Poems

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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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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 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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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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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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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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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 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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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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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.
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Recognition

EDITH L. PERKINS

Hath life become a seeming blank to thee,Devoid of love, where love did once abound?
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Stilled

ELIZABETH B. CATE

When heavy clouds of sense hang low,And restless thought runs to and fro,   Not knowing where to look,   I read the little book *   Till faith unfolds her wings,   Then soars aloft—and sings.