Poems

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Truth Unveiled

ELIZABETH B. CATE

Child of the Spirit bornJoyous and free,Thought with the bird pinion,What dost thou see?
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"Know thyself"

MARJORIE GERKEN

"Know thyself" and thou shalt seeWhat thy God has given thee,Given thee so thou may'st riseFar above all mortal lies.

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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 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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Uplifting Faith

FRANK SADDLER

Father-Mother, Love divine,Strengthen Thou our feeble faith;Mortal sense is but a wraith;Help us lift our lives to Thine!

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Love is Strength

REBA STEVENS

I sought for gifts,And found within my graspThe richest and most precious He may give,For love was mine.
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Three Times Daily

OLIVE C. BROWN

Father, when each new sunriseFloods earth with golden light;Help me to lift my thought to TheeWith purpose true and motive rightAnd say, "Thy will be done.
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Prayer

CLARA TEWKSBURY WATSON

Why plead for human sense of thingsOf Him who cares for all His own,To whom man's every want is known?

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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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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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 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

AMOS W. BALLINGER

I will wait patiently for Him,Who doeth all things well.
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Fruition

ANNE CLEVELAND CHENEY

I put my vision into words,One praiseful day,And many listened wonderingly,Then—went their way.
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"As a little child"

ELLA A. STONE

How we love in thought to pictureThat fair scene in Galilee,Jesus with the little childrenGladly clustered at his knee,
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Service

CLARA TEWKSBURY WATSON

God has planned some work for thee—A glorious opportunityTo serve mankind.
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The Awakening

LILY HOWARTH

I sailed my bark upon the sea of time,Where cold materiality seemed real;I came upon the shoals of sands where oftI stayed, the shoals of pleasure, sin, and greed;I looked around and dreamed of sudden wealth;I sought again and found but shifting sandWithout a helping, guarding hand to guideMe on to stable land, where safety is.
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A Prayer

EUNICE M. BRONSON

Give me the understanding love which seesBeneath distorting trick of word and deedThe heart that yearns for God.