Poems

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Expression

GERTRUDE DEANE HOUK

There travailed long within my consciousnessA song of gracious promise; unfulfilledFor poverty of words wherewith to clotheIn fitly chosen words its harmony.
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Christmas Bells

SOPHIE WEINERT

Once more the bells ring out their pealsAs heralds of the dawn;The Word goes forth with joy and hope:To us the Christ is born!Thus Love, awakened in each heart,Steals forth to bless and cheer,And wipe away with mighty powerEarth's unavailing tear;Thus to the listening ear there comesA wondrous sweet refrain:Lo, peace on earth, good will to men!The Christ's eternal strain.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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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Christmas

GILBERT C. CARPENTER, JR.

The power of sin destroyed; the fetters sore,Of pain, unloosed; the falsity of fearExposed; the hurt that biteth to the coreAll healed; the sorrow deep, the bitter tear,All wiped away! Jesus, our hearts to theeAre turned to praise thy glorious ministry.

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Flowers

ANNE CLEVELAND CHENEY

O LOVELY ministers of Love,From the uncurling of your smallest leaf,The palest flush along your petal tips,To spreading triumph of the full-blown disc,And depth of radiance in a rose's heart,You symbol Love's own beauty, joy, and power;You serve Love's purpose, ever ministering,Out of your very presence shedding grace,That all may share, and sharing may be blest.
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Freedom

FLORRIE A. ASHCROFT

A nation held in bondage yearned for rest.
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Faithfulness

EDITH L. PERKINS

O birds , so constant in the songs you raise,O stars, so steadfast, filling night with praise,I, too, would honor God in all my ways!

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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Anthology of classic articles III

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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 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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God's Holy Name

MARY I. MESECHRE

"For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
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The Christian Science Sentinel

HAZEL HARPER HARRIS

You come to me like some dear comrade-friend,With love's assurance in each message penned,To feed my hungry heart with words of cheerThat comfort me and heal of doubt and fear.
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No Night

JOHN G. SUMNER

Fear not, thou weary one, fear not!There is no night with God.
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Serenity

HELEN L. SEELMAN

Serenity —that perfect peace of heartThat dwells wherever faith's loved face is known;That absence of all darkness; that bright partThat lingers where the light of God has shone!
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Galilee

ELLA A. STONE

Dear Sea of Galilee, beloved,Your waves are blue with heaven's light,And o'er you, now, as in the past,Keep guard the shining stars at night.
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Love Divine

JOSEPHINE M. FABRICANT

Thou Love that wilt not let us goHowever far we stray,Thou Love that shed'st Thy friendly lightAlong our darkest way,In vain we would from Thee depart,In vain alone would go,But Love that knows nor time nor spaceDoes all His children know.