Poems

Promotion

The burghers of the town todayChoose one their civic mace to sway;And more than one believes that heHimself the favored one shall be.

The New Year's Advice

Clear-eyed prophet, what do you seeIn the weeks of the opening year for me?

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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

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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His Friend

My friend is not in height or weight,In figure, texture, color, gait,Or beauty which may charm the eyeYet swiftly as a shadow fly;But in the grace his words imbue,Compassion gentle as the dew,Fidelity which cannot fail,As needle true through every gale.

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"Life's burdens light"

"Each man shall bear his burden.

All Mine

All mine the joys of Spirit—all mine to send abroadSome thought to help my neighbor, some truth about our God;Mine too the tender loving, the omnipresent care,The perfect understanding that Love is everywhere.

The Pleasant Land

"Love never faileth": Up—around—Our joyous thoughts are winging,With Love pervading every song,Love smiling at their singing.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

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 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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Seekers of the Light

THROUGH light and shadow, Tears and pain, Helping each other the heights to gain, Onward forever, Working together, Are those who are striving to follow the gleam.

"Be of good cheer"

Because he knew the sick man's need to copeWith dark despair when all the way seems drear,The great Physician spoke these words of hope:"Be of good cheer.

Stilling of the Tempest

Bright blue sky and clear-blown day,All our fear has gone away;Sing on in thy cheering voice,Bid thou all the world rejoice!

Spiritual Understanding

I know, e'enwhen I do not see, Just as I know the mountain peakThough swathed in fog there still must be:I know—with joy then I may speak!

"No more sea"

Among the mighty sayings of the Book,It seems to meThan this none gives more comfort: "And thereWas no more sea.
O friend, from out my little store I give thee truth, and more and more Would I impart, wert thou to listen.