Poems

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"There is lifting up"

CLARA ELISABETH KUCK

Oh, weary heart! Art thou cast down?
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An Awakening

SUSAN F. CAMPBELL

OF straightest sect, Saul lived a Pharisee; Arrogant with pride and power, he stood, Consenting to the crime which hate and fear Sent blindly forth to silence that great truth Which shone through Stephen's noble life of love; Scattered abroad, made havoc of the church, Entered the homes of saints in willful zeal, To bind, imprison those whose lives were pure.

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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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Awake

REUBEN POGSON

IF he should come one night and find me idly sleeping, With lamp burned out, the oil of joy consumed! If after all my work I reached the place of weeping, Where anguish reigns in darkness unillumed!

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Demonstration

LOUISE R. ADRIAN

To feel the touch of Truth, To know its power, And rest in Love, Brings realization to the wondrous hour, When light breaks from above.
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"Love is our refuge"*

JAMES DOUGLAS GOSNEY

How great God's love! Love is the power divine That men reflect when they obey God's law: It fills the heart that Godward doth incline; It is His gift whose power and peace doth draw All hearts to Him who dwells in boundless light.
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Prayer

ELLEN BEACH YAW CANNON

How can I ask a God of love To take away all pain, While giving power to gods unknown?

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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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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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Confidence

KATE WEBER

O LORD, deep in my heart abiding, Thou art with me; No greater comfort than confiding, My God, in Thee.
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Restoration

GERTRUDE DEANE HOUK

THERE was once a neglected garden, A garden o'ergrown with weeds Of resentment, hatred, and malice, Resulting in sinful deeds.
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MARY ADELAIDE AYERS

A FRIENDLY little house set by the road,Not importuning, but with open door,Where tired pilgrims learn to drop their load,The while love laves their feet, as once of yore.
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Obedience

MARY I. MESECHRE

IT is not always easy to obey, And tread the path that opens for my feet; Another path would seem to be An easier, smoother climb for me, Enabling me my journey to complete More quickly; nor so long would seem the day.
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The Call

EDITH D. HOPKINS

IN Love divine all good abounds,
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The Nazarene

MARION SUSAN CAMPBELL

He told us everything he could About the lilies, and the way The shepherds carry home the lambs Within their arms at close of day; How we within our Shepherd's fold Are ever safely housed and fed, And all who walk with tender Love Like little lambs are gently led.