Poems

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Peter

MARION STUART HOWE

AWAKE! The message rang in prison cell; And lo, the darkness fled and "there was light"! From off his limbs the binding fetters fell, He saw a perfect freedom, man's own right, As he responded to the call, "Arise.
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I Love All Good

MARIAN WAKEFIELD

I love all good!It makes me seeThat wrongs which seem to beAre but illusive mist.

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Anthology of classic articles

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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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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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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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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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 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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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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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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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.