Poems

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LIFE, TRUTH, AND LOVE

L. A. WHARTON.

O Blessed Truth!Thou art the guide that found me,Depressed and weary, with a sense of pain;Banished all fear, with loving arms around me,Taught me of Soul, and made me joy again!
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GROWING

LAURA GERAHTY.

Not by the passing years or season's beautyMark we our growth, as sowers watch the seed;Not e'en in reckoning the hourly dutyWhich gains a goal or satisfies a greed.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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OUR KNIGHT

ADA J. MILLER.

Surely he'd come, this knight, and like the king,Arthur of old, redress the wrong and standFor honor, justice, and for stainless truth!In dream I saw him draw his sword,—the Word,Before whose power wrong shrinks, abashed and pale,Foreseeing doom in this one flash of light.

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UNFOLDING FAITH

FLORENCE CLEVELAND MC DONALD.

O Tend'Rest Love, that guides the stumbling feet,And keepest them in paths where Thou dost bide;I cannot stray beyond Thy watchful care,But always 'neath Thy shelt'ring wing may hide.
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ASPIRATION

AMY RUTH WENZEL.

Make me a savor of sweetness,A sweet-smelling savor of Love,To hearts that know not the repleteness,Of life that is breathed from above.
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IN LOVE I LIVE

EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH, JR.

In Love man lives, forever pure and fair,Forever free from things which seem to bind,His real life is within the realm of Mind,The power of Truth is here and everywhere;In Love, man lives.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

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

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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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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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THE PROVING

RUTH INGRAHAM.

How do I know my immortality?
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THE LIGHT

SAM DAWES.

When Love along our pathway leads, We take no thought for daily needs,— But stroll along in pastures green Which hitherto we have not seen; And tho' the day turns into night, Love leads us onward toward the light.
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THE SUM OF MANHOOD

KATHARINE J. SMITH.

A seer of Teman counseled one in woe, Whose cup of blight and banishment severeBut seasoned faith to bide the bitter flow Till tale of loss should ring with saintly cheer,—
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THE CRUSE OF PLENTY

STOKES ANTHONY BENNETT.

I have learned a helpful lessonWhich a sweet assurance brings,—Just a lesson to be thankfulFor the gift of little things.
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"CAST THY BREAD UPON THE WATERS"

EDITH C. CARTER.

One little seed of Life outspedInto earth's death-filled thought,And the roots will strengthen, and grow, and spread,Till the tree springs up, and the leaves o'erheadTheir healing balm on the nations shed,Who freedom from fear have sought.
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THE INCOMING TIDE

MARIE RUSSELL.

When evening steeps the world in rest,A sigh steals from the sea's deep breastLike echo of an ocean's roar.