Poems

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The Healer

John G. Whittier

So stood of old the holy ChristAmidst the suffering throng;With whom his lightest touch sufficedTo make the weakest strong.
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Coming Day

BY KATE JONES

Heed not that error seems to holdUnbounded sway,—The darkest hour—'tis said of old—Precedes the day.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

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

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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The Lash

Martha Gilbert Dickinson

'Tis not the sunshine or the blessedness of life,Nor love, the healer of despair,Nor laurels torn from sullen fields of strife,Nor nightfall's certitude of care—I most thank God for; 'tis the lash!That cuts my faceTo one swift surging consciousness,That I all but betrayed a royal placeAnd pawned my soul for fate's caress.

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The Infinite

BY CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK.

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God's Man

BY KATHLEEN.

He must be clad in Light,The armor of his King.
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Christmas Chimes

BY MARY ELLA WEBB.

O'er Bethlehem's hills, long years ago Shone one bright star; Its gleaming light the wise men saw, And followed far,

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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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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My Task

BY M. P. H.

O, may I see It rests with me To gain, And then maintain, My rightful part In "the great heart Of Love!"
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Endeavor

THOUGH the difficulties throng, And the struggle may be long, And the power of evil strong, Hope on.
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Thanksgiving

By CARLOTTA B. SEABEY

Give thanks to Thee, O Lord of Hosts! Give thanks in rapturous song! Thy love surrounds and blesses us, Thy mercies round us throng!
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The Lord's Prayer

[The following poem is said to have been written by King James I.
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Rondeau

BY EUGENIE L. FRASHER.

"In God we trust," this motto wroughtUpon our coinage, should have taughtUs all the unity of Mind,That in our hearts its Love might bindOur countrymen in loving thought.
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The Science of Christianity

Dunmore

He that would to a proper sense attainIn Knowledge, of the very rudimentsOf this Great Science, must his Cross upliftAnd bear it meekly in his daily life,Following in the footsteps of his LordAnd Master Jesus Christ, the Way-Shower.