Poems

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"Be of good cheer"

JEANIE F. GIBB

IF you're feeling tired, and sick at heartOf the world's turmoil and strain,Of the daily grind, and the fear behind,And the frequent ache and pain,
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'Tis Good to Know

EMILY WRIGHT HOOD

'Tis good to know that God is Life.

Audio Collection

A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

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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Alone with God

THEODORE ALBERT SCHROEDER

FEAR not, faint heart, break loose thy chain,If in the night of sin and painThou roamest still with vision dim;There is no truth apart from Him.

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Trust Thou and Know

ANNE MACKINTOSH

THE Lord hath said, Be not afraid! Fear not! Thy heart, bowed low beneath its load of grief unutterable, Shall learn a sympathy so great, so broad, That thou shalt clasp His hand, and know That Love alone is God!
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A Song of Joy

ADA D. COLBY

OUR God is good; our loss means gain, When earth has dropped its fretting chain, And mortal cares have ceased to sway O'er hearts too troubled, oft, to pray.
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One Who Loved

MATTIE E. SIMPSON

"THY will be done"! Can it have been I ever feared to say These gentle words, that still my restlessness Like mother-touch to-day?

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Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

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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"He is our peace"

BEATRICE CLAYTON

SWEET words and clear, the great apostle penned, Of him whose teachings bid all woes surcease, All human hate and enmity to end,— "He is our peace.
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A Prayer for To-day

BIRDIE LEE LARCHE

DEAR Love divine, help me live to-day,From start to close,In just the kindly wayWhich friendship knows.
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The Exchange

FLORENCE A. GUBBINS

The question:
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Light

JESSIE ELLIOT

HAST ever watched the dawn of lightSteal o'er the hilltops, out of night?
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Confidence

LILLIAN B. WATSON

Dear Father, Thou alone dost knowThe way that I should tread.
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Victory

LAURA GERAHTY

There are those moments when the voice of GodComes to our clouded thought in accents clear;When our poor human striving for the bestLeaps out and up to claim the love of Love,Returning not in empty loneliness.