Poems

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My Daily Prayer

LAURA GERAHTY

That I may glorify Thy name and TheeBy some slight gift of love or charity,Whate'er my mortal sense of need may be—This is my prayer.
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Our Task

ISLA PASCHAL RICHARDSON

FOR every tear there is a smile somewhere; For every sigh, a song of sweetest cheer; For every sorrow, healing in God's love; For every fear, the thought that He is near.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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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Patmos

ANNIE DINSMORE MC CLURE

THE day I faced toward my Father's house I turned away from mortal blandishments, And after each day's travel pitched my tents Toward Patmos.

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Because We Love

ELIZABETH L. HANSEN

YOU did not know him, Though you thought you did, And bowed to him and smiled.
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I Will Not Doubt

REUBEN POGSON

I WILL not doubt, though evil claims to slay me, Though enemies still hate and friends betray me; For in the darkest hour Love still surrounds me, And routs the error that no more confounds me.
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Wash Thou My Feet

UNA ROSAMOND LIAS

WASH thou my feet, dear Lord, for now it seems That every step with mire of discontent, Self-love, self-pity, and discouragement Drags heavily; but thou dost lead where streams Of cleansing waters flow that can remove All stain or trace of mire with purifying love.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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The Lesson-Sermon

EARL L. DAVIS

HE read the lesson through, And pondered every phrase; Then went about his work, His thoughts all filled with praise—
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A Prayer

CAROLINE L. DIER

Guard Thou my lips,That I may speak no illOf anyone;And may I strive to fillWith love the hoursThat I must spend to-dayWith those who burdens bearAlong life's way.
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Upward Ways

MARY T. JOHNSON

O God, whose loving tendernessUpholds Thy children,Whose "still small voice" of peaceWith tranquil beauty quiets all my fear,Oh, help me to knowThat Thou art ever near.
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Victory

LAURA L. O'HOTSKI

We lift our thought to Thee on high;Father, we know that Thou art nigh—Thou never wilt forsake.
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Progress

HERBERT G. DAVIS

Shine in, O Truth, shine in!To human consciousnessReveal, destroy, the root of sin,And fill with righteousness.
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Our Hand in Thine

GERTRUDE GOODE CLARK

Father , no human touch we crave;No human voice to still our fear.