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Prayer

EUNICE M. BRONSON

To learn the truth concerning God and man,And with this truth in mind, if need be, standUnwavering, with pure triumphant faith,Through days or even months of strife, or faceWith undisturbed serenity and calmApparent victory of sin or wrong,And with assurance say, Thy will be done,Because you know His perfect law of loveCannot be mocked—to silence self and fear,And wait in peace His way and hour—is prayer.
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Love is Nigh

LAURA GERAHTY

I know no darkness if the light of LoveIllumines me;I am not fearful what the years shall proveWhen I can see,Reigning beyond this present sense of wrongThe eternal right,As certainly as I await each mornAfter the night.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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Looking Up

ADELAIDE EDNA SCHAEFER

Each day through countless little tasksI walk with strength and joy;No unkind words, no thoughtless acts,Have power to annoy.

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Unfoldment

FREDDA R. GRATKE

He worshiped at Minerva's shrine, and drankFull deep at the Pierian spring.
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Omnipresence

ANNA EMANUEL WILLIAMS

There is a quiet hush at early mornBefore the noises of the day are born,When skies grow pink; a little wandering breezeJust stirs the branches of the nodding trees;While through the gentle quiet may be heardThe morning note of some new-wakened bird.
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Babylon (The Gate of God)

MARION STUART HOWE

Oh , weary ones who sit by rivers full of memories past,Your gladness fled, your hopes seem dead, your tears are flowing fast,

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Where is God when bad things happen?

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Anthology of classic articles II

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What death does not do

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From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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No Night

EDGAR ISAAC NEWGASS

Here in the clear sweet morning lightWhere are the cares that thronged the night?
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Revelation

ELIZABETH A. S. MC SHANE

To-day I faltered;But Love placed beside my handA rose,That I might touch the petals,Breathe its fragrance,Rich with a message from His garden fair.
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Launch Out!

IRENE B. ROBINSON

Launch out into the deep,Fear not, nor doubt;His hand upholds thee,His love enfolds thee,Launch out!
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Our Homeland

LISSA THAYER PEAY

A fair and unknown country lies before,One which our mortal feet can ne'er explore.
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An Angel Song

LILLIAN M. CARTER

I know the way, I cried, I know!Up, up I ran—untilA waymark cautioned me: This isThe path of human will.
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To a Friend

ESTHER BRINTON

God love thee, dear,And speak to thee;Touch thee with His fire;Unfold in thee the richness of thy being;Give thee thy desire:Fine loveliness, strong joy, rare purity—All that now thou art in Mind, so may it be!