Poems

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True Happiness

CATHERINE M. CLISSOLD

My Father-Mother, help me day by dayThy law to love, Thy dictates to obey,To see all men Thy sons, Thy children dear,Safe in the perfect Love that casts out fear.
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Daniel

CHARLOTTE BRUNER

I sing of Daniel, God's true child!So steadfast did he stand for rightIn error's dark and fearful cave,With lions crouched alert to spring,That through the ages he has beenA comfort and a joy to all.

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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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Vision

CHRISTINE EMERY

Trustingly I lift my eyesBeyond the confines of the way,And see in brightly glowing skies,The symbol of a better day.

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Peace

ANITA GRAY LITTLE

Why need one struggle in the dark?
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Thy Will Be Done

FRANK L. HALLAM

Thy will be done, we sing and prayIn accents loud, on bended knee;But do we mean just what we say?
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When Darkness Deepens

LUCIE HOFFMAN-RONGE

All-Loving Father, to Thee I pray,For the love which banishes fear away.

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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 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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Gentleness

BARBARA E. KRUSE

Speak gently; every kindly wordThe multitude will feed.
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Thanksgiving

EDWARD O. AUGE

Through the rays of Love divine,I thank Thee, Lord, true light doth shine;Truth and Love are now my stay,And watch and guide me all the way;Praise to Him who heareth prayer,—Blessings, blessings, everywhere!
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Since God Is Good

MAY CARLETON

Since God is good, and good is God,And God so fills all space,The power of good is all there is;All else we thus efface.
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Assurance

FLORA F. GOOCH

Loving Father, piloting meThrough the waves of the boisterous sea,Proving always,Thy power to show,Though we pass through the waters,They cannot o'erflow;
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The New Year

LENA M. HALL

No bell can ring it in,For lo, 'tis here—Full knowledge of his GodMan's glad New Year!
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Hope Unbound

MAUD W. MAKEMSON

Fling wide the closed portal!Loose the imprisoned thought;Let hope on wing immortalFly forth to seek a havenAs dove of old once sought—To seek a glorious haven,With heavenly blessings fraught.