Poems

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"Now is the day"

STOKES ANTHONY BENŃETT

Remember not the yesterdays,Their trials or their tears;Remember not their bitterness,Nor any of their fears.
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The Upward Path

FRANCES A. HALDANE

Let me not be a channel, Love divine,For any secret hate or open strife:The thought that leads to Thee, though sore beset,Must hold one in the sense of perfect life.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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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Protection

MINNA MATHISON

Wondrous the might of God! Held in the graspOf omnipresent Mind the worlds remain.

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Prayer

WARWICK JAMES PRICE

'Tis not self-justifying, eloquent refrain,Nor skeptic asking, nor the empty mightOf repetition, long and loud and vain;It is the constant striving to do right.
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Sunlight

MABEL HYDE

Fast racing clouds enveil a wintry sky;Through trees down-bent the storm winds moanand sigh,
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Communion

PEARLE M. WARREN

Prepare my heart, O God,To worship Thee aright;Then shall I sing Thy praiseHowever dark the night.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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Shared reflections

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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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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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The Secret

EDITH F. MUNROE

This is the secret of the joyful heart:To know, beyond the shadow of a doubt,True happiness and peace are quite apartFrom mortal seeming; Love is round about.
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A Joyful Outlook

ADELL LONERGAN

There is no death!We push away the veil, and standEntranced before the infinite and grand.
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God Revealed

CAROLINE L. DIER

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
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Christmas

LIEUT. COL. ROBERT E. KEY

The floodgates of the Truth are open thrown,And one blessed beam, superb, divinely bright,Streams on the startled night!No moan, no cradle cry beclouds the birthOf this Redeemer, at whose gentle voiceThe deserts and the wilderness rejoice,And angels whisper, Peace, good will to earth.
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The Christian Science Reading Room

LAURA GERAHTY

Here in the silence of this quiet room,All undisturbed, with Love I find my wayThrough paths of danger and through nights of gloom,Far out into God's sun-filled, perfect day.
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"My thoughts"

BEN HAWORTH-BOOTH

My thoughts are not as Thine; but I would fainSo cleanse my mortal sense with sense divine,So strive to wash away the worldly stainOf earth's contagion, that this heart of mineMay seem a temple meet, a fane, a shrine,A cloister pure for Thine all-cleansing SpiritThere to abide; so may Thy flame refineMy fitful thoughts until at length they meritA sinless heritage, such as Thy saints inherit.