Poems

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The Summit

ZITA F. BLANKENBAKER

O God , divine encircling Love,The mountain path to libertySeems long.
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My Prayer

HELEN FRIEND ROBINSON

GUIDE me, O thou gentle presence,Lead me always in Thy way,Let Thy light shine e'er before me,That my footsteps may not stray.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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Unfoldment

NORVAL E. MALLAHAN

How like the dawn upon the morn, Comes truth—the light of God—to me! It finds me destitute, forlorn, And opes mine eyes, that I may see.

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Footsteps

Nellie A. Smith

Just a word, a smile, a handclasp, Little though it seem to be,May be just the act that's needful, One to lead, dear Lord, to Thee.
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“What is truth?”

Harry V. Forehand

What then is truth?
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Reality

MARGUERITE RUSSELL CARY

There is no death! The earthborn, fleetingEphem'ral forms—a shadow, dream—Reality dispels, revealingLife infinite, Being supreme!

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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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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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Sunset and Dawn

EDITH MAE BRISAC

THE sun sank down, and darkness fell Upon the lonely world.
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The Church

CAROLYN W. GREENE

STONE on stone, Prayer on prayer, Build them high.
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God's Gift

WILSON K. DOTY

The grace of God!It comes we know not how;It blesses us where'er we be,Whate'er we do, and now.
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God Loves You

JEANNETTE W. HAZARD

God loves you,So simple, sweet,These words of TruthThat silence error's thrall,Destroy the claims of false beliefAnd make us knowThat God is All.
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"There should be time no longer"

MARIAN GREGG

O man, yield not to time's decree;Bow not before the passing years;No law demands your bended knee—Only your fears.
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The Master

WILLIAM H. WRIGHT

He walked in the paths of the lowly,He sat at the rich man's feast,With ever a word for the highest,And ever a thought for the least.