Poems

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Greeting from England

America! dear brother land!     While yet the shotted guns are mute,     Accept a brotherly salute,A hearty grip of England's hand.
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The United States to Great Britain

Mary Baker Eddy with contributions from The Christian Science Board of Directors

Hail, brother! fling thy banner     To the billows and the breeze;We proffer thee warm welcome     With our hand, though not our knees.

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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 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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Truth's Gloria

KATE MILLS FARGO

The powers of darkness hold no further sway,For Truth has brought to light the eternal day,And o'er the wreckage of false human willLove builds new mansions fair by waters still.

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A Wider View

MARY VICTORIA CLARK

No longer seek I for some peak in DarienWhereon to stand and view a wide expanse,For my heart knows an ocean deeply blue,Far broader, deeper than the western seaBalboa gazed upon, and seeing itSo still and calm,Called it the Pacific.
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Rest

EDITH L. PERKINS

No sweeter words than these were e'er addressedTo thee and all by mortal sense oppressed,—"Come unto me, and I will give thee rest.
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Largess

MARION CRAMPTON JONES

To loose the bands of wickedness, that bowThe pilgrim, heavy eyed, nigh to the ground,Until he clings to shackles as his heritage,And knows not where Truth's shining towers are found—What greater gift!

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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.

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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 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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Promotion

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

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

WARWICK JAMES PRICE

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

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

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"

AGNES FLORIDA CHALMERS

"Each man shall bear his burden.
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All Mine

EMMA VIOLA WHEELER

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.
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The Pleasant Land

W. EDSON SMITH

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