Poems

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Walls of Salvation and Gates of Praise

LYDIA B. MC KINLEY-HAY

O ye who are stones in the temple of God,Who much of the way have so faithfully trod,What dost thou think when there enters its gatesOne called a sinner, whom every one hates,—To purity stranger, to thanksgiving dumb,—Dost thou hold out thy hand, though so late he doth come?
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Love's Guidance

MINNA MATHISON

Supernal guide, into Thy wayThe seeking heart is ever led,Nourished by Truth's immortal bread,As Israel's band of old were fedFrom day to trusting day.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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Dawn

LIEUT. COL. ROBERT E. KEY

When day breaks,And shadows flee—From earthly ease,Or deep despondency,The sleeper wakes.

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God Is Love

HENRIETTA D. SANGER

Our God is Love.
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To the Children

MINNIE J. MARTIN

Dear little spring buds, blossomingEach into a beautiful flower,Nurtured and tenderly cared for,Upheld by Truth's wondrous power,
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Hope

WARWICK JAMES PRICE

Hope is not building castles in the air,Nor wishing that a something may come true,Nor turning from the blackness of despairWith empty heart to gaze at heaven's blue.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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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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Immunity

MYRTLE STRODE JACKSON

Heed not the stones of sense by ignorance flungAgainst your work and you.
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Mary Baker Eddy

MORRIS ABEL BEER

Who was this woman of the granite hills,Breaking the iron spell of gloom and tears,Dwelling in joyous harmony that fillsAll earth with blossom through the eternal years?
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Obeying and Giving

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

When first he saw made manifestThat by obedience man is blest,Yussuf Ben Orem also sawOne more requirement in God's law:Obedience lights the altar fires,Yet sacrifice the law requires.
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Light

EDITH L. PERKINS

The morning breaks, athrill with life and light,The whole creation sings in rhythm right,While joy exultant cries, in upward flight,Love is supreme.
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Uplifted Desire

AIMEE LUNDGREN

Infinite and only One, existingIn eternal harmony,Grant us grace and strength in liftingFainting hearts and hands to Thee;Catching truer, clearer glimpsesOf Thy pure reality.
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"Be still, and know"

MARY B. ROSS

"Be still, and know" that angels guardWhile clouds of sense obstruct the way,And ever and anon rejoiceAnd work and watch till dawns the day.