Poems

"Lo, I am with you alway.

PROMISE

A gust of March came eddying through my doorFrom greening fields and orchards, where it toreThis little rosy petal—one alone,A syllable of spring, unfriendly blownFrom parent tree in parallels unknown.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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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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THE WINNER

When the battle waxes fiercest,When the blows fall thick and fast,With full courage, reinspired,We shall gain the height at last.

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THE SHEPHERD

Ah , gentle shepherd of the moor and hill,Though cold the comfort of the wintry wold,Though frozen be the fountain and the rill,And wolves await the wanderer from the fold,—We hear thy mountain horn and fearful hearts growbold.

WORSHIP

Our Father, God, unchanging Love,We lift our thought to Thee;All grace Thou art—below, above—All power and majesty.

HEAVEN IS WITHIN

The weary world has gone to sleep,Is lulled at last in slumbers deep,And ever dreams of sin;It dreams that evil here must stay,That goodness is far, far away,—But heaven is within!

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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TRUST

Fear thou not, my little one,Tho' out upon the wold;Thy Father's hand is near thee,Thy trustful hand to hold.

HUMILITY

Love, redolent with unselfishness, bathes all in beauty and light.

THE MORNING LIGHT

Methought I saw a hill and heavy cross,And error crying, "Crucify!"Then on that cross the "perfect man" was nailed,While all the earth was black and heaven wailed.

"THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN."

It gleams as lightning in the lurid shade;'Tis like the leaven that the housewife laidUnseen among the meal, till all was made;Like fisher's net, filled from the weltering deepWith bad and good, to cast aside or keep;It comes in silence, thief-like, while we sleep;Like the small mustard-seed, uncared, that fellAnd grew the mightiest of the herbs, untilThe birds of heaven upon her branches dwell;'Tis like the king who for his marriage-feastCalled rich and poor, the peasant and the priest;But all men made excuse, the greatest as the least.

AFTER ALL

Our sobs and our laughter may follow each otherAs swift as our heart-throbs, many's the time;Our smiles and our tears may neighbor each otherBehind our quick eyelids, many's the time;Hide-and-seek may be played by the clouds and the sunlightAcross the blue spaces forever above us;Yet we know, after all, there is always the sunlight,And we know God is Love and is ever above us.

UPWARD

A little thought in dark seclusion dwelt.