Poems

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THE MASTER'S CALL

MARY A. NEWMAN.

Into a desert place come ye apart,The loving Master said, and rest awhile;For earthly hopes and joys have claimed thy heartAnd human ways and means thy thoughts beguile.
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THE CALL

ELIZABETH BLAKELY.

Awake! awake, my heart, and live!How canst thou sleep?

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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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THE WATERFALL

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH.

My song among the hills I sing forever,My liquid lute I pipe the livelong day,In melancholy mood or glad endeavor,A doleful dirge or rhythmic roundelay.

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LISTENING

M. LENORE COREY.

What, oh, what does Love impart?
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LOVE

CHARLES JOHNSON.

In error's darkness, not a ray of light;I stumbled on and knew not where to go,While phantom forms of fear's unholy showPursued and harassed me upon my flight:Thou, Love, wast there, and not with earthly mightDestroyed these terrors—bade me stop and knowThyself and Thine.
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THOUGHT

GERTRUDE RING HOMANS.

Nothing but thought can scale the stars,Though bird-men hover high,To ravel the riddle why ruddy MarsShould flare like a great red eye.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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Shared reflections

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From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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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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FIAT LUX

ABBY BEECHER ROBERTS.

The eyes of new-born babe, first opening,See not the world, the forms of man and beast,Distinguish not the distances, but bringOne thought by which the new life is increased;"Let there be light,"And on that light the eyes rejoicing feast.
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A BENEDICTION

CASSIUS M. LOOMIS.

Give to God His crowning glory,Love tells thee how.
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THE READING-ROOM

RUTH INGRAHAM.

It is the chamber o'er the city gate,The watch-tower, whence the tidings of good cheerOr earnest warnings sound, for those who hearThe call of Truth, and for its coming wait.
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LIFE'S UNSEEN HARMONY

SUSIE C. MAXFIELD.

Beyond the seeing of the mortal eyeAre pastures green and waters still,Where all, in glad obedience to their Father's will,Now calmly walk, and safely down do lie.
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UNITY

AGNES FLORIDA CHALMERS.

I thank Thee that Love's kingdom is at hand;Yea, that all good is here, O Truth divine;That health and peace are now at my command;And that the Father's riches, too, are mine.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

MINNA MATHISON

He loved much.