Poems

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Assurance

ELIZABETH HAYWARD GARDNER

'Tis good to know that Thou art close beside me,However dark the way to sight appear;'Tis good to know that Thy right hand doth guide meThrough days of seeming pain and nights of fear.
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Unawares

CAROLINE MOORE SULLIVAN

Into my heart an angel came one day,And found me strangely startled, unawares.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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To-day

JOSEPHINE M. FABRICANT

To-day, I talked with God when morning brokeAnd birds their matins sang, the leaves among;And, in that sweet communion, my heart caughtA clear reflection of the radiant morn,And worshiped, with all nature at His feet.

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Purity

CHARLES W. WRIGHT

Because, O God, Thy glory I would see,I raise my daily prayer for purity;That all the crude, unsightly sketches tracedWithout Thy wise direction, be erased;And on the ready tablet of my thought,Only Thy faultless pattern may be wrought.
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Love's Touch

MARY KERN TIPS

How oft the saddening stress of earthHas crushed a heart, and hushed its mirthMid shadows grim and cold;And then, as oft, has Love's warm touchCome gently, with glad carols, suchAs angels sang of old,
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Mary Magdalene

A. JACQUELINE SHAW

Semi-distraught, perchance thou paced the night:Vain to seek counsel from the earth or sky—The town beneath thee dark, or dimly lit,Seeming as if earth's stars below did lie,And up above, the unseeing void of heaven.

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Shared reflections

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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 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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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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Loving

BUNYAN J. HUNTER

No ill from senses' dreaming,False lights in morass gleaming,If faithful thought is teemingWith love for God and man.
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"No death"

ROBERT E. KEY

They tell me he has died;But is he dead?
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The Father's Planting

ELIZABETH HAYWARD GARDNER

Ev'ry plant that my Father plantethMay grow in my garden fair;Ev'ry flower that my Father lovethHath His tender and watchful care.
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Omnipresence

CHARLES C. SANDELIN

Nay , be not sad: thou'rt not alone!E'er came the clouds, how brightly shoneThe sun o'er hill and valley fair:Behind those clouds the sun shines there!Ah, well we know, though mortal senseDoth hide God's holy immanence,Love still is here and guards us well.
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Mary Baker Eddy

EARL MC CLOUD

No thought of self, no seeking after fame;No love of ease or wish for worldly gain;No goal so low! but, striving in His name,She wrought for us; nor thought her labor vain.
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Ascension

BEATRICE CLAYTON

Toward Bethany he led them, home of peace,Sweet human love, pure faith, and answered prayer.