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Poems

Dress to succeed

From the May 1984 issue of The Christian Science Journal


"The vesture of Life is Truth."Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, p. 242.

Sitting in the ashes of burned out self-will,
clothed with the sackcloth
of sorrow and separation?
Or hugging tattered
human concepts and self-help theories
that held out promise but didn't hold up?

Then put off that worn-out apparel
for the robe of Truth!
Put on the whole garment of salvation—
woven of the fabric of Truth's consistency,
luminous with the radiance of Spirit,
unpurloined by speculation/superstition,
and kept unsoiled through impeccable fidelity.

You won't be fooled by Adam
(without a stitch of truth).
Now wear with flair
your Christly garment of righteousness!

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