Poems

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

HARRY T. FEE

Truth's footprints mark the epochs of the years.
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GOD'S WILL BE DONE

FANNIE G. HOPKINS

There was a time when on life's wayIntense petitions from my heart of hearts aroseThat God should give me this or that today—My heart's desire I craved ere daylight closed.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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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MINISTRY

GERTRUDE RING HOMANS.

Myriad dancing drops of diamond dewDrench the sweet meadow grass at early morn;But only one, perhaps, sends back to youThe wealth of color in its pure heart born.

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TRUE HOMAGE

AMY RUTH WENZEL.

The Christ is guest at many a princely boardWhere each one owns himself as lord,Where none of those with whom he sits at meatWould deign to kneel and wash his feet.
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"THAT ROCK WAS CHRIST."

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH.

Though the rough surge is thundering on the sand,And wild white-horses o'er the sullen seaRace with the raving wind, I take my stand,Immovable in calm security,Upon my rock, above the breakers hurled—The rock of Christ, above a 'whelming world.
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COMMUNION

EVELYN SYLVESTER KNOWLES

Communion with thy God is not to standWith eye uplifted and outreaching hand;Communion with thy God is this—what more?

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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 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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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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THE PURPOSE

LEBARON P. COOKE.

Take all thy hidden talents.
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SHADOW

JOSEPHINE W. HEERMANS

My heart was full of rapture yesterday;Ecstatic joy my being overflowed,For Love with me sojourned.
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A PROMISE

GERTRUDE RING HOMANS

"Their works do follow them.
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PRAISE

R. E. KEY.

When the soft falling wind has ceased to stirThe tendrils of a thousand restless trees,When the slow humming-bee has ceased to lieCaressingly within the clustering leaves,When the gray twilight falls—a silver sign—Upon the path the woodland torrent cleaves:Then, 'twixt the parting of reluctant dayAnd gentle advent of approaching night,I bow a humble head in thankful prayerFor blessings infinite.
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LOVING AND LIVING

RUTH INGRAHAM

As the window, clear and bright,Letteth in the warmth and light,Bringing gladness to the sight,
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"WITH THY LIKENESS."

LAWRENCE BRAINERD.

When I awake in that glad morning light,And find myself in harmony with God,—Freed from earth sense, and one with good,—I shallExultant rise to walk on holy sod.