Poems

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"Be still, and know"

ADELAIDE B. H. MATHEY

Beautiful bird, so care-free and joyous,Up in the topmost bough—full-throated, glad,God's humble messenger, type of true freedomThat lifts the weary, the sick, and the sad,
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Because of Thy Loving-Kindness

MAUDE MARY CLARKE

Because of Thy loving-kindness,Asking, we find the wayThat leads from outer darknessInto the perfect day.

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Anthology of classic articles III

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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The Father's Business

DOROTHY M. BISHOP

This is my work;Mid all the lies to knowJust that Truth is,And all things else but seem;To live the truth, until TruthBlots out the dream!

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"A little child shall lead them"

SUSETTE KUHN

Fearless stood the young Elihu,Bowing not to time-worn doctrinesProudly stated by his elders;Inspiration pure his weapon,God his every need supplying.
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Awake

EVELINE A. ELLIS

Clad in the seeming,Life is but dreaming,Sad and obscure;Full of discouragement,Sickness, and punishment,Hard to endure.
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Ab Initio

BELLE D. MAC GREGOR

Thou who hast watched the flame of hope burn lowUpon the altar hid within thine heartTill ashes cold and gray as moorland mistThe altar and thine heart alike enfold,And thou did'st rise with senses dulled by painUnspeakable to stumble down the pathInto the valley veiled in mists of doubt;Hear thou the voice of Truth immutable:Pause thou within the shadow of the rockWhile Truth doth break to thee the bread of Life.

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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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A spiritual approach to mental health

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

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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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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Guerdon

NINA SEYMOUR KEAY

Father of lights! Our Father!What shall the guerdon be,For many a grim encounterWith the waves of a surging sea?
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Dawn

NEVA W. GEER

Out of darkness and of dreamlandWhere the weary seek repose,Breaks the dawn with tints of azure,O'er earth's tangled web of woes.
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Assurance

ANITA GRAY LITTLE

Who would doubt the coming dawn,Though the night be without a star!Or the certainty of approaching Spring,While yet o'er earth afarLies Winter's mantle white?
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Vision

CHARLOTTE BRUNER

At first a faint perception of the Christ,A gleam that tells us, Doubt not, but hope on;Then step by step with firmer tread we gainThe light that shows us God,—the dark is gone!
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A Prince Now Prays

LOUIS JOSEPH LEWIS

"King of the universe,All-knowing Mind,Father in heaven,So strong, tender, kind,Highest and holiest,This endless day,"So spake a child of God,"Teach me to pray.
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Free

DAISY D. STEPHENSON

Bound by sickness, sin, tradition?