Poems

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Peniel

DOUGLAS HURN

By Jabbok's ford the patriarch, all alone,Strove with an angel till the break of day;Yet yielded not, nor was he overthrown.
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Steadfast

CAROLYN W. GREENE

As some great rock upon a rugged coastBy breakers clutched and lashed from eve to morn,Submerged ofttimes beneath the angry waves,Stands firmly through the violence of the storm,And in the dawn, unshaken and unmoved,Lifts its high peak toward the morning skyInto the rosy flush of newborn dayTo shimmer, golden, in the rising sun;

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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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His Word

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

"He sent his word,"And hearts that grieved were healed—His holy Word, whose blessed lightMan's heritage revealed.

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"The desert shall ... blossom as the rose"

MARY C. CAMPBELL

The desert plain seemed arid, void of life;No flower or fruit was seen, no beast or bird;Within its scorching waste, nor man, nor maid,No sound of rippling waters to be heard.
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Love Expressed

RITA BERMAN

Divine Love always has and always willMeet human need—<em class="footnote d-none" title="*">&lt;em class="footnote d-none" title="*"&gt; See Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, page 494.
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Morning Prayer

RUTH POWELL WENBAN

O Love, deliver me this day I pray,From every evil; let me set a watchUpon my thoughts, that no false prophecyOr unwise judgment, condemnation wrong,Erroneous counsel, adverse influenceBe found in consciousness—neither withinNor yet without the citadel of self.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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 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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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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Truth's Watchman

MARIAN J. COBB

A watchman, standing on the tower of Truth—Thus do I like to think of you, dear friend;Watching for the angelic messagesWhich Love unto your waiting thought doth send.
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Soul

MARGARET LOUISE SUTCLIFFE

In Thee, O Soul, so glorious and free,Infinite, perfect, ageless, deathless, vast,I see all being, all that is to be,Or has been, or is now—the present, past,And future in one perfect changeless whole,O glorious Soul!
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The Practitioner

HERSCHEL P. NUNN

Oh , helping hand, for thee I reachAs floweret seeks the light;A glow of truth, a warmth of love,Thou bringest to my night.
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Omnipresence

BLANCHE MURIEL FUNNELL

Not in the whirlwind—God; a still small voiceRevealed His affluence to the waiting seer.
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Rest

ELLA M. KINSLEY

To have no fear—To go about my work with footsteps light;To sing a song of joy from morn till night;To leave all care to Him who clothes the flower;To know that Love, and Love alone, is power;Oh, this is rest!
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"He that overcometh"

SYDNEY KING RUSSELL

As Jesus fasted in the wildernessAnd prayed for strength, the tempter came to himPrepared to overcome the pure in heart,And murmured, knowing him to be an hungered:If it be true thou art the Son of God,Command these stones that they be turned to bread,For truly thou hast fasted long enough.