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Humility

LOUISE KNIGHT WHEATLEY

When Andrew found the Christ, so long ago,He went to where his brother, on the sand,Mended the nets, and, Come with me, he said,A wondrous thing hath happened! Hand in handThey hurried back until they reached the placeWhere Jesus sat.
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Love's Bounty

MINNA MATHISON

This is the feast of Love, to knowThe Father's bounty all doth feed;That peace and joy forever flow,All unconfined by doubt or creed.

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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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The Christ-idea

MADGE M. ELDER

Not only to a fewLone shepherds of the fieldThe night with glory shone,The heavenly anthem pealed;Not only to one ageThat peace on earth, good will;Not only to one raceWas Christ born to fulfil.

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Desire

LAURA GERAHTY

If God we could but understandInstead of just believe,And take from out Love's proffered hand,What gems we might receive!
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Eventide

LAURA E. SARGENT

The fading glow of roseate lightStill lingers in the distant west;It touches gently haze–clad hillsAnd glimmers from their opaled crest.
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The little cares that fretted me,...

Anon

The little cares that fretted me,I lost them yesterdayAmong the fields above the sea,Among the winds at play,Among the lowing of the herds,The rustling of the trees,Among the singing of the birds,The humming of the bees;The foolish fears of what might come,I cast them all awayAmong the clover-scented grass,Among the new-mown hay,Among the hushing of the cornWhere drowsy poppies nod,Where ill thoughts die and good are born,Out in the fields with God.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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

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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 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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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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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.