Poems

THE MOTHER CHURCH

SEEN in the twilight of an autumn day,With golden lights appearing from within,The pure pale opalescence of its symmetryLooms like some palace of a poet's dreamAgainst the firmament.

LOVE EVER NEAR

My child, I give thee life and health,Thou art My constant care;I fill thy days with treasured wealth,With thee, My goodness share.

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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 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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ONE FOLD AND SHEPHERD

O ye who abide in the fold's cheery shelter,Protected and fed, snug and safe from the cold,List ye to the sweet loving voice of the shepherd:"And others I have, which are not of this fold.

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MESSAGE OF THE BELLS

Night is gone, and with the dawning,Filtering through the mists of gray,Sound these heralds of the morning,Ringing blessings on the day:"Rise, give thanks," resounds the warning;"Praise the Lord!" they seem to say.

LOVE IS ALL

Take courage, thou that failest; Love ne'er fails!In the extremity, Love's hand avails.

THE PRIZE

I know it waits for me,Exquisite thing;High, high I climb,My steps ne'er faltering,So dear the prize,Hid in a crevice there,A pale, soft star,Dropped from the Alpine skies—Fair bloom of edelweiss!

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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Shared reflections

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

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 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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REST

Lie still, little child, on thy mother's breast;Her arms are about thee, and thou canst restSecure in her love, which knoweth best.

THE STILL SMALL VOICE

HARK! a voice of gentle sweetness      Whispers to the listening ear, Bringing joy and peace and gladness,      Faith and hope instead of fear.

CONSCIOUSNESS

Life knows no death!In all the wondrous harmonyOf law is continuity—Life never fails.

"TEACH US TO PRAY"

O Father Mind, may I e'er read,Mark, inwardly digest, and heedWith eager sight, undimmed, untired,Thy written Word—the page inspired;Nor errant thought rob consciousnessOf aught which would uplift and bless.

GROWTH

The lowly floweret growing at my feetLifts trustingly its face toward the light,By sweet reflection groweth ever brightAnd brighter, and its breath more pure and sweet,No eye beholds it in this lone retreat;From all save One, its beauty hidden quite,As hides yon beaming star the cloud of night;Yet smiling on, it lives its lifetime fleet.

FREE

Forever free! These are the words I singAs toward the heights I speed on dauntless wing,And flash on flash of light illumes the wayTo sunlit realms of joyous, perfect day.