Poems

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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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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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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.
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Inspired Thought

ROBERT ELLIS KEY

Since thought is inspired by God,How can it expire in death?

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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Changing your world

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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 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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Love's Bounty

MARY STONE WALLACE

IN the eternal good we live and move;Blessing and bounty wait to be perceived;While we give thanks with humble hearts, sincere,For things made visible, gifts more complete,Joys more secure are on the way to us,Whose coming undelayed, unheralded,Oft brings surprise, and all our gratitudeSeems small beside the largeness of the gifts.
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Victory Through Truth

WALTER LINCOLN COLBY

As melts the winter snowBeneath the springtime sun,So disappeareth every woeWhen victory, through Truth, is won.
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Stepping-Stones

CONSTANCE CHOISY

Oh, Lord, my heart is full of fears;I cannot face the foe;Forebodings dark and bitter tearsHave turned my joy to woe.
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Unchanging Love

FRANCES L. BAIRD

Unchanging Love, to feel Thee near,To see Thy harmony appearWhere error's phantom shadows goAcross earth's dreamland, to and fro,Stills every thought of human fear.
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Help Me To Know

PEARLE M. WARREN

Dear God,Help me to knowThat ev'ry cupThat Thou wouldst have me drink,Will overflow with good—Not just for me,But overflowWith good for mine and all.
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Dawn

HENRY F. MUNDT

A sigh for peace,A prayer of hope,An answ'ring gleam of Love divine!A ray of Truth,A shaft of light,Which penetrates the darkened thought!A joyous cry,I see! I see!And all is well again—'t is day!