Poems

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"The pinnacle of praise"*

AMY M. SMITH

True praise must be expressed in daily life,Down in the byways and the stirring mart,—The quick denial that will still the strife,The love that satisfies the hungry heart!
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"There is lifting up"

CLARA ELISABETH KUCK

Oh, weary heart! Art thou cast down?

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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 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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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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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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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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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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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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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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The Christian Science Reading Room

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,