Poems

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When We Shall Know

GERTRUDE S. MC CALMONT

Free to express infinity!
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God is Everywhere

LOUISE A. BROWN

I stood on a lonely hilltopBeneath a wind-swept sky,And my weary thought asked doubtinglyIf God was really nigh.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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"Wait. and love more"*

F. MILDRED RICKMAN

Wait , watch, and work; in patience humbly pray;Wait for the blessings which Love sends each day;Watch over every thought, lest wrong creep in;Work to know Love is All, and false is sin.

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No Condemnation

FREDERICK STARR CAMPBELL

O troubled heart, with load of guilt oppressed;Accused by haunting error day and night;List to the Master's saying, and find rest,"Now ye are clean.
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The Haven

SYDNEY KING RUSSELL

The quiet thought that once has truly knownThe touch of comradeship with things divineMay be no more by winds of error blownFrom shore to shore.
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Moral Courage*

ELIZABETH HAYWARD GARDNER

I, who am of the tribe of Levi, saw!Saw the swift anger on the face of himWho toiled for erring Israel.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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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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The Upward Way

E. MADGE CARLESS

Why wander in the valley's mist, with eyes upon the sod,When right ahead a path leads up unto the hill of God?
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Consecration

CLARA B. STRICKLAND

Father, help me now to knowThat as garden flowers growBrave and gay,I may in Thy love expand,Quick to lend a helping hand,So that some may understandThy good will.
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The Coming Day

CHARLES W. WRIGHT

Another day for joyous work is mine;Each hour comes rich in opportunityTo learn God's gracious will, and to inclineMy heart to follow Him more faithfully.
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Consecration

VENIE E. WATSON

Give me the open eye to seeThe work which Thou hast planned for me,The listening ear that I may hearThy loving voice forever near.
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Abiding

JOSEPHINE L. GROUSE

How sweet to place my hand in Thine,O Father, Friend, and Guide;And when false fears beset me,Within Thy love to hide.
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Power

RUTH MARIE DILLON

How often in the quiet night,When sleep has fled and shadows fall,Love's angels guard with strength and might,Revealing Truth as over all;And morning sunshine, clear and bright,Finds us rejoicing in the right.