Poems

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Consecration

EDWARD ESDALE

Live the Christ-life, and ease thy troubled heart;Think the Christ-thoughts, and rest thy wearied mind.
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Joseph

FREDERICK STARR CAMPBELL

I owe thee debt, brother of bygone age,For brave example, shining yet to speedMe on.

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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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Safe

EMILY RUMSEY DICKENSON

Sheltered by Love divine,Strongest protection mineUnder His shade.

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Our Hand in His

HELEN NEWHALL WINCHESTER

The breath of hope envelops us,When we have done our bestTo right a wrong,To love a friend—Sweet hope within the breast!
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Protection

ELENORA E. PIKE

Where thou goest, Love will lead thee,Where thou walkest, Love will guide;If thou hunger, Love will feed thee;Love is ever at thy side.
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Reverence

MINNY M. H. AYERS

He worshiped God!Three times each dayLike Daniel he kneltIn humble, earnest prayer;Nay, not alone on bended knee,But e'en throughout his waking hoursHis thought was filled with gratitude—With gratitude and praise and glory songsTo his creator!And in humility for growth in grace he prayedTo worship more:He worshiped God!

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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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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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Prayer at Twilight

LUCILLE TINNIN

'T is not for earthly things I pray,My Father-Mother God, to Thee;But that I may from day to day,More righteous, more courageous be;
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The Voice of God

ELLA A. STONE

God speaks to us in myriad ways,—In little things that fill our days,In loving glance from kindly eyes,And words that help us to be wise.
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Our Song*

FLORENCE A. HOUDLETTE

Hark! I hear adown the ages—Like the chime-bells ringing clear,Erstwhile heard by pilgrims, sages,Or foretold by prophet, seer—
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Demonstration

LOUISE MC KEE HIBBS

To prove my unity with God,My thought must lowly be,Giving all power to Him alone,In true humility.
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"Peace I give unto you"

ELIZABETH HAYWARD GARDNER

And at the last—peace!When Jesus knew that now his hour was comeWhen he should leave the friends of those three yearsOf ministry, and walk with them no more,He sought of all his store the tend'rest giftTo bless each one and all.
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His Presence

MABEL A. BIRDNO

In the secret of His presenceWeary wanderers lose their fear,Finding rest amid green pasturesClose beside the waters clear.