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Hope

FREDERICK STARR CAMPBELL

The steadfast anchor holds your ship, wind-swept,Wave-tossed, unswerved from its appointed placeThrough the long tempest's night, till welcome mornBreaks on the untroubled sea.
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Companionship

HERSCHEL P. NUNN

What would I ask of Thee in prayer that ceases not,O Love divine?

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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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Christ-Healing

RAY G. BROWN

O Thou who hearest ere we call,     Wilt heed the pray'r of my desire;In loving mercy over all,     Wilt chasten as with cleansing fire,—     Wilt chasten as with fire!

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Protection

GERTRUDE ELIZABETH SIMMINS

I heard an angel singing in the night,—The night of doubt, confusion, and dismay:Fear not! Thy God is with thee; thou art His.
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Give Me an Understanding Heart

BERNICE MADELINE WELLS

Give me an understanding heart,O Lord,—this is my prayer;Thy healing strength would I impart,To ease earth's weary care;Clasp Thy kind hand,And understand;Ah—this my prayer.
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Recompense

CLARA H. HEARN

One comes, a tiller of the soil is he,And finds a heart o'ergrown with weeds;His words plow deep and reach that troubled heartFor those who follow with the seeds.

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Anthology of classic articles

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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.

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 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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Love

FREDDA R. GRATKE

If to Love you are appealingFor your health or for your healing,Ask yourself: Does love divineIn your heart for others shine?
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To an Easter Lily

NANCY JOSEPHINE GUTHRIE

Lovely Easter lilyRobed in purest white,Unto Spirit yielding,Speaks to us of light.
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At Morn

IDA FLORENCE SAWYER

I was awareOf faint, brief rustlingsAnd things astir,As aspen leaves set quiv'ring by the breezeAnd low, sweet murmurings among the trees.
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Opportunity

GRACE M. PUTNAM

How often do we idly wait for something big and grand!The opportunity we want seems ne'er the one at hand.
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God Made Man Free

MARY A. LEMBECK

God made man free.
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I am Content

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

To prove His perfect gifts!It is enough to-dayTo journey one good honest leagueUpon a worthy way;To see and heed the signal He has sent,I am content, I am content.