Poems

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GRATITUDE

HON. ELEANOUR NORTON.

I Saw the beauty of the sunrise fallUpon a foam of blossoms red and white,Stirring with nested birds whose little callOf eager life gave exquisite delight,And marveled at the heart of God! He knowsLove lies behind the flaming of the rose!
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DE PROFUNDIS

WARWICK JAMES PRICE.

FROM stormy deeps men cry to Thee for aid,Their suppliant pleadings lost in ocean's roar,Trembling and cowering, belittled, sore afraid,Hearing God's anger in the sea at war.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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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As the glorious dawn of morning light...

ANON

As the glorious dawn of morning lightBrings forth the foreground into sight,Revealing form and beauty rareOf mountain, forest, flowers fair,As guardian with protecting graceOf tiniest nook or largest place;So doth the glory of our LordBring to our inner sight the WordMade flesh, its truth and fullest grace,Its depths of wisdom, sweetest face;Of perfect Love, no great, no small,—Our rereward, guardian, All-in-all.

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A THOUGHT FOR EVERY DAY

FREDERICK M. STEELE.

If you, my friend,—just you and I,—Should smile instead of worry;If, as the days and moments flyAmid life's stress and hurry,We aim to make our thoughts more kind.
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To grow a little wiser day by day,...

Dorothy M. Porges

To grow a little wiser day by day,To school my mind and body to obey,To keep my inner life both clean and strong,To free my heart from guile, my hands from wrong,To shut the door on hate and scorn and pride;To open them to love,—the windows wide,To meet with cheerful heart what comes to me,To turn life's discords into harmony;To share some weary worker's heavy load,To point some straying comrade to the road;To know that what I have is not my own,To feel that I am never quite alone;Be this my prayer, my task from day to day!
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Into the heaven of Thy heart, O God,...

Lucy Larcom

Into the heaven of Thy heart, O God,I lift my life like a flower;Thy light is deep and Thy love is broad,And I am not the child of an hour.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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 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 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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Thank God! that I have lived to see the time...

WHITTIER

Thank God! that I have lived to see the timeWhen the great truth begins at last to findAn utterance from the deep heart of mankind,Earnest and clear, that all revenge is crime!That man is holier than a creed,—that allRestraint upon him must consult his good,Hope's sunshine linger on his prison wall,And Love look in upon his solitude.
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LOVE'S MINISTRY

MINNA MATHISON.

The Love that fed the multitude,Rebuking doubt and fear,Will yield today its store of good,Will bless the now and here.
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HAVE FAITH IN GOD!

WILLIS E. BLOOMFIELD.

Have faith in God! So spake a still small voice.
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Always with us, joined hand in hand,...

E. McCann

Always with us, joined hand in hand,Walks even now an angel band.
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"A CUP OF COLD WATER"

CHARLES C. SANDELIN

Come , brother, thirsting in a barren land,Drink from this flowing stream where now I drink;Turn not in sorrow, faint not, give thy hand,Pause not from pride upon the very brink;Drink, brother, drink, and on thy knees with joy,Pray ne'er again that earthly thirst annoy.
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Who drives the horses of the sun...

John Vance Cheney

Who drives the horses of the sunShall lord it but a day;Better the lowly deed were done,And kept the humble way.