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I leave with God tomorrow's where and how,...

Anon

I leave with God tomorrow's where and how,And do concern myself but with the now.
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Press On

MARY HORNIBROOK CUMMINS

Press on, for the sake of those hungry onesWho are looking to you for bread.

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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 Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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Birth in Truth

ROBERT WATSON

The sun dips down behind the hills, far in the west;A drowsy calm creeps o'er the land,—all is at rest.

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Dawn of Truth

G. BRUCE STAUFFER

Wearied am I of chasingThe fleeting phantoms of sin,That lured me onWith wine and songLife's pleasures gay to win;Yet in my roundNo peace I found,But misery and sorrow's kin.
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Revelation

GWENDOLEN EDWARDS

We put our trust in men and things,And men and things do fail us;Our hopes sink down with broken wings,And bitter doubts assail us.
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Right Reckoning*

MARY I. MESECHRE

Grouped quietly near the window,Some little ones, tired of play,Were conning again the lessonsThey had learned in school that day;While indoors I, with my problemUnsolved at the set of sun,Heard, "Three times nothing is nothing,And one to carry is one.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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

From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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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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True Success

EDITH C. CARTER

Man cannot fail!
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"As the waters cover the sea"

FRANCIS E. FALKENBURY

The other night, while swimming in the seaAmid a flame of phosphorescent light,I turned face upward, through the lovely night,To that great symbol of infinity,—
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Love "thinketh no evil"

ISLA PASCHAL RICHARDSON

Love knows no fear, no anxious dread.
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Healing

BENJAMIN KEECH

Thou dost not need to spend thy life in woe,—No will but mortals' ever willed it so.
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The Rule of Mind

MINNA MATHISON

Ruler of every world and star,Thou holdest man and beast and flowerIn the safe shelter of Thy power,And leadest lovingly and far.
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A Dream

CHARLES C. SANDELIN

The night with dreams was filled, with terrors dread,And real unto my slumbering sense did seem:Oh, what a world that did with specters teem,As in the chamber of the living dead!I sought to flee, but could not turn my head,Fast bound within the fetters of the dream,When, lo! amid the darkness there did gleamA ray of light: behold, the dream had fled!