Poems

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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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Immunity

MYRTLE STRODE JACKSON

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

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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 Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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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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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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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 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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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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"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.
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Awakening

MARY VICTORIA CLARK

Sunrise and glowing sky,My heart at rest;Beauty and Love divine,—These are the best!
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Hymn to Columbia

HON. CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK

O Loved Columbia! If perchanceThy love for peace and right,Through the fell stress of circumstanceShall yield to war and night;Though on thy gracious face the smileShall for the moment cease,Yet may thy greatness in brief whileCompel enduring peace!
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"He is risen!"

LILLIAN BARKER BEEDE

Who shall roll us away the stone?
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Love's Bounty

MINNA MATHISON

Love maketh all things new,—Oh, let my heart rejoice;Let me give thanks in word and songWith glad, uplifted voice.
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"That they go forward"

CHARLES C. SANDELIN

Upon thy journey to the promised landOf everlasting harmony and joy,Do the pursuing mortal thoughts annoy,And dost thou falter at the Red Sea's strand?