Poems

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The Responsive Heart

BEN HAWORTH-BOOTH

O Heart of mine, that I have deemed of yoreInconstant arbiter of flesh and bone,What dark deceit, what code of barbarous loreHave thus conspired to rob me of my own?
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"Arise! Shine!"

CHARLES C. SANDELIN

Rejoice! The light of Truth is come!Awake, O voice that long was dumb!Thy heart's dried channels shall be filled,And earth's dark terrors all be stilled.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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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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The Cross

CHARLES C. BUTTERWORTH, 2d

I Call that bravery—Despite its weakness—That spends the ultimate of strengthAnd scales the pinnacle of meekness,Enduring slavery,And conq'ring it at length!

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Christ's Ever Presence

LAURA GERAHTY

I am the Way! E'en though thy pathWith countless dangers seem beset,Lo, in the midst of all I standUnmoved, all-knowing, with a handOutstretched to thee.
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Truth's Final Peace Offer

AGNES F. CHALMERS

AT night, on Mount of Olives, Jesus keptA faithful vigil while earth's nations slept.
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The Shunammite

BEATRICE CLAYTON

"He sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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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 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 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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Facing the Light

A. JACQUELINE SHAW

One morn, one summer's morn, I sawA little child who stood and weptMost bitterly; and asking why,He said that ever near him keptA shadow, dark and deep, that went beforeHis steps, by field or stream or sanded shore.
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O Heart of Mine

NELLIE BATES JEWETT

O Heart of mine, hast thou a place preparedFor that sweet presence thou hast sought so long?
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How Great Is God!

PEARLE M. WARREN

If just one star were held in space,We still would say,How wonderful is God!And yet 'tis myriad stars,With orbits all their own,He holds above.
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Humility

ETHEL W. DENNIS

I pondered long and prayed to understandThe deeper meaning of humility;Asked that its presence might enrich my lifeAnd from vain pride and boasting set mefree.
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Evensong

A. CELIA PRATT

The music of a gentle seaUpon a lonely strand,Soft purple of a hazy duskEnfolding sea and land;Above, a tiny star or twoBring peace to me—and you,Whose home lights shine across the bay —All part of Love's great plan.
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"The Liberty Bells"

Mary Baker Eddy

This is the hour they then foretold—When earth, inebriate with crime,Laughed right to scorn, and guilt, grown bold,Knelt worshiping at mammon's shrine.