Poems

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"Ever with me"

ADELA V. SCRIMGEOUR

I lay upon a hillside cold and bare;I had no friends, no home, no means to live,When on my dull ears struck a voice divine,"Son, thou art ever with me; all is thine.
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Guidance

FRANCES THOMPSON HILL

O wondrous peace of Love divine,My heart doth sing thy song sublime!Love's gentle presence bringeth joyThat doth all sense of grief destroy.

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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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Freedom

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

An ant was toiling patientlyFrom twining cords to struggle free.

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Harmony

LAURA GERAHTY

Oh, for a broader love, that clasps a whileBoth friend and seeming enemy in one embrace;That sees the true reflection of God's smile 'Neath earth's cold frown in every brother's face!
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Immanuel

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

Yussuf Ben Orem sat one dayWithin the gate where trade held sway,And one, a merchant, came to himAnd spake: "O Master, day grows dim;Withdraw, I pray, with me apart,Far from the buzz of babbling mart,Where I may speak and thou may'st hearWords only meant for thine own ear.
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Art More a Man?

CHARLES C. SANDELIN

Art more a man when thou art lade with rustOf envied wealth and puffed with vaunted power?

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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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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"Awake thou that sleepest"

J. BALFOUR ELLIS

We seek no flashing light that gleameth far away,Piercing the shrouding night with transient ray;Called out of sleep, Father, we pray to TheeThat Truth's unclouded sun may light our way.
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The Guiding Light

MINNA MATHISON

Oh, let not seeming lure usTo leave the charted way;Let wisdom still adjure usWith precepts day by day.
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Pinions

GERTRUDE RING HOMANS

Rest in fullest measure,Wait upon the Lord;Soon 'twill be His pleasureTo fulfil His word;Then will Truth dawn faster.
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Love's Guidance

CHARLES C. SANDELIN

Naught that the erring senses say Can e'er our trusting hearts dismay; Nor should a doubt or fear obscure This thought: In Love we dwell secure.
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Guidance

EDITH L. PERKINS

O guide unfailing, always art Thou here!Though earth's obscuring mists would intervene,Through consciousness uplifted Thou art seen,By Truth revealed in Spirit's atmosphere.
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Gratitude

LOUISE ELIZABETH LITZSINGER

For Truth that has dawned upon error's long night,O'erspanning the cloud with its rainbow of light;For Love ever present, dispelling the gloom,Transforming earth's drought into fresheness and bloom;The balm of the healing Christ ever at hand,Supply all-sufficient for daily demand;For hope growing brighter, calm trust that sustains;For strength in the conflict, sweet peace which remains;For loved ones now walking this same narrow way,Whose fellowship cheers in the heat of the day;—For all the sweet joys which my footsteps attend,I thank Thee, dear Father, redeemer and friend.