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The morning sun rose o'er the earth And kissed the sleeping flowers That bloomed along the hillside steep And in the woodland bowers. The flowers looked up, all smiling bright, And each one seemed to say: We bloom to gladden all the earth; We 'II do our best to-day! So shines into each waiting heart God's radiant beams of love; Oh, wondrous light, that fills our thought With joy all else above! Now loving service for Thy sake Our highest aim shall be, To spread the healing truth, the truth That makes Thy children free.
"Love inspires, illumines, designates, and leads the way. "—Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, page 454.
As full-blown crimson tulips in a bowl Hold in their cups the glory-bringing sun That floods the room in shafts of yellow light, Yield to its radiance warm, and lo! shine Luminous, living, glad, twice-beautiful; So to the light of Thy great love, dear God, Lift I the chalice of my soul in deep Humility. Thus must it be that I, As they, shall luminous be, transparent, Brimmed with living beauty that men may see, And turn to praise the Love that giveth life.
Teach us to pray, O Lord. The age-long cry Of hungry hearts for bread rings in my ears.
To know that Spirit, God, is ever near, Perfect, unchangeable, the Father dear; To know that He regards His children all As equally beloved, their slightest call The signal and response to every need— Oh, this is interceding prayer indeed! To know that Spirit, God, is All-in-all, To know the answer is before the call, To know that God, intelligence divine, His gracious gifts bestowing all the time, Is ever waiting, watching, tender, kind— Oh, this is joy replete in prayer to find! To know that God is substance, Love divine, The living bread, the water, and the wine, To know He will not fail, whate'er betide, That right desire will prove Him at our side, That we can never from His presence flee— On, this is prayer that will from sense set free! This is the prayer our Master voiced when he Out of the amplitude of love set free The weary, sick, and sinning, maimed and blind, And taught a God of mercy, near and kind; And this the prayer that we must humbly make, If we would our great Master's footsteps take.
Thou Love by whom The Son was sent, Heal me of discontent. When calls the distant shore, Or far retreat, Show me life's pearl Beneath my feet.
O Father, wise and wonderful, From Thee we take our name; Our heritage is hid with Thee; Our life, our health, our liberty, From changeless Being came. O Father, wise and wonderful, Hid deep within our breast Is this, the promise of Thy Son: Come unto me, ye weary one, And I will give you rest.
Be jubilant, ye people, And magnify His name! Rejoice! Rejoice with singing; His majesty proclaim! From Egypt's darkest thralldom He set His people free; He led them out of bondage O'er mountain, plain, and sea. With majesty He led them; They knew His guiding hand: Obedient to His guidance, They reached the promised land.
Rejoice ! Again rejoice, and sing! Crown now Life, Truth, and Love our King; Let all express with every breath: There is no law of sin and death. Tell sinful, sick, and dying men That sweetest hope is born again; The voice of Love and Truth, it saith, There is no law of sin and death.
We fervently pray: Dear Lord, ever lead In ways thou wouldst have us to go. And with a glad song We journey along, Where gently the calm waters flow.