Poems

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Loveliness

EILEEN O'BRIEN

Wouldst thou lovely be?
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Awakening

ELENORA E. PIKE

I stand alone in shadows gray,As morning wakes to golden light;I stand alone with outstretched arms,To greet a day of promise bright.

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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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Soul-filled Years*

ELISABETH G. ROBINSON

What are years?

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Kindness

FRANCES HOLBROOK PFEIFFER

Kindness seeks no recompenseFor word, or thought, or deed;Brighter eyes and lighter stepsAll other thanks exceed.
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There is No Time

VERNE TAYLOR BENEDICT

There is no time;Eternal winds are blowingAbout thee now;Oh, heed their gentle touchAnd rest in Love, forever knowingThere is no time!
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Our Sufficiency

EDITH ARMSTRONG TALBOT

Enough of Love to heal us every day,Enough of joy to cheer us on our way,Enough of Truth to be our strength and stay!

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Shared reflections

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

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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 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 Safety

A safe refuge

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

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Love's Likeness

CHARLES LOUIS REINERT

If we aspire to love arightOur brother, ever knowingThat Christ is man's true prototype,His name on all bestowing,
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Love's Channels

RUTH GLAZIER

Far on the other side of arid wasteWhich stood betwixt my brother-man and me,I saw him stand and, bowed in deep distress,Reach out his hands and call imploringly.
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The Promise

SYDNEY KING RUSSELL

They must have felt, who saw him first in Nazareth,The power of Life that waits to triumph over death.
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"They presented unto him gifts"

MARY I. MESECHRE

One of the gifts the Wisemen brought to the little Lord Jesuswas gold;Poured they out at his baby feet a treasure of wealth untold;Naught recked he of the wealth they bore—nor yet doth he care to-dayFor golden store, save grateful hearts their gifts on his alter lay.
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Greater Love

LOTTIE M. BROWN

When the silver bells are pealing,Softly o'er my spirit stealing,Breaks a cadence sweet, compelling,Every dream of earth dispelling:'Tis the Christ-love born anew!
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A Prayer

BERTHA RAPHAEL

This is my prayer, dear God, each day,That I may love and help all those who camemy way,And teach them that the pathway up to TheeIs one of glorious freedom—liberty.