Poems

LIFE'S ARMAGEDDON

What mean the strange alarms that 'round earth sweep, The secret fears of some impending doom,That rise now here, now there, and will not sleep, But spread abroad their sick'ning, subtle gloom?

"IF I BE LIFTED UP."

And, I, if I be lifted up From sordid thoughts of earth, May drink with him the bitter cup,— Of worldly friends have dearth ; But I shall taste life's richest joy, Sweet peace and truth and love, The all of good, without alloy, And power from above.

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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"THE KINGDOM AT HAND."

There is a state of being happier farThan this material consciousness of things:Near to thine heart its sweet perfections are,Though far from earthly bourne of happenings.

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THE DAWN OF PEACE

Earth called it grief, 'twas but beliefThat came to claim an hour;Truth absolute, heart resolute,Knows God the only power.
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.

FRIENDSHIP

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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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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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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LOVE

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

LOVE ONLY

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.
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.

PRESENT

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.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Truth's footprints mark the epochs of the years.

GOD'S WILL BE DONE

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.