Poems

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Freedom

WELTHA G. SMITH

Around me lie such sordid things,A brother's failures and despair,But overhead the thrushes flitA-singing through the fragrant air.
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Along the Way

GENEVRA JOCELYN DOZÉ

I can hear the angels singingAs I walk along the road,Even though my steps are wearyAnd I bear a heavy load.

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Shared reflections

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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Where Dwellest Thou?

ANNE H. BROGAN

The loved disciple tells the gentle taleOf how the Baptist stood one golden day,And Jesus passed.

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"Blessed are they"

FLORENCE CORNELL TERRY

Behold a room and ten men gathered there,With doors fast shut because they feared the Jews,Who had but three days earlier crucifiedThe loved companion who had talked with themAs ne'er man talked before; had healed the sick,Raised up the dead, and cheered the sorrowing!
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"For the vision ... will surely come, it will not tarry"

MARGARET E. S. BROWN

Yes , they who seek Thee surely find Thee, Lord.
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Secure

EMILY PATTERSON SPEAR

In Him I live! I cannot fail to proveThat blest abode is safe and sure retreatWhen mortal dreams would claim with perjured senseThe loss of health, and hope, and dower of love.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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Anthology of classic articles

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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Omnipresence

MARTHA WEBSTER MERRIEHEW

God is primal, is ultimate Presence.
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Divine Science

ROBERTA B. LYNCH

Science! the angel with the flaming sword!God's gift, the glory of the risen Lord!Light of the world, in whose light we shall see,Father and perfect Son, blest unity!
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Naaman

OLGA G. SHERIDAN

Would God my lord were with the prophet inSamaria; he would recover himOf his foul leprosy.
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Aspiration

JEANIE F. GIBB

Upward , ever upward,To the heights above,Where the sun is shining,Telling God is Love.
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Holy Ground

EDGAR ISAAC NEWGASS

The voice of Truth was heard of oldBy Moses at the burning bush:Now turn aside from Egypt's goldAnd desert dearth, from human urgeFrom weariness of human urge.
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The Patriarchs

PIERREPONT E. TWITCHELL

They walked with God, those splendid men of old,The patriarchs.