Poems

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Christmas

ALICE CARY VICTOR

Once again angelic voicesBring their message to our earth,Bring to listening ones assuranceOf the young child's holy birth.
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"Unto us a child is born"

LUCIA C. COULSON

Silence in heaven and on earth;Silence so filled with light,So pregnant with deep meaningsThat the hymn of morning starsHeld no comparison.

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Shared reflections

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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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The Pure in Heart

ESTHER BRINTON

Another generation comes,According to God's Word,To call thee blesséd,Mary.

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A Large Place

MABEL CONE BUSHNELL

He hath "set me in a large place"—Mid-ocean, came the thought—And vision, Godward turned, beheldThe might His hand hath wrought.
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Supply

PEARLE M. WARREN

How precious are Thy thoughts, O God;How great the sum of them to me!If I should count them, one by one,They are too vast to numbered be.
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"Be still"

GWEN M. CASTLE

"Be still, and know" that nothing can disturb thee,Wait patiently upon thy Father's will;

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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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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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 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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When Truth Shines for You

VERE BAILLIEU

Trials will be forgottenAs frost is forgotten,When the sun has changed itInto silver dew.
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Love Never Fails

WILFRED KERMODE

DID Jesus ask the palsied man if he were fit for prayer, When at the pool of Bethesda he saw him lying there?
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The Messenger

DOROTHY JACOB

The golden afternoon was drawing to a close, And the still peace of evening filled the sky; The drowsy air was hushed around the well Whereon the traveler rested, And the quiet benediction of the evening Deepened into glory with his presence.
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Man's Changeless Harmony

ISABEL I. HERRICK

Man's harmony is fixed.
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"Immortal fruits"*

MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON

Oh, deep shall I plant for the issue And pure be the seeds that I sow, That only the fruits of the Spirit My plentiful harvest shall know.
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Love is Calling Me

ANNE H. BROGAN

I HAVE walked amid the pleasures Which the senses claim to give; I have tried to serve ambition, With its phantoms tried to live; I have tasted fleshly morsels, And I know their bitter tang— While above me, and within me, Love was always calling, calling me; From the sense-dream, from the shadows Love was calling, calling me.