Poems

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My Work

RUBY E. TURNER

What is my work?
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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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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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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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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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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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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 Safety

A safe refuge

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

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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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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.