Poems

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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.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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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Simplicity

FREDERICK STARR CAMPBELL

Wouldst know Truth's sacred lore?

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Warfare

LEILA C. HARSCH

Serpents and scorpions and deadly thingsYou fightOutright.
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Resource

ALICE LAWRY GOULD

So long men studied economic laws,Dependent wholly on material toil,They had no time to ponder or to pauseUpon the widow and her cruse of oil.
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To-day

CHARLOTTE PEARL MATSON

Let Truth be Truth to me to-day,And let me know no wrong;My thoughts, my steps, turn unto Thee,Within my heart a song.

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These books healed me

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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 Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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The Gift

MARIAN GREGG

I have besought my Father for a gift,For He has said, "Ask what you will of Me;"And knowing that I am His son and heirI bridled not my craving, nor did wearA suppliant look, but gazed, courageous-eyed,Up to His throne and cried:"Give me the greatest blessing that You hold,Nor fame, nor length of days, nor useless gold;The gift of gifts I ask You for my part—'An understanding heart.
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Alway

HELEN A. JOLLIFF

May I think always loving thoughtsThe kind word say,And sing most blithely, cheerily,When days are gray;Bring happy smilesInto the eyes of every child,Not just to-day—alway!
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"Now are we the sons of God"

FLORA ALLAN

To gaze upon a rose,—"the smile of God,"*—To mark its outlines fair, its fragrance rare,Awakes within the heart a growing sense Of wonderment at God's omnipotence.
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Abundance

MINNY M. H. AYERS

THERE is plenty of good for everyone—   Plenty, and heaps to spare;For God is good and His wondrous wealth,Infinite goodness spreading health,   Is here for us all to share!
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The Upward Path

FLORENCE CLEVELAND MC DONALD

Wherever Thou wouldst have me serve Thee, Father,Fill Thou my heart with joy to do Thy will;For I would follow, not with lagging footsteps,The inner voice of Truth, so small, so still.
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"The beauty of holiness"

JAMES PALMER SNELLING

Dear God, how glorious is Thy nameThrough all the earth and sea and sky! The wondrous heavens, Thy handiwork, The moon and stars Thou hast ordained, All, all are telling Thy great love To man, made in Thy likeness pure.