Poems

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The Ascent

EDITH L. PERKINS

Unceasing prayer perfection to attain,The patient overcoming of all sin,Perpetual watching till the Christ shall reign,A constant listening for the still, small voice within,—
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Penitence

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

A prophet's house, the road anigh,Yet claimed no glance from passers-by:Too modest for admiring gaze,It spake the prophet's selfless ways.

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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 Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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At-one-ment

CHARLES C. SANDELIN

As gently as the dew on tender flower,Comes to the heart Love's holy, healing power;As lightly as the breeze in summer air,Truth clears the mist of sense that lodgeth there.

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Motherhood

GRACE L. WHITING

O tender mother-love, weighed down with fear,What canst thou do?
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"The night watches"

MABEL HYDE

How shall my heart sing songs in the night watches?
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Immanuel

LAURA GERAHTY

When Love attunes my thought, and hatred flies,And Truth lays bare life's ills 'neath sunlit skies,Then Light of light! My heart in rapture cries.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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 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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Reflections

JANE LACY

So still and cool, a little pool,With can-tails fringed and grasses,Reflects their sheen of brown and green,Stirred by each breeze that passes.
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Radiance

EDITH L. PERKINS

Now do the constant stars their vigil holdO'er sleeping earth until the morning breaks;So Love doth guard us till Life's laws unfold,And from its dream the world to Truth awakes.
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"Watch"

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

A serpent stole its sinuous wayInto the bed where sleeping lay,By slumber bound, a drowsy wight,From serpent's fang defenseless quite.
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"Light"

MARGUERITE MONIS HAWKSLEY

Light, wondrous light, across the evening sky,Aglow on yonder hill!Light in my heart, for God is here and nigh.
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Now

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

Now has in time's pretense no part.
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Light

GERTRUDE E. BALLARD

With vision of a seer, glad and free,The artist casts bright halos, as he paints,Around the heads of fair and holy saints,That humankind their holiness may see.