Poems

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Gratitude

EDNA L. EARNEST

How may we best expressOur gratitude to God,Whose love and tenderness,Whose kind, correcting rod,Have His protection broughtE'en when we knew it not?
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God's Reign

JUSTINE DAY HATHAWAY

And still God reigns!His peace abounds for aye,Changeless and sure.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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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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"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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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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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 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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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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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!