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AFTER ALL

HON. CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK

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.
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UPWARD

EUGENE FLAGG VOORI ES.

A little thought in dark seclusion dwelt.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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"BE STILL, AND KNOW"

HAROLD SUSMAN.

The day no more seems gay and glad,Instead, the time is sorry, sad,And full of woe.

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THE UPWARD LOOK

"JAC" LOWELL.

Lift up thine eyes!The act alone will give thee strengthTo brave the trying grief-time's length,To meet thy woes,To find a peace 'mid worldly strife,And win the race of human life,In spite of foes!
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INFINITIES

EMILY HOUSEHOLDER

A drop of opalescent dewReflects entire the varied hueOf rainbow, sun, and sky;The fine essential fragrance sweetOf nature's perfumed store replete,Is the violet's supply.
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RISEN WITH CHRIST

WILLIS V. COLE.

When he, the God-anointed, gently steppedFrom out the rock-ribbed tomb that Sabbath morn,Where'er his foot alighted blossomed forthA virgin lily; thus was Easter born.

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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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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

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 Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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PROTECTION

GERTRUDE RING.

When God leads, though earth darkness shroudWith foemen close at hand,'Twixt you and them His flaming cloudWill never fail to stand.
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THE PEACE OF GOD

FRANCIS E. FALKENBURY.

Under gray skies the wind blows keen and cold—The day is bleak, the world seems dead and old;But all within me glows a soft, strong light,For God is here and in Him is no night.
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HEAVEN HERE

JOHN CHICK MURRAY.

When, upward turned our longing eyes,We pray that God be near,—E'en then, while soaring to the skies,Our God is pleading here.
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"THE CARNAL MIND"

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH.

Farewell forever, evil counselor,Henceforth be separate thy ways and mine.
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PERCEPTION

MARION COOK

When birds are gone from bush and bough,God's music is not fled;Nor when embosomed in the snow,Are tiny green things dead.
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THE CHRIST-DAWN

LILLIAN MATHER LATHROP

The Love-light breaks!Across the deep of sin's black nightI see the priceless pearl of lightGleam tenderly with hope's soft ray—The far-off promise of the day.