Poems

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"SILOAM."

KATHARINE T. PORTER.

"Go wash!" That loving gentle presence leave, which wokeThe only hope he e'er had known—whose actions spokeOf power and peace, whose every tone made his heart yearnTo worship God in purity, from earth to turnTo heaven! His life had known no law—he turned away,In unfamiliar stillness, to wash and to obey!The strange new sense of partial sight perplexed him sore;Lost was his certainty of touch, he knew no moreHow gropingly his way to find—the past to himWas dead, the present vague and filled with shadows dim.
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LOVE'S RECOMPENSE

ISABELLE W. PEMBROOK.

Think not, faint heart, that thou canst lackThy heritage of love,Since God Himself thy portion is,Who giveth every child of HisFull measure from above.

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Anthology of classic articles

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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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MY BROKEN IDOL

CASSIUS M. LOOMIS.

My days and nights to evil thoughts were closed;I prayed to God aright, as I supposed;As porter at my humble door I stoodThat naught should find an entrance there but good.

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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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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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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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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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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.