Agates
Ode to April.Dinah Maria Mulock. O thou that openest, and no man shuts, That shut'st, and no man opens—Thee we wait, More lovingly than the black, frost-bound lands Desire the budding green. Awaken...
Agates
And I will make thy windows of Agates. Isaiah. So sometimes comes to Soul and sense The feeling which is evidence, That very near about us lies The realm of spiritual mysteries: The mystery, dimly...
O Sinners, weary of your sin...
O Sinners, weary of your sin, Longing a new Life to begin,— When all the gates of help are shut, And all the words of Love are mute, Earth's joys are sere, like burnt-up grass, And even the very h...
Letters
Encouraging Lines.Dear Journal: Hoping my experience may profit some brother or sister seeking Truth, I gladly give it. Over two years ago I heard of Christian Science, and applied for treatment to...
When a young man vainly boasted in...
When a young man vainly boasted in the theatre, and said, "I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men;" Epictetus made answer, "And I with many rich men, yet I am not rich.&q...
Saint George and the Dragon
Then there 's a monster, so fair at first, Called Ease, or Comfort, or harmless Pleasure,— Born of smooth Leisure, On Luxury's lap delicious nurst,— Who 'd buy your soul if you'd sell it, just To...
Day of Salvation
Behold, now is the accepted time;Behold, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians vi. 2.Few texts are so persistently misunderstood as this...
One Word
A word to the wise is sufficient.Proverb. They be no gods which are made with hands.Acts xix. 26.At this hour it would seem that these words were being weighed in the scale of Christian Science; a...
Headache
For eighteen years I have been a sufferer from nervous sick-headache, caused by kidney and other troubles; and found no permanent relief until I placed myself under the care of a Christian Scientis...
Our change yearns after Thine unchangèdness...
Our change yearns after Thine unchangèdness, Our mortal craves Thine immortality; Our manifold and multiform and weakImperfectness requires the Perfect One.Mulock.