Poems

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Dawn

HAROLD E. ALLEN

Awake ! The dawn is here,A new day lies before thee,Bright shining, clean, and white;Divine Love watches o'er thee.
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Christian Science

MARY E. TOWNSEND

Christian Science ! Let us everSeek its truths to light our way;Fearing naught, and halting never,Pressing onward day by day.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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

From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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To-day

ALLEN EDWARD ERICKSON

Bless'd be thy homeThis joyous day.

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Our Task

FREDERICK STARR CAMPBELL

The sculptor, hewing from the shapeless rockEach fragment foreign to his pattern fair,Transforming with deft touch the stubborn block,Or ringing blow, works only to lay bareWhat long the granite's heart held unrevealed.
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Busy Praising God

MINNY M. H. AYERS

They said, "The road is danger-fraught,Each one has failed who trod.
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Light

Anna Olmstead

When Truth first sheds its light upon our path, The light that leads to where the young child lay, It finds us wrestling like the man of old; Like him we, too, let go at break of day.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Siloam

MARY ROBERTSON BECKETT

"Siloam,.
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"Blessed are the meek"

ELIZABETH HAYWARD GARDNER

The creeping grass that heals and mends and sootheswith gentle touchThe scarred and ragged turf till one may say,"What lovely sward!"The lichen, with its orange finger tipsStaining the stone,And lending color to the frowning cliff,Till one may marvel at the beauty shownin rough gray rock;
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My Shepherd

LELIA BARRETT GREGORY

With tender care He leads meOut of my starless night.
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"Pray without ceasing"

RAY G. BROWN

The shepherd sleeps!The sheep all grazeIn pastures green, on sunny hill,Near running brook—Their needs supplied.
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My Offering

ESTHER L. SAMPSON

Out of the fullness of my heart,Out of the joys Soul doth impart,I give Thee thanks!My only need to love Thee more,To share with all mankind my store.
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With God

AGNES V. SINZ

Begin the day with God;Know His presence doth surround thee,Know His arms are round about thee,Know no evil can confound thee:Thy life is hid in God.