Poems

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The Dawn of Truth

DAISY D. STEPHENSON

AFTER the groping in darkness,The radiant light from above;After the fear and the doubting,The glory of infinite Love.
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I Thank Thee

JOHN HOWARD RUSSELL

I THANK Thee, Father-Mother God; I know Thou always hearest me.

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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 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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A Prayer

NETTIE ORCENA WOLFLEY

Dear Father, tend the garden of my thoughts,Thy dearest care,And uproot every weed and flower Thou hastNot planted there.

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The Awakening

BELLE BARTRAM

When in an early morning hourI gazed across the sky,Reflected there I saw the powerOf Him who reigns on high.
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Heritage

ETTA LAMBERT-KNIGHT

Hail , son of God! I know thee as thou art;No faltering step, nor raiment mean and worn,No empty earth-bound dreams which fear impartCan veil the heritage to which thou 'rt born.
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Pouring in Oil and Wine

MARY H. CUMMINS

What am I pouring into a wounded world?

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A spiritual perspective on politics

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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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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Knowledge

CHRISTINE EMERY

Only to know Thee,That is all we ask or need,To know Thee as Thou art,—A new and wondrous creed
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To Him that Hath

EVELINE A. ELLIS

If only midst our busy life that seemsAn endless toil of patient strife, there comesOne tiny understanding thought of God,Then all is well.
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More than Conquerors

MARY A. MACOMBER

Wearying one, the struggle cease.
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The Way, the Truth, the Life

LOUISE ELAINE LUGRIN

Thou art the Way:O God, help me to go along Thy path,That I may patiently,With firm, unerring tread,Walk ever onwardWhere Thy love has led.
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"Seek, and ye shall find"

FRANK L. HALLAM

What is this truth which makes us freeFrom sin and sickness, toil and care?
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Joy

FLORENCE A. BOYD

Hither, thither, comes and goes,Lighter than the wind that blows,Brightens grass and flower and tree,Dances off across the sea,Carols clear the glad refrain,Peace on earth, the heavenly strain;Blesses every living thing—For it is a thought a-wing.