Poems

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The Smile of God

WILLARD MUDGETT GRIMES.

[The Indians named a very beautiful lake "the Smile of the Great Spirit.
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The Sculptor's Prayer

WILLIS VERNON COLE.

Let every thought that guides this hand to-day,Be song of praise, O God, unto Thy name,And every chastened chisel-touch a layOf selfless love that seeks a selfless fame.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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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Faith

HARRY T. FEE.

There is no woeBut what we make,There is no gloomBut as we takeGloom's vagrant view:God's all-wise love will not forsakeHis truth in you.

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"Peace, be Still!"

LOUIS F. CURTIS.

In stormiest sea there comes to me,A message from above,Mid the lightning's flash and the thunder's crashI hear the voice of Love:Peace, be still! is the whispered word,Peace, be still! be still!And the storm and strife of this dream land lifeAre calmed by the Master's will.
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"He Calleth Thee"

LAURA DUNBAR HAGARTY.

IN blindness dost thou sit beside the way?
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Prayer

M. P. H.

Prayer is achievement, not appeal,A firm, strong hold upon the real.

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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.

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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 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 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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Patmos

MARY T. DUNBAR.

Alone on Patmos Isle, in desert drear,Whence every human hope and trust had fled,Came John's pure vision,Heavenly clear.
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The Thrush's Song

MARGARET B. AYRES.

A wood-thrush sang to a child one day,Sang from his hedge in the garden-way,Atilt where blossoming branches sway.
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You Cannot Hide from the Light

FANNIE ROGERS WHITE.

The world is full of sunshine,Is full and running over;It shines in all the cities,It shines on fields of clover.
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Flowers

MARY B. G. EDDY.

Mirrors of mornWhence the dewdrop is born,Soft tints of the rainbow and skies—Sisters of song,What a shadowy throngAround you in memory rise!
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Omnipotence

FLORENCE V. EDDS.

Since Love is all,—our certain guide,—How can we stray?
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I Prayed, Thy Kingdom Come

JONES VERY

I prayed, Thy kingdom come! For winter longHad held the frozen earth in fetters bound;And wretchedness and misery, war and wrong,Age after age, did in the world abound.