Poems

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Stanzas on Freedom

James Russell Lowell

Men! whose boast it is that yeCome of fathers brave and free,If there breathe on earth a slaveAre ye truly free and brave?
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Watch and Pray

BY JAMES J. ROME.

When in temptation's darkest hour,I heard the Saviour say:"Watch when the clouds around thee lower,Be faithful, watch, and pray.

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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 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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If

If men would cease to worryAnd women cease to sigh,Doctors would have to plod afootInstead of riding by.

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A Prophecy

Walt Whitman

I CHANT the world on my western sea.
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Alphabet Of Proverbs

A grain of prudence far outweighs a pound of cunning craft.
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A MODERN DRUG STORE AD

Just drop into our store to-dayAnd see the prices fall.

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Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

Audio Collection

Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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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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They sawed off his arms and his legs,...

Cleveland Leader

They sawed off his arms and his legs,They took out his jugular vein;They put fancy frills on his lungs,And they deftly extracted his brain.
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CUT IT SHORT

L. A. W

If you've got a thought that's happy Boil it down; Make it short and crisp and snappy—Boil it down.
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THE CLOUD OVER VICTORY

Frederick Saunders

The pomp and stately pageantry of War,Fame's trumpet-tongue, delights to spread afarIts gallant prowess, deeds of high empriseWin for the Victors praise from hearts and eyes.
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A DEDICATORY POEM

BY MARY BAKER G. EDDY, THE DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

A poem by Mary Baker Eddy to commemorate the launch of the Sentinel in 1898.