Poems

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Weaving

MARY I. MESECHRE

Some little measure of the web of lifeIs ours to weave with colors passing fair;We take the threads into our willing handsAnd scan the pattern clear before us there.
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The Dawn of Truth

RUTH MARIE DILLON

The way seemed dark; I could not seeThe light that on my pathway shone,For fear and doubt encompassed me:To mortal sense I walked alone.

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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 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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Onward!

MINNY M. H. AYERS

He healed the sick, the hungry fed;He stilled the tempest, raised the dead—Faced evil's vengeance, calm and brave;Nor tried at last himself to save,—Because he knew!

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Service

MAY SMITH DEAN

A SILENT voice bids me be strong,With strength which cometh only from the Lord!
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Love's Daily Miracle

KATHERINE ENGLISH

SEE! Here is Life, Here is Truth, Here is Love! Bread enough, Joy enough, and to spare! Lift up thine eyes and bless And break and share!
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Love

VERA E. ADAMS

How wonderful is Love!

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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

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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 Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Trust

MILDRED EDWARDS GREENMAN

When clouds of sense seem dark and drear,And error fain my sight would dim,I turn to God and know no fear,Since I have learned to trust in Him.
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God's Perfect Day

FLORENCE GERTRUDE INGWERSEN

Oh , fill our hearts with thoughts of TheeThat we may know, where'er we be,That God is Love, and come what may,Each day is God's own perfect day.
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My Prayer

CLARA F. INGALLS

To be content with God's unfolding plan; to hope, to trust, and some day understand: nor doubt, nor fear, the while it seems obscure, His willingness to guide and guard and reassure—
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Simplicity

MATTIE E. SIMPSON

How simple are the ways of love,A smile, a kindly word, a touch;Love speaks through us in simple ways;We do not need to know so much.
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True Solitude

LAURA GERAHTY

The world outside, with flare and trumpet calling,I do not hear;The voice of garish life, on closed ears falling,No longer dear,Dies in this solitude;And deepest gratitudeFor God's infinitudeHas vanquished fear.
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Christmas

KATHRINE SCOBEY PUTNAM

Star-gleam and angel chorusAt midnight's awesome hour,Self hushed and spirit wakingTo welcome heaven's dower—So learned the humble shepherdsOf Truth's eternal power;So we may find and prove itA stronghold and a tower.