Poems

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The Ageless Christ

ELIZABETH HAYWARD GARDNER

Eyes of the blind, look up and see!The glory of God has shined for thee!Out of the dark has a rainbow sprung;Banners of hope have the angels flung,O'er menacing clouds that scatter and fleeBefore the fire of a single starThat burns serene on horizons afar.
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Security

ELLA A. STONE

As when a little child, Awaked from troubled sleep, Beset by haunting fear, Will to his mother creep,

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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Reflection

MABEL M. THIBAU

The flowery wood, the azure sky, The song bird's liquid trill, The singing brook and grassy bower, The distant wooded hill, The humming bee, the blooming flower— All symbolizing Thee, Not in mere cloud, or leaf, or song, But in pure harmony.

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Activity

LAURA GERAHTY

Dear Father, let me on Thy word rely, That I may daily prove, In every act and word unfailingly, The healing of Thy love.
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Our God

CHARLOTTE GIRLING JENVEY

Does the way stretch sometimes lonely?
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Faith

ELENORA E. PIKE

Wherever pain may seem to be,Remember this: God is; and HeWill free thee from this mortal sense,And bid disturbing fears go hence.

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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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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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Christ Jesus

MARY LLOYD MC CONNEL

Dear name—the Christ!Expression of that Love divineWhich is infinity made manifest to usThrough him we love to callOur Master, Saviour, Lord,Jesus, the Christ, th' anointed,And appointed to show forth Love's healing power.
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Grace

ABBY S. PERRY

How can we know the truth of grace divine,Unless we know a love so deep, so true,That, free from self and all demands, all signOf condemnation, we can look clear throughThe outward seeming to the image pure,Can let our love shine round it like the light,With tenderness, compassion, feeling sureThat God's reflection must be ever bright?
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Receptivity

HELEN NEWHALL WINCHESTER

The billows of all human hopeNow rise, now fall,—Symbols unsteady of a lifeApart from Truth,—E'en as a ship at sea doth ride,Its moorings loosed.
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God's Presence

JOHN GERARD LORD

I loved the night, for then it seemedThat I was nearer Thee, O Father.
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The "little book open"

MARGARET WEIR WHYTE

"And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: and he had in his hand a little book open.
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"What hast thou in the house?"

AMY CAROLINE THROSSELL

Long had I sought,Far-reaching was my quest;I longed to entertain but one,That one a hallowed guest.