Poems

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Pentecost

LUCY M. GOODENOUGH

Thou living light of pentecostal glory,Lo! wide we fling our hampering doors of clay; Thy cleansing fires pour through us we implore Thee,To purge and sanctify our hearts to-day.
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LAZARUS

W. CYPRIAN BRIDGE

And I knew that thou hearest me always!Thus spake the blessed Master as he stoodBefore the silent tomb of him he loved,Amid the weeping women and the menAssembled there in mourning for the dead.

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Anthology of classic articles II

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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Fulfillment

ELENORA E. PIKE

Beneath a weary burden bending low—A burden seeming more than men can bear,Of sin and grief and earth's unending woe—Bowed by its heavy weight of ceaseless care,Upon the shore of earth's deep, troubled sea,A mortal sinks in silent misery.

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Omnipresence

LEAH BOHN

Dear God, I know he walks in vainWho seeks to walk apart from Thee.
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The Quest

LUCY M. GOODENOUGH

City of God! Lo, here, on high white summit?
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Watch

MABEL CONE BUSHNELL

Watch every thought that it may leadAway from mortal strife,Away from earthly cares and greedTo Love and Truth and Life.

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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.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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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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The Little Prayer

ANNE CLEVELAND CHENEY

As I lingered for a moment by the door,And overheard the baby's prayerWhispered to imploreOur Father's blessing, all the airSeemed filled with fragrance—just as thoughA bud had soft unfolded thereOn some rare stem which only angels know.
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The Reading Room

ELIZABETH G. MC KINSTRY

Within thy quiet walls a soothing calm is found,A refuge from the turmoil of the day.
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"I will be as the dew unto Israel"

ELLA A. STONE

When the rose and gold of sunsetSoftly fade from out the sky,Gently falls the dew from heavenOn the earth so parched and dry.
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At Sunset

MARY H. CUMMINS

At even, ere the sun had setThey came—the halt, the lame, the blind,The sinful.
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Love's Care

LILLIE MARY CARTER

Love leads!And with faltering, burdened steps,And slow,I follow on to knowAn ever brightening wayThat points to God's unburdened day;BecauseLove leads.
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In the Way of the Master

IDA MAY ABBOTT

The sun may sink into the glowing west,And twilight deepen into darkest night,And earthly joys and all we thought the bestMay pass us by and quickly fade from sight;