Poems

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A CHRISTIAN'S GREETING

ELLA CLEMENT DAVIES

Just to greet youIn the dear old words the angels sing;Just to meet youWhere the shepherds found their baby King.
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WHEN IT IS DARK

AMY RUTH WENZEL

As one who rises while as yet 'tis night,And at his window waits to seeThe first faint rays of dawning light,So wait I, healing Word, for Thee.

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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 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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OH, DID THEY KNOW

MRS. F. L. MILLER.

Oh, did they know that God is All-in-all,That love alone the measure of that allness is,Then with what zeal they'd seek to knowThe height, the depth, the length, the breadthOf that which measures Love.

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LIMITATION

MARION COOK

What argues that we find dire limits setTo strength and sense and sight and all man hath—To comprehension of the one true pathGod's love marked for His image?
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THE VISITANT

MARY J. ELMENDORF

MANTLED in might, Love knocks at your gate—Love urgent of voice and tender of eye.
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GRATITUDE

ADA J. MILLER

Not in words—too oft but empty sound,As lifeless as the swish and whirl of leavesIn autumn wind—is best expressed the grateful thought.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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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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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CONVICTION

JOSEPHINE W. HEERMANS

Our bark of life full oft seems tossed aboutBy undercurrent and by raging wind;By billows lashed, frail sense succumbs to doubt,Then whispers Love, Protection seek in Mind.
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"ETERNITY"

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH.

There is one Life—eternal, all-inclusive,Upholding all things: and this Life is thine.
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IDEALITY

GERTRUDE RING HOMANS

When harmony rules with unchallenged might, Then merges perfect day in peaceful night Wherein there is no bitterness, no fear Or sorrow that shall start the stinging tear.
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TRUTH'S EVER-PRESENCE

HELEN M. EMERY

O Love divine! reveal Thy presence now,That in Thy glorious fulness all may seeThat sin, disease, and even death must bowBefore Thy more than might, and majesty.
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WHAT IS "I"?

GERTRUDE ASPLEN.

"I" — "I" — what can "I" be ?
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BETHESDA

EVELYN GAGE KNIFFIN.

Dost thou wait beside Bethesda's pool.