Poems

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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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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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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.
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God Be Praised

MAUD ALICE BATCHELOR

O Father-Mother God, O Love divine!I thank Thee for Thy never failing good.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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Shared reflections

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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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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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Love's Triumph

ELIZABETH CARMON FIELD

When the clouds of sense descending,Seem to gather drear and wild,Can you say with thought transcending,It is well with God's own child?
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A Prayer

RUBY A. GARDNER

Oh, let me be as glass transparent,Through which the light of Truth may shine;Oh, let Thy love be e'er apparent;As I reflect that Love divine.
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Protection

VINNA MARA KING

In the light of God's dear love,Beholding His perfect way,There living, growing, loving,Find "life.
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The Law of Love

LUCIE HASKELL HILL

The earth belongs to him who loves,And all its fullness is his own;In kingly company he moves,Who does not seek to walk alone.
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"Worship God"

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

Whenever through the troublous dayTemptation's woes appear,When sorrow weighs my spirit down,A "still small voice" I hear:"Worship God.
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Harvest Song

MARTHA BAILEY PROCTOR

Out in the fields it is time for the mowing;White gleams the harvest on hillside and plain,Out in the fields where the tares, too, are growing,Seeking to smother the bright yellow grain.