Poems

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A Prayer for Faith

NELLIE REMINGTON OMSTEAD

Without Thee, God, are all endeavors vain;No joy, no satisfaction can be mineUntil Thy First Commandment I obey,And cleanse my heart, and place my hand in Thine.
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My Aim

HELEN WINCHESTER HARVEY

Not human praise—The shouts of men—Not exercise of pomp,Not thought of gain,Nor sense of self entailed.

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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 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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Fulfillment

BEATRICE CLAYTON

Well for that man who, day by day,With steadfastness pursues his questKeeping the narrow upward way,Obedient to one high behest.

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Our Father-Mother

CORA D. PAINE

Oh, Father-Mother God!Oh, name so dear, so blest!On Thee alone I lean;In Thee alone I rest.
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The Prodigal Son

HAZEL HARPER HARRIS

I Took my earthly goods, and willfullyFar from my Father's house I straightway wentInto the land of sense; and there I spentMy energies, and no man gave to me.
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Paul and Silas

FREDERICK STARR CAMPBELL

How clear your vision; how serene your trust,Brave gospel messengers! Though basely served,Afflicted sore; in loathsome dungeon thrust;By cruel stocks confined—all undeserved—Yet, at black midnight's hour, united voiceUplifting gratefully, ye waited notThe moment of deliverance to rejoice.

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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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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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

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 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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"My Father worketh hitherto"

EARL MC CLOUD

What can I do without my Father's aid?
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Dominion

MARY KERN TIPS

How quickly Truth dispels the mistOf error's false pretense,When thoughts imbued with love persist,In true benevolence,
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Ambition

WILLIAM H. WRIGHT

No palm of worldly glory, Lord,No crown of earthly gainAllures, if I may speak the wordThat stills the cry of pain.
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Moral Courage

FLORENCE CLEVELAND MC DONALD

How little thou knewest, O Daniel,Thou man "greatly beloved,"In that time so far removed from ours,How thy undaunted faithfulnessTo the God whom thou alone wouldst glorify,Should shine adown the years,Bringing courage high to heartsTorn with terrifying doubts and fearsAt error's rampant claim to law and power.
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Our Prayer

FLORENCE A. HOUDELETTE

TEACH us to pray the Master's way— Thou who art Life and Love alway.
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All Will Come Right

ESTHER MURRAY

All will come right—if we have faith to seeThat we should trust and leave it all to Thee;If we but know that God is All-in-all,Good must prevail, and sin and error fall.