Poems

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TRUTH'S DAWN

FLORENCE HARDIMAN MILLER.

Had truth not dawned—There had been in my heart no little shrineOn which the flame of joy burns ceaselessly.
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So he died for his faith...

Ernest Crosby

So he died for his faith.

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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 Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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THE MASTER'S CALL

MARY LLOYD MC CONNELL.

The storm had passed me, and I layUpon the bosom of Life's ocean, derelict;Far off the thunder echoed, and beyondI heard the sullen roar of angry surfBeating a rock-bound shore; nor hope had IThat ever ray of dawn could penetrate the gloom.

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PATIENCE

EVELYN SYLVESTER KNOWLES.

Child , maintain thy full assuranceOf the pulsing power within;Look not on forbidden objects,Since to look thus is to sin.
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THE DWELLING-PLACE OF THOUGHT

HON. CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK.

Large and round the golden moonMoves a lake of clouds aboon,And the clouds like waves of laceDrift against the planet's face,While a lone star shining nighGems a rift of azure sky.
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A THOUGHT OF LIFE

ADA JANE MILLER.

Amid the scenes of that which we call death,The stronger thought of Life and Truth and Love,If held through all the clamor and the rushOf speechless anguish, loss, and sense of pain,Will keep the heart untroubled, undismayed.

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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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Anthology of classic articles II

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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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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BE MINE

LAURA GERAHTY.

O Love, be mine this day!And I shall sing—Like joyous lark speeding on upward wingTo rise above earth's gloom and o'er it ring—Love's roundelay.
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ANSWER

RUTH INGRAHAM

O Love, who didst the want supplyOf Hagar's famished son,And in the burning wildernessDidst make the streams to run,In this, the desert of my life,Again Thy will be done!
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LOYALTY

AGNES FLORIDA CHALMERS.

Father, I look to Thee for all I need,From these, my brethren, whom I aid todayI would exact no homage.
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"JOHN YOUNG OF EDINBURGH"*

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH.

IT was well said, John Young, And history hath approved thy sturdy tongue.
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INFINITY

FRANCIS C. BATSON.

"Nor height nor depth.
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SHEPHERDED

EVELYN GAGE KNIFFIN.

FEAR not ; though dark thy pathway lies, Behind the clouds are azure skies; And angels watch, and guide thy feet By waters still, through meadows sweet; For, lo, the Shepherd guards His sheep, And doth not slumber, neither sleep.