Poems

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THE DAWN OF PEACE

IDA SIMONEAU.

Earth called it grief, 'twas but beliefThat came to claim an hour;Truth absolute, heart resolute,Knows God the only power.
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"I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES."

MYRA B. LORD.

Unto the hills I will lift up mine eyes!Symbol and type to me are theyOf Him who did the heaven and earth create—Whence comes my strength from day to day.

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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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FRIENDSHIP

AGNES FLORIDA CHALMERS.

It is so easy, is it not, dear friend,To lend a hand to one sunk in the depthsOf sin and poverty.

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LOVE

JOSEPHINE HEERMANS GREENWOOD

My heart was full of rapture yesterday,—With sweetest joy my being overflowed,For Love with me sojourned.
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LOVE ONLY

LAURA GERAHTY.

Grief came and touched me lightly on the shoulder—With gruesome pressure as the light burned low;With iron bands it bound as night grew bolder,But with the dawn it died: in Love's bright glow.
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Lest we forget that friendship's gentle hand...

R. E. Key

Lest we forget that friendship's gentle handHas sealed a tie unbroken through the years,Christ speaks to us, and, lo, we understandThe wings of freedom from a flight of fears.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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Changing your world

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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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PRESENT

W. J. TUCKER.

Sometimes , when dwelling in exalted thought,—Viewing the wonders which Thy word hath wrought,Reflecting on Thy beauteous works the while,—Then 'tis I see Thee, then I see Thy smile.
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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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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.