELLA ROBERTSON

There is a ring of beauty round the earth,The happy thoughts held for another's good.
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To Know

F. INA BURGESS

IT is a very easy thingTo know that Thou art nigh,When all the land lies smilingBeneath a tender sky.
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"The smile of God" *

MABEL A. BIRDNO

A ROSE —"the smile of God"!I bow my head in silent, reverent praise;Its beauty rareLeads on to visions pure, and thought ascendsIn swift-winged prayer.