Poems

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The better part

PATRICIA S. SMITH

It seemed that I was neededto play the Martha partand I tried to do it lightly,not with a heavy heart.
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"Simon says ..."

Janice S. Saunders

Have you ever played "Simon says"?

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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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Garden of prayer

LOWELL N. CANNON

A continuous harvestRequires perpetual sowing.

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True image

LUCY CHAMBERS KARWELL

See yourself as whole,expressing all pure qualitiesof Soul.
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Homecoming in the dark

MARTHA SAGE VANG

The sheep hear the tapping of the shepherd's rodon the rockand are at peace,knowing that care is near in the dark.
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Questionnaire

MADORA McKENZIE

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Anthology of classic articles II

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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A lasting union

CAROL CHAPIN LINDSEY

Love wedded to its own—husband molding thought to Soul,wife binding hers to same—this is the heartof marriage,what God has joined:
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Seed of faith

VIRGINIA YOUNG TOWNSEND

Tiny seed of mustard plant,Who would have thoughtYou would have caughtThe Master's eye,To give a lesson to all mankind?
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Present prayer

ELEANOR JANET WINTLE

Let me not relive evil,Reaffirming, reassertingpast beliefs, false memories.
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The Word

KATHRYN A. KNOX

The Wordis expressed everywhere—in the beginningin the onlyforevernow.
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Guidance

HARVARD O. CLAUSSEN

Truth unfoldsAs Mind directsWhat Soul inspiresAnd Love protects.
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Vital gratitude

BRETT L. STAFFORD

Not a mechanical "thank-you"for hoped-for benefits,or mere habitual utterance for present good