Poems

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Heaven

E. JEWEL ROBINSON

If we would find that gladsome placeWhere Love alone is King,We must from out our hearts effaceEach least unholy thing.
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Communion

RAY G. BROWN

"And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

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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 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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Thanksgiving

ELENORA E. PIKE

Oh, lift thy voice to God in praiseFor starlit nights and radiant days,For harvest fields with bounty spread—Earth's symbol of "our daily bread.

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Humble Desire

RUTH D. SMITH

Dear Lord, if mine be not the voice to sing Thy praiseIn mighty anthem whose reverb'rant toneEchoes throughout the sky, and rises higherWith grand crescendo as it seeks Thy throne,Then let me sing, perhaps at eventide,A song of hope, and send it forth to meetThe heart of one whose weary, wandering feetHave missed the way; who through the long, dark yearsNo song of faith has sung to banish fears.
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A Clearer Vision

MABEL M. BRIGGS

The mountain peak that seemed so far away,Is growing nearer as we journey on;The mist that seemed to hide the light of day,Is disappearing with the coming dawn.
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"Be still, and know"

HATTIE M. KREBS

"Be still, and know"That God is God.

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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.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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 Safety

A safe refuge

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

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The Way

NELSON DREXEL FRISBY

Except your pen should gild a thought with beauty;Except your soul should sing within your song;Excepting that your inmost sense of dutyShould strive the tone of goodness to prolong;Excepting, in a word, your heart's desireWere honestly to give the world its due,Far better, heart, to quench the hidden fire,Than, speaking, thus bring more of ill to view.
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A Weaver

LILLIAN BARKER DURKEE

From day's early dawning till night's dusky fingersLet down o'er a weary world curtains of gloom,A weaver, designing his life's varied pattern,Was toiling and weaving at time's heavy loom;His shuttle was filled with the gay, brilliant colorsOf youth's luring passions, ambitions, and love;And into a rainbow-hued fabric he wove them,With never a shade from the gray clouds above.
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Overcoming

Mary I. Mesechre

Whoso proceeds in ordered wayAnd holds unshaken confidenceIn God's directing, day by day,Shall fear no dizzy eminence;Nor shall the hordes of mortal senseCause him to falter in the fray,Since midst the clouds of darkness denseGod is his changeless strength and stay.
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Assurance

NELLE A. SMITH

How shall we overcome the fearThat all's not well, when days seem drear;When tempests rage and wild winds blow?
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"Because he first loved us"

MINNY M. H. AYERS

We love him, because he first loved us.
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"Stretch forth thine hand"

VIOLA I. WELLS

"Stretch forth thine hand"!Man is not bidden to receiveOr sin or sorrow, pain or fear;Our God is not a God afar;His ever-presence dwelleth near,And blesses all.