Poems

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THAT WAR MAY CEASE

HELEN S. EVANS

O God of nations, speed the dayWhen men to men shall brothers be,When right shall over all have sway,And in Truth's freedom all be free.
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BROTHERHOOD

Edwin Markham

The crest and crowning of all good,Life's final star is brotherhood:For it will bring again to earthHer long-lost poesy and mirth;Will send new light on every face,A kindly power upon the race,And till it come, we men are slaves,And travel downward to the dust of graves.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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 THREE-FOLD CORD."

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH

If God is Life, and there is none but HeIn the full-orbed temple of the skies,Then what is death?

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PERSPECTIVE

MARION COOK

With face close-pressed 'gainst this o'ershadowing wallOf dense materiality, which seemsImpenetrable, immeasurably tall,Opaque; defiant of our sorry plight,Which thus permits no glance to left or right.
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LOVE IMMORTAL

Frederick Lawrence Knowles

Sects, ye have your day and die,Eddies in the stream of truth,—The great current, sweeping by,Leaves you swirled in shapes uncouth,Born to writhe, and glint, and woo—Broken mirrors of the Blue.
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THE ALLNESS OF GOOD

MARY WHEELER

Good is omnipotent,Evil but seems;Love watcheth over all,Fears are but dreams.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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Anthology of classic articles

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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 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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RECOMPENSE

JNO. M. DEAN

Let the dead past its haunting vigil keepO'er earthly hopes long buried in the dust;Yesterday's ghostly shapes but make us weepFor moth and canker-worm and clinging rust.
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"HE IS FAITHFUL THAT PROMISED"

GERTRUDE RING

"Lo, I am with you alway.
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PROMISE

ANNIE DINSMORE MC CLURE

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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THE WINNER

Lilla Elizabeth Kelley

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

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH

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.
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WORSHIP

MARY MC D. SANTLEY

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