Poems

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Faithfulness

LAURA BLISS HORNING

Lord, give me strength and grace to live this day
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"The secret place of the most High"

GRACE NIXON STECHER

Oh, let me not in manner loudProfess Thy sacred Word;To gain the plaudits of the crowd,Let not my voice be heard.

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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.

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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Life's Symphony

AMY DOROTHEA DAVISON

As you have waited for the symphony,Have you not murmured at the notes unblentOf 'cellos, woodwinds, horns, and violins,As each musician tunes his instrument?

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Thanksgiving

MARY O'LESON

What are the songs that grateful hearts are singing;What are the thoughts they joyfully express;What are the deeds that willing hands are doing?
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Thanksgiving Days

THOMAS C. HOLLINGSHEAD

With grateful hearts we gather, Lord,On these thanksgiving days,And for the blessings of the yearOur praise to Thee we raise.
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Christians, Arise!

KATHRYN BALL RUSH

Dear Father-Mother God, we know that Thou art Love,That Thou art here and everywhere—around, beneath, above.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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

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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 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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As Mountains Round About Jerusalem

MARY STONE WALLACE

Before I gained the sense of thankfulnessI never knew the riches that were mine;Not having learned the secret of content,My life, so dull, seemed hardly worth the while;The friends I had seemed only friends in name—I was a stranger to my very own.
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Love's Message

WALTER CLIFFORD HARVEY

Heed thou the message which Love doth impart—Freedom from bondage for each earnest heart.
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Thanksgiving

FANNIE I. S. WARDELL

Gladness fills the air,Scent of autumn rare;Russet leaves and goldFall in forests old.
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Desire

JEANNETTE TIBDALL

To see Thy path, constant in praiseTo walk with Thee in unsought ways;To have my thought held fast in Thine,My every wish a prayer divine,My every word the truth sublime,My every deed Thy love expressed,Humble, O Lord, and truly blessedWith Love's eternal fire—This, only this, is my desire.
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God's Light

LOUISE W. PRIMROSE

Dear Father-Mother God, to Thee I prayFor light—and lo, Love shineth o'er my way,Thy truth my guide and stay;So may I learn in grateful joy to yieldEach thought to Thee, and labor in Thy field,Nor cease till close of day.
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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.