Poems

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THE MASTER'S WORK

AGNES FLORIDA CHALMERS

The Master always found his work to do,In desert place, on lonely sea or coast.
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THE KING

LAURA GERAHTY.

O THE glare and the glamor, the noise and rush, The hurrying reckless speed.

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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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THE HOUR OF PRAYER

HUGH MORETON FREWEN.

In that intense and spiritual calmI seemed to stand upon a little hill;The world's unrest of sorrow and alarmSank into silent valleys and was still;The dissonance and claim of mortal willMerged into concord; in that one supremeAll-glorious moment, every sense of illWas swept away on some supernal stream.

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THANKSGIVING

MARY WHEELER.

The sweet-brier boasts nor voice nor speech,No tongue the clover hath;Mute is the garden's rainbow reach;Yet perfumed joy each breathes to each,From June to aftermath.
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A SCOTCH SUNSET

WINIFRED BORLEE.

The day is waning! See, afar,Night's herald trims her peaceful light;As dew there falls on vale and heightThe silence of the evening star.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

PETER E. MACKAY.

The night was dark without a star,Hope shunned a cold and cheerless clime,When, like a shipwrecked mariner,I trembled on the shore of time.

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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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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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MY EXPERIENCE

ELLA MITCHELL MC AVEY.

I TRAVELED O'er a thorny pathFor many years, nor did I knowThe shining way lay just above—How could I know God loved me so.
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DO NOT DOUBT

HAROLD SUSMAN.

What's the trouble all about?
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INTEGRITY

ELIZABETH ALLEN MALLORY.

She stands in all integrity, She does not wing her way;
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A THOUGHT

R. W. MOCKRIDGE.

If for every kindly deedDone to us from day to day,We endeavored to take heed And return for it full pay—
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SEQUENCE

EVELYN SYLVESTER KNOWLES

I love the clouds that sweep the blue;The breeze, that trips the violets through;The swaying grasses, bending trees,The brilliant moth, the valiant bees,I love the shadows of the wood—I love to know that God is good!
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STORM AND PEACE

JESSE B. TWISS

With thunderous, raging sound,The wave's uplifted mightIs vainly dashed on ledge.