Poems

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Light

RUTH POWELL WENBAN

Thy all-pervading presence here—Father of light, I cannot fear.
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Turning to God

MAUDE MARY CLARKE

World-worn and weary,Stained with the dust of travel,The true way dimly seen,As yet untried, unlearned,We cry to GodAmidst our desolation:Turn us, O Father,And we shall be turned.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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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Humility

E. JEWEL ROBINSON

Dear Lord, I cried, if Thou art God,Reveal Thyself to me;In wondrous sign or mighty deed,I would Thy glory see.

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Reward

SARA SISSON

The peace of God would come to every consciousnessIf, humbly trusting, we would only say:I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast seen my prayerfulness,And given Thy bounty all along the way.
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Obedience

EMILY PATTERSON SPEAR

Obedience gives the power to knowThat God is Love; daily to showThat loving guidance leads us on,And gives us grace for victory won;To lead a brother from the nightOf error's thrall to Horeb height.
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The Woman

ANNE CLEVELAND CHENEY

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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

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 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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God's Allness

EDNA L. EARNEST

God is all-knowing Mind;All Science His,All wisdom His—Just and kind.
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An Ideal

SEBA MARSH PIERIE

What is life, and what purpose adds joy to living,Save to be loving and pure and forgiving?
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He Thinks on Thee

ANNIE G. TEMPLE

He thinks on thee—oh, truth sublime!Through all the years, in every clime,Where'er thy wand'ring footsteps stray,In pastures green or thorny way,He thinks on thee, for thou art dear;Then, troubled heart, no longer fear.
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At-one-ment

ELSIE HILL AINSWORTH

To-day —Thy will be done!Let me not turn asideSeeking mine own, but following after good,In Thee abideTill error's misty thrall I know no more,Nor sin, nor death, can move me as before.
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Thou Art the Power

MAY B. CROWE

Thou art the power by which we moveMountains of wrong and sin;Thou art the omnipresent LoveThat feeds the life within.
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My God Is There

FRANCES S. LARKIN

Where the rich blossoms of the springtime sway,And flash their colors in the rising sun,And seem to breathe out, opening one by one,A little prayer to bless the newborn day—My God is there.