Poems

Poem

The Heart of the Woods

Anon

I hear it beat in morning stillWhen April skies have lost their gloom,And through the woods there runs a thrillThat wakes arbutus into bloom.
Poem

The Passing of Winter

Harry W. Bugbee

A gentle warmth is in the air that breathesOf rarest days, and even to the snowA kind of tender radiance bequeathsThat seems to speak of life that hides below.

Audio Collection

These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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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Poem

An Easter Song

Richard Le Gallienne with contributions from T. T. Munger

Arise , my heart, and sing thy Easter song!To the great anthem of returning bird,And sweetening bud, and green, ascending blade,Add thou thy word.

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Thou, thine own true self, in God hath place;...

M. P. H.

Thou, thine own true self, in God hath place;Forever thus through His dear grace.
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Our Daily Choice

SAMUEL GREENWOOD.

EACH day unfolds before usA way of love or hate;Sweet love that lives victoriousO'er every selfish state,Dark hate that bears the curse of CainThrough regions desolate.
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The Message of the East Wind

AMY RUTH WENZEL.

OH, east wind blowing from the sea,My heart a question hath for thee!What message dost thou bring to me,Sad east wind blowing from the sea?

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Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

Audio Collection

Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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Poem

The Reward of Service

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The sweetest lives are those to duty wed,Whose deeds, both great and small,Are close-knit strands of an unbroken thread,Where love ennobles all.
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He is not Unworthy

William J. Lampton

If one has failed to reach the end he sought,If out of effort no great good is wrought,It is not failure, if the object beThe betterment of man; for all that heHas done and suffered is but gainTo those who follow seeking to attainThe end he sought.
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Live in the Sunshine

Margaret E. Sangster

Live in the sunshine, don't live in the gloom,Carry some gladness the world to illume.
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For All of Me

JOSEPH FULFORD FOLSOM with contributions from G. F. MEACHAM

The king can keep his crown,The plutocrat his gold,For all of me:I heave no sigh to own,No palm I shape to holdTheir jewelry.
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God and a Day

EDWARD A. CHURCH with contributions from HOSEA BALLOU

Consider but this single day's demands,Its dower of work, its wage of smiles and tears!So rich with opportunity it stands!One day, with God, is as a thousand years.
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Just where thou Art

with contributions from William C. Richards

Just where thou art lift up thy voiceAnd sing the song that stirs thy heart;Reach forth thy strong and eager handTo lift, to save, just where thou art.