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"TEACH US TO PRAY"

KATHARINE T. PORTER.

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.
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GROWTH

EVELYN SYLVESTER KNOWLES.

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.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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FREE

ADA JANE MILLER.

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.

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Ask no more, Why?...

Eliza C. Miller

Ask no more, Why?
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LOVE'S HOUR

MINNA MATHISON.

Love waits not for a designated hourTo spread the feast of honey and of wine;Each moment it is present,—mine and thineAnd all mankind's who know and seek Love's power.
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FOREST STILLNESS

ADA J. MILLER.

The forest stillness ever speaks of GodIn language clear to those with ear attunedTo nature's silent praise, her harmony.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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

From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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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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DESIRE

LILLIE MARY CARTER.

O heart of mine,Put every idle, empty dream away;Let gentle love within my thought hold swayWith power divine.
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SONG OF SUMMER

MYRTLE B. S. JACKSON.

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THE PERFECT DAY

LUMAN A. FIELD.

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BEYOND THE MISTS

CHARLES C. SANDELIN.

Within the westward, as I gazed, mine eyesA noble peak did many times behold,That to my sense Truth's permanence foretold:Mind's endless reign and error's sure demise;Now, as I look, no mountain doth arise,For see! a dismal fog hath o'er it rolled!Yet know I well, beneath this covering coldUnchanged in all its grandeur still it lies.
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How tenderly the dewdrop finds a place...

Laura Gerahty

How tenderly the dewdrop finds a placeUpon the thirsty violet's drooping face!No fury in its course, no haste, no noiseTo mar the beauty of the flow' ret's poise.
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LOVE'S REFLECTION

DOUGLAS ROSS.

O wondrous name, yet oft abusedBy those who know not what thou art,So often do we long for loveAnd think it cometh from the heart!This name is freely on the lipsOf men and women, young and old.