Poems

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"Be still"

FRANK SARGENT BARTLETT

Oh , give me wisdom, Lord, that I may knowWhen not to speak, what not to say.
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A Song of Praise

HENRIETTA MAYER GROSSMAN

To Thee, great Author of the Book of Life,I tune my lays.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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Obedience

EDITH MAE BRISAC

Let me reflect Thy light from day to day;Let me but see the way that I should go;Let me so keep my heart at-one with TheeThat I may see what Thy dear will may be,And, seeing, do as Thou wouldst have me do.

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The Wayside

MARION SUSAN CAMPBELL

I thought I had a stony path;And wearied by my load,I sighed because the enemyHad strewn thorns in the road.
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The Only Wealth

ALICE LIVINGSTON EAGAN

Had I the world, its riches and its fame,Its love, the wisdom of its greatest sage,With all the honor the false senses claim,Ancestral glory down from age to age,
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Truth, Love, Life

KATHARINA SCHWEDER

'T is brought to pass! I am made whole!God's mercy is no stinted dole!He spake, "Let there be light," for thee!My heart, what greater joy wouldst see?

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Shared reflections

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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 Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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The Elder Son

AMY CAROLINE THROSSELL

He came; and from afar I heardThe noise of dancing and the din of making merry,And with scorn and pride of heartI spurned the foolishness of those who welcomed him,—The hapless ne'er-do-well,—who came through urgeOf hunger and of thirst, back to his father's dwelling.
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Service

ALICE CARY VICTOR

Give me to serve, dear Lord;Though humble be the task,If it but serveth Thee,'T is all I ask.
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"Rejoice in the Lord alway"

MARIAN J. COBB

In the morning, radiant morning,When Truth's sunlight shines on me,Bright with splendor, warm and tender,Lord, I will rejoice in Thee.
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Fealty

MARION STEWARD

To Thee each knee shall bow, each tongue shall swear!So wrote the prophet in an age gone by;So know we now, to-day, though clanging strifeClaims power in the world through false belief!
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Sunrise

POPE COLLIER

I Saw , in early morning, when the dewWas dripping from the tender bloom of May,And moist-winged birds soft fluttered to the day,The stars grow dim and tremble from the blue,As shadows passed and twilight rosy grew.
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A City Set upon an Hill

IVA B. LINEBARGER

Fair city set upon an hill!Thy healing light cannot be hid!A beacon in a darkened world,Performing deeds the Master did.