Poems

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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.

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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 Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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Patience

CHARLES LOUIS REINERT

Let me not murmur if the nightSeems long.

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The Way

ELENORA E. PIKE

A valley fair before me lies,Far overhead are azure skies,The morning light is flooding;The air the joyous bird-song fills,At which my heart with rapture thrills;The waysides all are budding.
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Truth

ELENORA E. PIKE

Seek the priceless vision, hold it in thy heart,When thou once hast seen it, let it not depart;
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Gratitude

ELLA A. STONE

I am grateful for the sunshine warm,Bright symbol of the Father's love;For all the flowers He gives the earth,And for the shining stars above;

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Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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Anthology of classic articles III

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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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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Lord, I Approach Thee

OTTILIE FLEER

"And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
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The Saving Truth

ALEXANDER DUNCAN NELSON

Would'st thou, O slave, a freeman be,Know then the truth that maketh free,The light wherein the blind doth seeThe shackle fall.
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The Church of God

FRANCES MARION RALSTON

When sun shone high, a vision came to me—A great cathedral roseAnd spire and domeWere held aloft to heights unthoughtBy mortal man.
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Chains

ISLA PASCHAL RICHARDSON

Naught was ever gained by doubting,Fear has never climbed a hill,Ears attuned to evil's shoutingMiss the gentle, "Peace, be still.
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Poise

NELSON J. BENNETT

Serenely firm, thy task attend;Citadel be!Let pettiness its rancor spend;To higher thought do thou ascend,Thus constantly;By calm repose, not stress, not plight,Let others seeHow rest in Mind, not human might,Thy upward reach into the lightDoth profit thee.
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The Prayer of Faith

GERTRUDE I. STEEL

Thou hearest me always—this the prayer of faith,Once glimpsed, used, understood by mortal man,Doth raise him up until in thought he seesBut God's creation, knows reality,And lives and moves reflecting Life and Love.