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 AND OTHER CHRISTIAN SCIENCE POEMS 
 
THE REVELATION 
 OF CHRISTIANUS 
 
 AND OTHER 
 
 Christian &titntt ISorins 
 
 By 
 
 THE EARL OF DUNMORE, C.S.B. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. ^ PRINTED BY 
 THE UNIVERSITY PRESS & MCMIII 
 
TO THE 
 
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 OUR BELOVED MOTHER AND REVERED LEADER 
 
 THESE POEMS ARE, BY SPECIAL PERMISSION 
 
 AFFECTIONATELY AND GRATEFULLY 
 
 DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR 
 
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 HIS work is, with a few additions, a 
 reprint from a former volume of 
 Poems, entitled " From under the 
 Southern Cross," which were writ- 
 ten by me during a sojourn of a 
 year (1900) on an island in the 
 South Pacific Ocean. Some of 
 these Poems have been already 
 printed in the Christian Science 
 Journal. 
 
 DUNMORE 
 
 London 
 
 Easter Day, 1901 
 
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Contents? 
 
 Pngfc 
 
 Preface vii 
 
 When Angels Whisper i 
 
 The Revelation of Christianus 3 
 
 A New Song 17 
 
 The First Christmas 19 
 
 The Dew of Hermon 22 
 
 The Lord's Prayer 24 
 
 The Science of Christianity 30 
 
 The Pilgrim 32 
 
 Divine Love 34 
 
 The Sermon on the Mount 36 
 
 Watch and Pray 38 
 
 Passing Thoughts 40 
 
 Light 42 
 
 The First Easter 43 
 
 The False and the True Vine 47 
 
 The Victory of Love 49 
 
 The Good Shepherd 50 
 
 Peace 51 
 
 Contrition 52 
 
 To the only True Guide 53 
 
 Home 54 
 
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 HERE has come in the midst of human strife 
 A doctrine from heaven above. 
 Which teaches that God is the only life, 
 And life is both truth and love* 
 
 This doctrine, when new to the world at large, 
 Was the oldest of Christian word, 
 
 'Twas our Master's precept, our Master's charge, 
 The doctrine of Christ the Lord, 
 
 It was 'whispered gently by angels bright 
 
 To a daughter of God on earth, 
 That gentle message she brought to light, 
 
 And joy to many a hearth* 
 
 For the message whispered of truth and love, 
 
 And of One Alt-seeing Mind; 
 Of man as joint-heir with Christ above, — 
 
 Of God as a Father kind. 
 
 When angels whisper such words of grace, 
 
 Inspired by God above, 
 Then men must listen, and men must place 
 
 All trust in their Father's love* 
 
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 THE which, being interpreted, signifies " The Revelation of Christianus, Philoso- 
 pher and Seeker after Truth;" being an account of the Mysteries which were 
 revealed to him in a Trance and a Dream, all of which were given unto him that he 
 might make them known unto men. 
 
 THE FOREWORD 
 
 CHRISTIANUS, sprung from humble 
 
 stock, 
 (But for that matter none the less to 
 
 be 
 Respected as a scholar and a man) 
 I Had often in my early College days 
 ►Been side-named — half in earnest, 
 
 half in jest — 
 .Philosopher and Seeker after Truth, 
 By students at the University. 
 For in that I had studied with intent 
 The works and writings theological 
 
 Of th' early Christian Fathers, dating from 
 
 Those times which followed close — I mean about 
 
 Two centuries — upon the year of Christ, 
 
 To wit, the works of Irenaeus and 
 
 Tertullian, Lactantius, and Origen; 
 
 And in the Second Apologia 
 
 Of Justin — called the Martyr — I had found 
 
 Accounts of Christians healing in the name 
 
 Of Christ, and exorcising demons out 
 
 Of men; and in the works of Irenaeus 
 
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Read how the Gnostics made pretence to heal 
 The sick, through workings demoniacal, 
 With phantasms of idolatry, and by 
 Apostate inspiration. 
 
 How they failed, 
 And how for sake of purity and truth, 
 Of righteousness and probity, those men 
 Were wont the early Christians to consign 
 To faggot and to stake, whose flames consumed 
 These Martyrs calling on the name of Christ 
 In their death agonies. 
 
 All this research 
 Into the manuscripts of olden times 
 Caused me to ponder much on things that be, 
 And wonder how much Christianity 
 Fares better now than in those bygone days, 
 And which religious creed is best to-day. 
 I 'd been for many years dissatisfied 
 With the religious doctrines I 'd been taught 
 By Pastor, Priest, and Tutor in my youth, 
 The which had caused me much perplexity; 
 And as I had a longing to be freed 
 From all those sacerdotal mummeries 
 Which in so many churches do obtain, 
 And from all monkish ritual and creed, 
 And wishing to be quit of priestcraft, I 
 Did seek about to try and find a pure 
 And comprehensive doctrine: one that I 
 Could follow up, and in the practice of 
 Feel nearer to my God, and — so to speak — 
 Be more in touch with Christ. 
 
 'Twas thus that I 
 Became an earnest seeker after Truth, 
 In which research I burnt much midnight oil 
 
 [4] 
 
With but small satisfaction to myself. 
 
 One night I was engaged in wrestling with 
 
 The giant problem of the Truth of Being, 
 
 And other problems as yet unrevealed 
 
 In Scientific Christianity, 
 
 When by degrees I lost all consciousness 
 
 Of things material, and seemed to be 
 
 Uplifted to a spiritual plane ; 
 
 Then knew I this abnormal state to be 
 
 A trance in which I saw both men and things, 
 
 And countries, pass me in review with the 
 
 Rapidity of a kaleidoscope. 
 
 So swift the every movement of my mind, 
 
 Nor time, nor space, nor distance, mattered aught. 
 
 One moment I was hov'ring o'er the sea, 
 
 Watching intently all the ships that passed, 
 
 Another I was on the Holy Mount, 
 
 And next 'twas in the land of Harmony 
 
 And Love I found myself, or by the bay 
 
 Which formed the Haven of Divine Repose. 
 
 My movements were by voices three controlled, 
 Who plunged me later in a deeper sleep 
 In which I dreamed a dream of Heaven. 
 
 'Twas then 
 The Voices took me to the Holy Place 
 Where stood the Temple of Eternal Love, 
 In which I found what I for years had sought, 
 Namely, the BOOK, which is the Key to Truth, 
 To Wisdom, and Salvation ; and unlocks 
 The wondrous Treasure-House of Love Divine 
 And of that Life which shall not taste of death ; 
 The Key to all that untold wealth with which 
 Each page of Holy Scripture is replete. 
 The Bible was before a sealed Book 
 
 [5] 
 
To me, and one I barely understood; 
 But with that KEY the dullest intellect 
 Could surely never fail to recognize 
 The grand consistency of Holy Writ 
 In the fulfilment of each prophecy; 
 Nor the most thoughtless fail to realize 
 That undercurrent of immortal Love 
 That permeates each doctrine of our Lord. 
 
 Though what I saw on that eventful night 
 
 Was seen through veil both of my trance and dream, 
 
 I still am able to remember all, 
 
 And place on record for the benefit 
 
 Of all mankind, both in the present time 
 
 And for the future, what those visions were, 
 
 And how they came to be revealed to me. 
 
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 DAWN 
 
 SAW, when in my trance, the light 
 
 of dawn 
 So gently stealing over sea and land ; 
 With gathering strength the glorious 
 
 rays of morn 
 Shed floods of golden light upon the 
 
 strand 
 Of that fair Haven each true Christian 
 
 knows 
 Is called the HAVEN OF DIVINE 
 
 REPOSE. 
 
 I saw a river named the STREAM OF LIFE,* 
 A ruby tinge upon its sparkling crest 
 
 Of waters battling in a mimic strife ; 
 
 I watched it flow towards the SEA OF REST 
 
 Whose wavelets lap the shore with gentle sigh 
 
 In music of perfected harmony. 
 
 I saw the lilies raise their drooping heads, 
 
 And shake their petals free from morning dew ; 
 
 Across the hills the quivering God-Light spreads, 
 Bathing each object in its liquid hue. 
 
 I watched all God's creation wake and live, 
 
 And to the new-born day glad welcome give. 
 
 * There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God. 
 
 prfalm ritai. <t. 
 
 [7] 
 
As on the land, I saw that brilliant sheen 
 Fall lightly on the bosom of the deep, 
 
 Upon whose far horizon could be seen 
 
 A small white speck which slowly seemed to creep 
 
 In view, until it loomed a larger mark — 
 
 Became a thing of life, and proved a goodly Barque. 
 
 A Barque whose sails shone whiter than the snow, 
 Whose brass-work glistened brighter than the stars, 
 
 E'en whiter than her sails her decks below, 
 
 Straight as the forest pine her tapering spars. 
 
 For navigation but one Chart she claimed — 
 
 The Bible, or the Chart of Life, 't was named.* 
 
 I scanned her decks ; no pilot seemed in sight. 
 
 I asked, " How fare ye in event of storm ? " 
 A figure pointed to one clothed in white, 
 
 I saw the outline of a woman's form, 
 A gentle, loving woman, full of grace ; 
 I gazed with reverence upon her face. 
 
 THE FIRST VOICE 
 
 "/CHOSEN of God — not one of earthly choice — 
 ^-^ Chosen is she her much-loved Barque to steer; 
 Chosen our trusty Pilot," said THE VOICE, 
 
 "Through whom salvation will to man appear: 
 As once before in times long passed away 
 To Man through Woman God sends TRUTH to-day." 
 
 * And make the Bible the chart of Life, to mark the healing currents and 
 buoys of Truth. — Science and Health, page 329, line 9. 
 
 [8] 
 
I, Christianus, looked in speechless awe 
 Upon that form so delicate. At length, 
 
 After I pondered over what I saw, 
 
 I wondered much whence she derived her strength ; 
 
 THE VOICE to my unspoken thought replied: 
 
 "Thou shalt be strong when God is on thy side." 
 
 Sin-laden waves dashed o'er this vessel's bows, 
 Striving in vain to check her sure advance; 
 
 But still this Barque named "CHRISTIAN SCI- 
 ENCE" ploughs 
 Her way through tempests of intolerance, 
 
 Through darkness born of error's spurious realm, 
 
 The hand of PRINCIPLE upon the helm. 
 
 Threatened by stormy blasts of unbelief, 
 
 Terrific in their force to mortal sense, 
 The crew had not in danger one belief, 
 
 But in their Pilot had full confidence; 
 A Leader she who realized indeed 
 God was a present help in time of need. 
 
 At length on board they sight a lighthouse tower, 
 Built where a reef the Haven entrance blocks; 
 
 Its one bright light* is called ALMIGHTY POWER, 
 Which points the fair-way midst the shoals and rocks, 
 
 And eddying waves, that swirling round the reef 
 
 Break on the shifting sands of unbelief. 
 
 Through winding channels of swift-flowing tides, 
 All fearlessly the good ship threads her way; 
 
 Past sunken rocks and treacherous sands, she glides 
 Toward the entrance of that land-locked bay. 
 
 No need to ask which anchorage is best, 
 
 Once gain that HAVEN and the ship 's at rest. 
 
 * That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 
 
 John t. 0. 
 
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Inside the reef I saw three other lights, 
 
 As SPIRIT, LIFE, and LOVE these lights are known. 
 THE VOICE said, "On the very darkest nights 
 
 They show the True Way only; they alone 
 Can trusted be to point the mark which shows 
 The Entrance to the HAVEN OF DIVINE REPOSE. 
 
 THE LAND OF HARMONY AND 
 EVERLASTING LOVE 
 
 THE sun shines bright from out the noonday sky, 
 Smiles on the shore where many a happy band 
 Of little children race, their naked limbs to dry 
 
 From sporting 'twixt the wavelets and the strand ; 
 Unsullied by the breath of mortal sense, 
 They represent AN ERA NEW OF INNOCENCE.* 
 
 I heard sweet notes of song amongst the flowers, 
 Borne by the summer breezes o'er the downs. 
 
 They echoed round the marble walls and towers 
 Of that most beauteous edifice that crowns 
 
 The HOLY MOUNT t that overlooks the fields 
 
 And vineyards where the TRUE VINE only yields. 
 
 Bright plumaged birds their joyful carol sing 
 
 From out the feathering branches of the pines; 
 
 Whilst hover butterflies upon the wing, 
 
 Chasing each other 'midst the trailing vines; 
 
 There bees sip, honey-sweet, their treasure trove 
 
 From many a blossom in the orange grove. 
 
 * And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord ; and great shall be the 
 peace of thy children. J $aiafc lib. 13. 
 
 t The mountain of His holiness . . . the joy of the whole earth. 
 
 piialm rftiiii. t, 2. 
 
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In the dark forests where all beasts abide, 
 
 The cobra sporteth with the lamb new-born, 
 
 The leopard and the kid lie side by side,* 
 The calf is from its dam no longer torn. 
 
 All insects, beasts and birds, are ruled by Love, 
 
 All things in Harmony of Science move. 
 
 In that same HOLY MOUNT, in pure accord, 
 Young men and maidens loving converse hold, 
 
 With never one immodest thought or word 
 To mar the beauty of their love untold. 
 
 Men worship there without formality, 
 
 There mortals put on immortality. 
 
 Over the surface of this chosen land, 
 
 Where sin, disease, and death are quite unknown, 
 There all humanity walk hand in hand, 
 
 There one Omniscient Spirit rules alone; 
 And vice and crime become an empty dream, 
 For PRINCIPLE as LOVE reigns, all supreme. 
 
 THE DOVE 
 
 (PURITY) 
 
 WITH sails all furled and both her anchors fast — 
 One anchor HOPE, the other TRUST, is 
 named — 
 Beneath the Shadow of that Temple cast, 
 
 The TEMPLE OF DIVINE LOVE (one not 
 framed 
 With hands) this Barque, above all vessels bless'd, 
 Floats on the waters of the SEA OF REST. 
 
 * The leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf, and the young lion, 
 and the fading together; and a child shall lead them. — Sjtfaial) pi. e. 
 
 [II] 
 
At eventide a little white-winged Dove 
 Is seen to flutter in the twilight hour, 
 
 With graceful sweep she wings her flight of love 
 From out the wood and past the Temple Tower 
 
 Straight to the anchored Barque whose spars arose 
 
 From out the HAVEN OF DIVINE REPOSE. 
 
 Bearing to men sweet messages of Love, 
 
 From out the Temple built of snow-white stone, 
 
 This silver-feathered Herald from above* 
 
 (By name of PURITY this dove is known) 
 
 Arrests at once her swiftly cleaving flight 
 
 At the yard-arm, and perches on its height. 
 
 Uplifted were the eyes of all on board 
 
 With loving gaze upon that white-winged Dove, 
 A feeling in their hearts had long been stored, 
 
 A feeling of a calm and holy Love. 
 They realised the meaning of her ways t 
 And thus exalted were their hearts in praise. 
 
 "All honor to Thy Name, O Lord Divine, 
 
 All glory and all praise to Thee, our King, 
 
 All love to Thee, the ONE OMNISCIENT MIND, 
 All love to Thee, Who so loved us," (they sing), 
 
 "Who brought our Barque from where the tempest blows, 
 
 Safe to this HAVEN OF DIVINE REPOSE." 
 
 In swift response right joyfully they hear 
 
 An echo of sweet music from the shrine, — 
 
 An Angels' Choir $ harmonious and clear, 
 
 From out the TEMPLE OF THE LOVE DIVINE. 
 
 I, Christianus, heard each holy phrase, 
 
 Adoring homage, gratitude, and praise. 
 
 * I saw the Spirit desctnding from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 
 
 fobn I. 32. 
 
 t Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me. 
 
 3tctj* rji. tt. 
 
 t I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne. — Uteti. to. tt. 
 
 [12] 
 
THE SECOND VOICE 
 
 I THOUGHT to lose the sun behind the Mount, 
 To watch his glory lingering above; 
 I looked to see the twilight touch the Fount 
 
 Outside the TEMPLE OF ETERNAL LOVE. 
 I looked in vain! No sunset in that sky, 
 The day still lived, the sun shone joyously. 
 
 I, Christianus, asked what meant that Light, — 
 Had darkness been for ever put away? 
 
 The SECOND VOICE replied, " No night is here, 
 In this God's HOLY PLACE* 'tis always day; 
 
 Here nought but LIGHT and LOVE can place obtain, 
 
 And both enshrined will ever here remain. 
 
 " Night is unknown within these sacred walls, 
 
 Which hold but radiant LIGHT and HARMONY ; 
 
 The darkest shadow here that ever falls 
 Is from a passing cloudlet in the sky; 
 
 There is no darkness where the Angels sing 
 
 Their Songs of praise and glory to their KING." 
 
 The VOICE then ceased; it seemed to fade away, 
 
 And I — to miss its soothing influence ; 
 Then perfumed airs seemed wafted o'er the bay, 
 
 I felt their languor stealing o'er my sense; 
 My eyes grew heavy from the dazzling light, 
 My very thoughts appeared to take their flight. 
 
 * God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. — t 3Jobn i. 5. 
 
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THE DREAM 
 
 '/"I^WAS then I fell into a deep, deep sleep, 
 
 A In which I, Christianus, dreamed a dream. 
 At first I was a wanderer on the deep, 
 
 Next moment in a garden 'midst a gleam 
 Of brilliant light reflected from the trees 
 Festooned with gems of all varieties. 
 
 The garden paths were paved with jewels bright, 
 The petal of each flower was a gem 
 
 Whose leaves of emeralds caught every light; 
 Of purest silver every lily's stem. 
 
 And from that spot was I allowed to see 
 
 The Temple of ETERNAL LOVE and HARMONY. 
 
 When (in my dream) I neared the golden gate, 
 I heard the VOICE say, " Enter in, my son, 
 
 To grasp IMMORTAL TRUTH 'tis not too late 
 Nor yet to remedy what 's left undone." 
 
 ■ ••••• 
 
 I Christianus, entered through the gate; 
 What there befell me, will I here relate. 
 
 THE THIRD VOICE 
 
 A THRONE of Amethyst first caught my sight 
 With canopy of cloth of gold above, 
 It nearly blinded me, so strong the light 
 
 Within that TEMPLE OF ETERNAL LOVE: 
 The floor was like unto a crystal sea, 
 Its white mosaics pieced harmoniously. 
 
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Eleven seats placed round about the Throne, 
 
 Seated on each an Angel of the Lord; 
 With dazzling brilliancy their raiment shone 
 
 As each his Harp attuned to one grand chord; 
 Another Angel with a Golden Rod 
 Bade each proclaim the SYNONYMS OF GOD.* 
 
 There stood upon the right hand of the Throne 
 
 The Holy Altar of Sardonyx made; 
 A Golden CROWN lay on it — not alone, 
 
 A CROSS inside the CROWN was also laid.t 
 Rich velvets, fringed with pearls, the altar graced 
 On which a little Volume had been placed. 
 
 Blinded with Light I saw none on the Throne. 
 A THIRD SWEET VOICE, which sounded by my 
 side, 
 Addressed me thus, "What dost thou here alone, 
 What brings thee, Christianus ? " 
 
 I replied, 
 "Lord, to receive more TRUTH, more LIGHT, more 
 
 LOVE, 
 To get more understanding from above." 
 
 "Approach," the voice replied, "lay thy right hand 
 
 Upon the Holy Altar." 
 
 I obeyed, 
 And held the BOOK:]: — bound with a golden band, 
 
 With Pearls and other precious gems inlaid. 
 The VOICE said " Open," (for the BOOK was sealed) 
 "So that IMMORTAL TRUTH may be revealed." 
 
 * The eleven synonymous terms for God. — Omnipotence, Omniscience, Om- 
 nipresence, Divine Principle, Supreme Incorporeal Being, Mind, Spirit, Soul, Life, 
 Truth, Love. 
 
 t The Cross within the Crown, emblems of Christian Science. 
 
 t The Christian Science text-book, Science and Health <with Key to the Scriptures, 
 by Mary Baker G. Eddy. 
 
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I broke each seal and thus obeyed the VOICE, — 
 The first, a Sapphire which great lustre shed, 
 
 The next, an Emerald of kingly choice, 
 The third, a Ruby of the deepest red; 
 
 Thus in my hand, I, Christianus, took 
 
 The blessed Volume, now an unsealed Book. 
 
 This BOOK it was the KEY to HOLY WRIT, 
 Of TRUTH and LOVE DIVINE the very breath; 
 
 The Key to loose man's chains and thus admit 
 Immortal Life that shall not taste of death; 
 
 This little BOOK the Angel gave to me, 
 
 To hundred untold blessings was the Key. 
 
 Slowly I left the Temple in my dream, 
 
 Clutching the Precious Volume to my breast; 
 
 My steps, directed by a beckoning gleam, 
 Urged me towards the BAY OF PERFECT REST ; 
 
 And as upon the Barque I gazed in sleep, 
 
 A voice came gently wafted o'er the deep. 
 
 I, Christianus, listened to that VOICE, 
 
 It spoke to those on board; I heard it say — 
 
 " Come ye, His children, in your Lord rejoice, 
 Come unto Him, cast all your cares away, 
 
 Come in all love, obeying His behest, 
 
 And in this Haven He will give you Rest. 
 
 " Claim thy reward, for thou the goal hast gained, 
 The Battle 's won and Error put to flight, 
 
 Claim thy reward, God's promise is maintained, 
 For thee the Reign of TRUTH will open bright, 
 
 An era new of PEACE and REST Divine, 
 
 A Home in EVERLASTING LOVE is thine." 
 
 FINIS 
 
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% &tto ^0«jj 
 
 l ING unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth. 
 
 fj»aiab jrtii. to. 
 
 I. 
 
 H! let us sing unto the Lord 
 A new and tuneful song 
 
 Of gratitude for that new word 
 Mankind has yearned for long. 
 
 2. 
 
 A joyful noise then let us make; 
 
 Yea, joyful let us be! 
 Bring hither lute, and timbrel take, 
 
 With harp and psaltery. 
 
 The Lord has put in every mouth 
 This grateful song of praise; 
 
 Its sound shall echo north and south 
 Throughout earth's devious ways. 
 
 Many shall see, and some shall fear; 
 
 Others be found among 
 Those few who journey, far and near, 
 
 To hearken to this new song. 
 
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From this new sunlit song divine 
 
 The benefits we reap 
 Are when its rays so brightly shine 
 
 It wakens men from sleep. 
 
 6. 
 
 The night 's far spent, the day draws on, 
 
 Let us cast out of sight 
 The works of darkness, and put on 
 
 The armour of God's light. 
 
 'Tis error's night that is far spent; 
 
 'Tis truth that fills the dawn; 
 No error's song, with discord rent, 
 
 Can face the light of morn. 
 
 8. 
 
 Sing we this song unto the Lord, 
 
 And let all nations see 
 That TRUTH, LIFE, LOVE, have every chord 
 
 Replete with harmony. 
 
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Cfte Jftrgt Cftrtetmag 
 
 TVTOW, when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the 
 ™" king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, 
 Where is he that is born King of the Jews, for we have seen his star in the 
 east, and are come to worship him. — fll^attbeti) ti. I an& 2. 
 
 HEN Tetrarch Herod ruled with 
 
 iron hand 
 O'er Palestine, there journeyed 
 
 from afar, 
 Wise men from Babylon and 
 
 Media's land, 
 Chaldsean cities and Euphrates' 
 
 strand, 
 From over Tigris came this goodly 
 
 band, 
 And they followed a tiny star. 
 
 From Persia's Gulf came Magi grave and old, 
 From Raamah, Elam, and from Havilah, 
 
 With precious gems and stores of wealth untold, 
 
 Rare treasures that Assyrian cities hold, 
 
 Necklets and anklets of Arabian gold; 
 And they followed that tiny star. 
 
 That pilot star mysterious and strange 
 They followed to Jerusalem ; a long 
 
 And weary march o'er plain and mountain range, 
 
 Through trackless deserts, waterless and strange. 
 
 Their faith could in its guidance know no change, 
 That star could not lead them wrong. 
 
 M 
 
They asked of Herod in his Judgment Hall — 
 
 " Tell us where lies the babe that 's born the King 
 
 Not only of the Jews but King of all; 
 
 His star we followed and obeyed the call 
 
 That Child to worship, on our knees to fall, 
 And humble offerings to bring." 
 
 King Herod, fearing that his power might be 
 Imperilled, to the wise men answer made: 
 
 " Go ye to Bethlehem forthwith and see, 
 
 And if ye find the Child, return for me; 
 
 I, too, will worship at his mother's knee," 
 Were the words that the Tetrarch said. 
 
 The sayings of the Prophets to fulfill 
 
 The Magi by their star again were led 
 To Bethlehem on slope of Judah's Hill, 
 As Kedron's dawning mists rose dank and chill, 
 Till suddenly their guiding star stood still 
 O'er the roof of a lowly shed. 
 
 What simple picture burst upon their view 
 
 When first the stable door was opened wide! 
 
 The babe lay in a manger rough, in lieu 
 
 Of silken cradle bright with every hue 
 
 Of eastern colour; but the wise men knew, 
 And knelt at their Saviour's side. 
 
 No lamp was there that holy scene to light, 
 
 Around the young Child's head in dazzling rings 
 There shone benignant glory. At the sight 
 They knelt who came to worship. Swathed in white, 
 The Virgin held her babe — her Child of Might; 
 To him they gave their offerings. 
 
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EPILOGUE 
 
 Full nineteen hundred years have passed and gone 
 Since man was led to Christ by that small star ; 
 
 To-day, a western Star has risen and shone, 
 
 It beckons man to follow in its zone — 
 
 Leads him to Christ through TRUTH and LOVE 
 alone — 
 'Tis Christian Science gathering from afar. 
 
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Cfte Mtio at Sermon 
 
 [" WILL be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his 
 ■*■ roots as Lebanon. — $?ojiea rib. 5. 
 
 As the dew of Hermon. ... for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even 
 life for evermore. — pgalm ejrrpii. 3. 
 
 I. 
 
 IKE the dew upon Mount Hermon, 
 Will the Lord His blessing pour 
 
 Upon his true and faithful servants, 
 Even life for evermore. 
 
 2. 
 
 Like the dew upon Mount Hermon 
 
 God to Israel will be ; 
 He shall grow up as the lily, 
 
 Emblem chaste of purity. 
 
 All enduring as the oak-tree, 
 
 Lasting as its sapling shoots; 
 
 Strong as Lebanon's grim Cedars 
 Shall be Israel's mighty roots. 
 
 As the dewdrops, so God's doctrine, 
 Over all the world must pass; 
 
 As the rain on tender flow'rets, 
 
 As the showers upon the grass. 
 
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Gentle dews that come from heaven 
 Earth to water, man to feed, 
 
 Cause the trees to bud and flower; 
 To the sower give the seed. 
 
 6. 
 
 So shall be God's word that goeth 
 Forth from His almighty mouth; 
 
 Sown and reaped to feed the hungry 
 East and west, and north and south. 
 
 7- 
 
 With that precious dew of Hermon 
 We may hope to grow in grace, 
 
 Till the day we 're reckoned worthy 
 To meet Jesus face to face. 
 
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Wixt %ovtf'& prager 
 
 PRE FA C E 
 
 "DUT thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy 
 " door, pray to thy Father, which is in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in 
 secret, shall reward thee openly. 
 
 Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask Him. 
 
 Cl9atttirtD toi. e, 8. 
 
 I. 
 
 HOUGHTS unspoken and desires 
 To the Lord are not unknown,* 
 
 God knows all that man requires, 
 God knows best, and God alone. 
 
 Christian, art thou really seeking 
 Him to move with words of praise ; 
 
 Canst thou e'er by fulsome speaking 
 Alter His almighty ways? 
 
 3- 
 
 As with fellow-men thou pleadest, 
 
 Plead not thus with God at all, — 
 
 That belief to crush thou needest : 
 That our God is personal. 
 
 * Science and Health, page 307, line 1. 
 
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He is Spirit, Mind, All-seeing — 
 Love with life He interwove; 
 
 There exists no human being 
 
 Who could measure out His LOVE. 
 
 Enter thou, whene'er thou prayest, 
 Into some small secret place; 
 
 There in secret pray thou mayest 
 Grow in love, and grow in grace. 
 
 6. 
 
 And thy God, to whom thou turnest, 
 As He finds thy prayer to be 
 
 Heartfelt, genuine, and earnest, 
 Shall reward thee openly. 
 
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A ! 
 
 I. " after tftttf manner therefore jprag ge : <£ttr JFatfter 
 toft ten art in fteaben, Itealltftoetr fce tftg name," 
 
 S we are children of the Lord 
 In Jesus Christ, by faith, 
 Let us receive His holy word, 
 
 And trust to all He saith. 
 He, saith the Spirit, witness bore 
 
 That man this name has won: 
 "A Child of God," and is no more 
 
 A servant but — a SON. 
 Shrink not from prayer as from a task, 
 
 For truth without alloy 
 Ye shall receive if ye but ask, 
 
 That full may be your joy. 
 At Corinth, Paul his students taught 
 
 That God to them would be 
 A loving Father, if they thought 
 
 To serve him faithfully. 
 As sons and daughters we shall find 
 
 That God will us receive, 
 If we will be of that One Mind, 
 
 And in His word believe. 
 
 II. "STftg fcingttimt tamt." 
 i. 
 "/TpHY kingdom cometh not with observation;" 
 «*- (Thus in the Gospel of St. Luke we read); 
 Thy kingdom IS come, Lord, to every nation : 
 
 Life, Substance, Truth, and Help for every need. 
 
 2. 
 
 Can any man say either with reliance: 
 
 Lo, here it is! or, Lo, 'tis there! or, How? 
 
 We know Thy kingdom came in Christian Science ; 
 'T is here. God's kingdom lives within us now. 
 
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III. "arfts> totU fie tsant in eartit, <to tt i6 in fte&btn," 
 
 i. 
 
 BLESS ye the Lord your God, all ye His angels; 
 Ye that excel in strength, bless ye the Lord! 
 Bless Him all ye that follow His commandments 
 And hearken to the teaching of His word. 
 
 2. 
 
 Ye ministers of His, that do His pleasure, 
 
 Bless ye the Lord, and bless His holy name! 
 
 To do his own will came not the Messiah; 
 To do his Father's Will instead he came. 
 
 "To do Thy Will," thus sang th' inspired Psalmist, 
 "To do Thy Will, my God, is my delight! 
 
 Yea, now Thy law within my heart is written, 
 
 My lips have not refrained from speaking right." 
 
 And since those days of David, the Messiah 
 To his disciples said : " Not every one 
 
 That saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter heaven; 
 But he by whom my Father's Will is done." 
 
 5- 
 
 " Thy WILL be done ! " Let Christian Science proclaim it, 
 
 And let us every one obey the call, 
 And thus be brought to know that, as in heaven 
 
 E'en so on earth, our "God is All in All." 
 
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IV. "®ibt u4 tfti* tfag auv trails fcveatt." 
 
 WITH such things as ye have be now content, 
 God will not ever let His children perish; 
 Christ will not us forsake, for he was sent 
 His own elect to watch over and cherish. 
 
 2. 
 
 Know this: Man cannot live by bread alone 
 
 (Though God is ever all his wants supplying) 
 
 But by the word of truth by Jesus sown, 
 That sin, disease, and error is denying. 
 
 From heaven God's blessings flow on man apace; 
 
 From want he always has Divine protection. 
 Then for to-day, dear Saviour, give us grace, 
 
 Feed Thou our famished and our starved affection. 
 
 v. "Stttlf favQibe utf 0itr Trefcttf, ari to* tovQibt auv 
 
 Tfefct0rtf." 
 
 i. 
 
 LET not the sun go down upon your wrath, 
 Thus Paul to his Ephesian students spake, 
 Be tender and forgiving in your path 
 Through life, as God forgives for Jesus' sake. 
 
 If against thee, perchance, thy brother sin, 
 Tell him his fault alone — 'twixt him and thee — 
 In God's own sight thou wilt a brother win, 
 If he repents and will his trespass see. 
 
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VI. "&ntr Uatf tt£J not into temptation, fcut tfeliber 
 
 utf from tbil." 
 
 TRUST in the Lord with heart and strength ; 
 His aid is ever thine; 
 No longer lean on the arm of flesh, 
 Lean on the Mind Divine. 
 
 2. 
 
 Christian, deny persistently 
 
 That false and carnal creed 
 That thou a self, apart from God, 
 
 Canst ever be, indeed. 
 
 3- 
 
 Temptation will not come to thee 
 
 Greater than thou canst bear; 
 Stand steadfast in thy loyal trust, 
 
 Knowing that help is near. 
 
 4- 
 God is a very present help, 
 
 A help in time of need! 
 Trust, Christian, only in His Love, 
 
 So be from danger freed. 
 
 5- 
 Trust in the Lord, and thou shalt earn 
 
 Of heavenly gifts thy share; 
 Commune with God, and thus approach 
 
 Nearer to Him through prayer. 
 
 6. 
 God will direct thy paths in life; 
 
 God will direct thy ways; 
 Pour out thine heart before thy God, 
 
 Offer Him prayer and praise. 
 
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Zftt gititntt at Cftrfettamtg 
 
 E that would to a proper sense attain 
 In knowledge of the very rudiments 
 Of this great Science, must his cross 
 
 uplift 
 And bear it meekly in his daily life, 
 Following in the footsteps of his Lord 
 And Master Jesus Christ — the Way- 
 shower. 
 As Christians verily in 4^eds, and not 
 In words alone, this comprehensive 
 
 truth : — 
 That God is THE great Principle in 
 which 
 Man lives, and moves, and has his being — we 
 Must realize. 
 
 The very air we breathe 
 Is redolent of God's own presence, which, 
 To those who love Him, is the breath of life, 
 The sun's bright rays which shine upon the path 
 We daily tread in passing through this world 
 Of mortal strife — in which our aim should be 
 The working out of our salvation from 
 The claims of sin and death — these same bright rays 
 Are mere reflections of that glorious light 
 Which radiates from one All-seeing Mind, 
 All-wise, All-loving, and Eternal God — 
 The Life, Truth, Spirit, and Intelligence, 
 The Great I AM, which rules the universe. 
 
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In God's own truth is naught but glorious light; 
 In mortal error naught but darkness black 
 And sombre. 
 
 If a small but shining light — 
 No matter how diminutive — is brought 
 Into a darkened room, dark as the night, 
 Then instantly the darkness disappears, 
 Nor trace of it remains. 
 
 Reverse this fact, 
 And try with darkness to destroy the light; 
 What ignominious failure must result. 
 Confront this error with of truth one ray, 
 And instantly away it vanishes. 
 Confront the truth with error's dark, unreal, 
 Unlovely countenance, and the result 
 Must be discomfiture; for evil has 
 No power to extinguish or suppress 
 The glorious rays of light in God's own truth. 
 
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Kht $ tlflrim 
 
 (A PARAPHRASE) 
 
 'AKE the cross up and bear it, for through it you win and wear the crown. 
 Pilgrim on earth, thy home is Heaven. A stranger, thou art the guest of God. 
 
 Science and Health, page 150. 
 
 ILGRIM on earth, give heed unto 
 
 these words: 
 " In strict obedience to th' eternal truth 
 Man, in the image and the likeness 
 
 made 
 Of his Creator, doth within himself 
 Reflect the attributes of God, and thus 
 From sin and sickness claims immu- 
 nity." 
 Speed, pilgrim, fearlessly along the path 
 Of life ; each seeming presence of a 
 claim 
 
 Of evil, spurn. Consider not the lies 
 That mortal error cries aloud to thee, 
 Or tempts thee to believe. Deny them all; 
 And ofttimes, as the fleeting hours speed on, 
 Claim for thyself such purity of thought 
 As our loved Master treasured in his mind. 
 With motives, too, of heart-felt gratitude 
 This thought combine : That naught but what God sends 
 In His great wisdom e'er can come to thee — 
 Or go from thee — no matter what may seem, 
 In mortal sense, to touch thine inmost thought. 
 It cannot — if it be not sent from God — 
 Respond within thine inner consciousness, 
 Or even entrance find within thine heart. 
 
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Blame not the window when 't is dark outside ; 
 Nor meed of praise bestow when sunlight shines 
 Through panes of senseless glass. Man's window must 
 Perforce be blamed, and it must suffer too, 
 If it shows not a bright and spotless frame 
 Through which the light can radiate. 
 
 Keep safe 
 Within thine heart a snow-white sanctuary, 
 Where thou canst hide alone from all the world, 
 For sweet, pure communing with thoughts of Christ 
 Alone with God — abiding in His love — 
 That love which guides man through the devious ways, 
 Dark places, and the tortuous roads of earth, 
 With tend'rest care ; and brings him in good time 
 Into God's glorious light, along the path 
 Which leads to everlasting life. 
 
 Thou canst 
 In God's way only into blessings come. 
 And when, through pain, thou learnest to desire 
 That ever-blessed way, then Love Divine — 
 That ever-patient teacher — thou wilt find 
 Awaiting thee, to guide thy steps to ways 
 Of Peace and Harmony ; and wonder will 
 Within thine heart spring up why thou hast been 
 For such long years impatient of control ; 
 For all mankind some day or hour must come, 
 Either through Science or through suffering, 
 Into the kingdom of the Infinite, 
 Eternal Principle Divine, because 
 'Tis not the will of God that man should die. 
 
 The way of Science is Obedience, Truth 
 Triumphant over sin, disease, and death. 
 The way of suffering — disobedience, doubt, 
 Confusion, discord, darkness, and defeat. 
 
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Bibim %obt 
 
 TPHERE is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear. — I 3!otm lb. 18. 
 
 I. 
 
 UE love is that which comes from 
 
 God alone; 
 nd perfect that which Christ for man 
 
 hath shown — 
 esus who triumphed over sin and 
 
 death, 
 esus who pardoned with his dying 
 
 breath. 
 
 God is supreme — the one Omniscient 
 Mind, 
 
 Through whom the way, the truth, the life we find; 
 Made in His image and His likeness, man 
 Claims liberty though death and sin may ban. 
 
 As heirs of God, in us that mind should be 
 That in Christ Jesus we can always see. 
 Oh, let us therefore strive, and watch, and pray, 
 For purity and meekness day by day. 
 
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Let not the world with vanities allure, 
 But keep us spotless as the Lord is pure; 
 Take up the cross, 'gainst evil win the strife; 
 Follow the Master in our daily life. 
 
 Thus can we each obey his last command : 
 Go, preach the Word of God in every land; 
 Heal sick and sinful man in every clime — 
 'Twas Christ's injunction given for all time. 
 
 6. 
 
 Then shall we hear the Master's voice proclaim, 
 Come all ye blessed in my Father's name, 
 Ye who have all His mighty works declared, 
 Inherit now the place for you prepared. 
 
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tCfte Jpentum on tftt JHount 
 
 (A PARAPHRASE) 
 
 ND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, 
 k his disciples came unto him. And he opened his mouth, and taught them. 
 
 #aatthra> to. t, 2. 
 
 'N Nephthalim of Galilee, beyond 
 ^Swift flowing Jordan and Zabulon's 
 Hill, 
 *o those who sat in darkness and the 
 shade 
 death, a glorious light hath been 
 revealed 
 jy that dear Lord, who preached 
 those warning words : 
 " Repent, for now God's kingdom is at 
 
 hand." 
 And to those simple fisher-folk, who 
 toiled 
 
 Both late and early with their busy nets 
 In the deep waters of Gennesareth 
 Their daily bread to win, he spake and said : 
 " Come, leave your nets and boats and follow me, 
 And I will make you fishers e'en of men." 
 Thus Simon Peter, Andrew, James, and John, 
 Unquestioning, obeyed the Master's word ; 
 And quitting parents, family, and home, 
 Enrolled themselves disciples of the Lord. 
 
 At Jesus' feet, upon the mountain side 
 Which over-looked the fair Capernaum, 
 The chosen sat, yearning to hear the words 
 Of truth and wisdom from their Master's lips. 
 
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Then opened he his mouth and teaching said : 
 Bless'd are the poor in spirit, they shall have 
 God's own bright kingdom as inheritance. 
 Blessed are they that mourn, for comfort shall 
 To them be aye vouchsafed. 
 
 Blessed the meek, 
 For they the good things of the earth shall win ; 
 And bless'd are they who after righteousness 
 Do hunger and do thirst, they shall be filled. 
 Blessed indeed the just and merciful, 
 For they my Father's mercy shall obtain. 
 
 Blessed beyond all words the pure in heart, 
 For they shall meet my Father face to face. 
 The peacemakers on earth are doubly bless'd, 
 They shall be called the Children of the Lord. 
 And blessed they who suffer for the right, 
 They also in my Father's house shall bide. 
 
 Blessed are they whom men do persecute, 
 Revile, and falsely say all evil things 
 Against, for my name's sake, lo ! their reward 
 Is great, and shall be found in heaven. 
 
 Rejoice, 
 Dear brethren, be exceeding glad, 
 For thus the prophets and the holy men 
 Who went before were persecuted for 
 The sake of truth, and in the name of God. 
 
 Ye are the salt of earth; but should it lose 
 Its savor, wherewith shall it salted be? 
 A city that is set upon a hill 
 Cannot be hid, nor can it hide its light. 
 So let your light shine out before mankind 
 That they may see the good works that ye do, 
 And seeing, may believe and know the truth, 
 And glorify your Father in the heavens. 
 
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OTatcft mtir Prag 
 
 *\X7"ATCH and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is will- 
 ~ ™ ing, but the flesh is weak. — Jiaattfoctn rjtoi. 41. 
 
 ATCH and pray, said Christ the 
 Master, 
 
 We of this have always need; 
 Full of promise though our motives, 
 
 Yet the flesh is weak indeed. 
 
 Watch and pray, are the injunc- 
 tions 
 
 Given us by Christ the Lord ; 
 Let us hearken to his teaching, 
 
 Ponder well his every word. 
 
 Error, lurking round about us, 
 
 Seeks an entrance into thought, 
 
 Knowing flesh is weak as water — 
 
 Thinks that all men can be bought. 
 
 Cunning in device, 't is striving 
 With false pleasures to allure, 
 
 Specious arguments deducing — 
 All in vain, if thought be pure. 
 
 We, to careful sense of watching, 
 
 Can by constant prayer be brought; 
 
 Standing sentry every moment — 
 Sentry o'er the door of thought. 
 
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" Sin is thought before 't is acted ; " * 
 Reason more a guard to place 
 
 O'er our thoughts, to make us able 
 To meet error face to face. 
 
 Let us then obey the Master; 
 
 Let us ever watch and pray, 
 Keeping pure our thoughts from evil- 
 
 Christian Science shows the way. 
 
 * Science and Health, page 130, line 25. 
 
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<0it m&tdtinq a Cftain=jjatrg; erf Ctfirfcirttf in #eto 
 
 Caltfrmia 
 
 T IKEWISE joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, etc. 
 
 ■'-*' Huhe jto. 7. 
 
 |NGELS in heaven shall rejoice ! God's 
 
 Love — 
 That wondrous Love, that precious 
 
 boon — is thus 
 I Proffered alike to all mankind on earth, 
 Both bad and good. Its blessings are 
 
 within 
 /The reach of these sin-laden, blood- 
 stained men 
 That pass along beneath this burning 
 
 sun. 
 These men who, numbered like unto 
 the beasts, 
 Sullen and brutalized by curse and lash, 
 Their fever- stricken limbs from morn to eve, 
 Through tropic heat and mangrove swamp, must drag 
 Fettered both hand and foot with heavy chains; 
 Men who have lost — at least to mortal sense — 
 Their birthright and their own identity. 
 Could they but hear of thee, Science Divine! 
 Thou Well of Purest Water, springing up 
 To everlasting life, thou Fount of Love, 
 
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Whose teachings cleanse and purify from sin 
 And crime, what joy and rest, and peace, for those 
 Who now have neither peace, nor rest, nor joy! 
 Had they but knowledge of thy Truth Divine, 
 Each black and sombre cloud of sin and crime, 
 Each convict's misery and dull despair, 
 Would be dispelled for ever. Then would LIFE 
 And TRUTH, and LOVE— the Principle triune — 
 Prevail and reign on earth, for Christian Science 
 Is God's own message, e'en to crime-stained man. 
 
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fcigftt 
 
 *"PHY word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. — plalm Vf\\. 105. 
 
 
 I. 
 
 HRIST is the Light of all the World, 
 And he that follows Him aright 
 hall never more in darkness walk, 
 But shall of life possess the light. 
 
 2. 
 
 Now see we darkly through a glass, 
 But then shall we see face to face; 
 
 In part we know, but soon in full, 
 As also we are known in Grace. 
 
 Thy Holy Word is, to our feet, 
 
 The brightest lamp man ever hath; 
 
 That Holy Word shows us the way, 
 And lights the darkness of our path. 
 
 Hold up our goings in Thy path; 
 
 Lest our poor wandering footsteps slip, 
 Light us, O Lord, in all our ways; 
 
 Thy praise shall be on every lip. 
 
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Cite JFix&t faster 
 
 •THE first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, 
 * unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 
 
 Slofcn RC. i. 
 
 I. 
 
 PON the first day of the week, be- 
 fore 
 The break of day, when Sion's hill 
 
 loomed black, 
 And darkness clad the fields of Beth- 
 
 phage ; 
 When Kedron's mists rose dimly from 
 
 the vale, 
 And Bethlehem lay sleeping in the 
 
 dawn — 
 From out a humble home in Bethany, 
 Bowed down with grief, a lonely 
 woman passed 
 Across the Valley of Jehoshaphat, 
 Unheeded by the bowman on the walls 
 Of that great city of Jerusalem, 
 Without whose gates that Awful Tragedy 
 Had been enacted two short days before — 
 That Tragedy which, all unknown to man, 
 Would bring Salvation to the world at large. 
 
 2. 
 
 Bearing her humble gifts for her dead Lord — 
 Sweet ointments, aloes, frankincense, and myrrh, 
 With fragrant spices from the isles of Greece — 
 
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Did Mary Magdalene her footsteps bend 
 
 Along the lower slopes of Calvary, 
 
 To where the faithful Joseph's tender hands 
 
 Had laid to rest the body of his Lord. 
 
 With listless apathy she dragged her feet 
 
 Toward the garden, and the sepulchre, 
 
 Hewn in the rock, where never man was laid. 
 
 Then, through the gathering rays of morning light, 
 
 When lilies raised their drooping heads and shook 
 
 Their dainty petals free from evening's dew, 
 
 The tomb of Jesus caught the sun's first ray. 
 
 3- 
 
 Weary alike in body as in mind, 
 With grief that overpowered her strength, 
 Then Mary turned her anxious eyes toward 
 The sepulchre of Christ — now plainly seen 
 Across the garden in the morning light ; 
 And lo, her heart stood still, for she perceived 
 The stone that formed the entrance to the cave 
 Had lately been removed. 
 
 In trembling haste 
 She entered in to find her fears were real — 
 The sepulchre was empty. She beheld 
 The linen clothes laid by themselves; she saw 
 The napkin that had been about the head, 
 Not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped 
 Together, in a place all by itself. 
 
 4- 
 
 Dismay and terror rent her heart; she turned 
 To fly — like one distracted — from the spot ; 
 When, of a sudden, two bright angels, clothed 
 In robes of spotless white, advanced and said: 
 Woman, why weepest thou ? Whom dost thou seek ? 
 
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And Mary, shedding bitter tears, exclaimed: 
 I weep, sirs, for I seek my Lord in vain; 
 His foes have come at night and taken him 
 Away from here, and I shall never know 
 Where they have laid his body! 
 
 At these words, 
 A step was heard upon the garden path, 
 And, lo, 'twas Jesus that by Mary stood; 
 But Mary knew him not. But, thinking him 
 To be the gardener, addressed herself 
 To him who said " Daughter, why weepest thou ? " 
 And Mary answered: Sir, if thou hast borne 
 The body of my murdered Master hence, 
 I pray thee, tell me quickly where thou hast 
 Removed my Lord, that I may there proceed? 
 
 MARY ! 
 
 'Twas but one word the Saviour spoke, 
 But Mary recognized that much-loved voice; 
 Her eyes were opened, and her loving heart 
 Beat fast with ecstasy. 
 
 This was her Lord! 
 The memory of that night on Calvary — 
 "Was that a sport of her poor brain? Those trees, 
 Each fashioned in the likeness of a cross, 
 Set up that awful day on Golgotha, 
 Those malefactors to the left and right, 
 Nailed to their trees in speechless agony, 
 Gaunt spectres, white against the murky sky? 
 Was that her dear Lord's body hanging to 
 The centre tree ? Was that her Master's wail 
 Of agony, wrung from his tortured lips? 
 
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Or was it all a dream? What if it had 
 
 Been true? Her Lord stood there before her now, 
 
 His triumph and his victory complete 
 
 O'er grave and death. 
 
 Jesus the Christ was there! 
 And in her heart she knew her Lord belonged 
 No more to earth. Thus Mary, smiling through 
 Her tears of thankfulness and joy, exclaimed 
 RABBONI! 
 
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Cfte ifaltee antr tfte Crue Wim 
 
 ■jWTY well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: and he fenced it, and 
 ■*■*■*■ gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine : . . . 
 and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. 
 
 J^aiab to. t, 2. 
 
 I. 
 
 Y beloved hath a vineyard 
 
 In a very fruitful hill. 
 This field he planted, fenced, and 
 barred 
 
 Against all passing ill. 
 My well-beloved hath a vine, 
 
 A noble plant indeed ; 
 He thought to make the best of 
 wine 
 
 Grown from the best of seed. 
 
 This vine was, with the greatest care, 
 
 Outplanted in his field, 
 And all the stones they gathered there 
 
 Came to a goodly yield ; 
 But when that vine its fruit brought forth 
 
 All sour and defiled, 
 My well-beloved he was wroth, 
 
 For, lo! the grapes were wild. 
 
 3- 
 
 In wrath he lifted up his voice, 
 
 And my beloved said: 
 " Of this false plant a careful choice 
 
 I thought that I had made. 
 
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I hoped to see a fruitful vine 
 
 Well rooted in my field, 
 But this degenerate plant of mine 
 
 Has no good fruit to yield." 
 
 4- 
 The world is the vineyard, 
 
 And God's Word is the vine, 
 Hedged round by Christian Science, 
 
 Sin can no entrance find. 
 We each have got a vineyard, 
 
 Each one must plant his vine, 
 To keep it strictly fenced and barred 
 
 'Gainst sin we must combine. 
 
 5- 
 "I am the true and only vine, 
 
 And God the Husbandman," 
 Said Christ, " and every branch of mine, 
 
 That bears what fruit it can, 
 My Father taketh carefully 
 
 And purgeth it, before 
 He grafts it on a healthy tree, 
 
 To make it yield the more." 
 
 6. 
 
 " Herein my Father 's glorified — 
 
 That ye bear fruit in me, 
 And I in you. Thus, by my side, 
 
 My chosen shall ye be." 
 
 # # # * * 
 
 God's Holy Word is the true vine — 
 
 A noble tree forsooth — 
 From which is made that lasting wine 
 
 Grown from the seed of Truth. 
 
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Zfit Victors at %.abt 
 
 O DEATH, where is thy sting ? O grave, where is thy victory ? The sting of 
 death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which 
 giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. — I Corinthian^ pJ. 55-57. 
 
 OLDIER of Jesus' army, 
 Servant of Christ, prepare ! 
 Buckle thy trusty armor, 
 Gird up thy loins with care! 
 Under Christ's banner serving — 
 The banner of truth divine — 
 
 Go, meet thy foe, whose spurious 
 strength 
 
 By Truth must be destroyed at length, 
 And victory is thine. 
 
 Soldier, thou hast enlisted 
 To lessen, through God's own word, 
 All error, disease, and sickness, 
 With Truth as thine only sword; 
 With Truth and the understanding 
 Of the Allness of God above, 
 Nor sword, nor spear, nor glistening lance 
 Is needed, soldier, to enhance 
 The victory of love. 
 
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Cite 60otr Jjftepfterti 
 
 T AM the good shepherd : the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 
 
 "■" Softn %. tt. 
 
 UR Shepherd Christ is by our side, 
 With him in pastures green we rove. 
 
 Our Shepherd leadeth us beside 
 
 Still waters from the fount of Love. 
 
 What man of you, (Christ Jesus said 
 
 When speaking to the Pharisees,) 
 Having of sheep an hundred head, 
 
 All feeding on the grassy leas, 
 Missing perchance a lambkin weak, 
 
 Would not proceed in deep distress, 
 Leaving the ninety-nine, to seek 
 
 The lost one in the wilderness? 
 
 And when that wandering lamb is found, 
 And safely brought back to the fold, 
 
 What happiness is shed around, 
 
 The shepherd's joy is all untold. 
 
 Christ is the Shepherd good and kind 
 Seeking the lost with earnest love, 
 
 Who follow Him will surely find 
 Their everlasting fold above. 
 
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Peace 
 
 'HE fruit of the Spirit is . . . Peace. — dtafctianrf to. 22. 
 
 ET not your heart be troubled, Jesus 
 
 said, 
 Let not your heart be troubled or afraid ; 
 My Peace into your hands I freely give, 
 Trust in your God, and in His precepts 
 
 live. 
 
 rod will keep him in Peace all un- 
 dismayed, 
 That man whose mind on him is ever 
 
 stayed, 
 Him will God cherish, on his mind 
 impress 
 That Peace must be the work of Righteousness. 
 
 The God of Hope fill you with Peace and Joy, 
 Fill you with happiness without alloy; 
 The power of the Holy Ghost once found, 
 Ye may in Hope and Love and Peace abound. 
 
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Contrition 
 
 T DWELL in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and 
 ■"• humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the 
 contrite ones. — 3#aiah Itoii. t5. 
 
 HUS saith the Lord, the high and 
 lofty one, 
 That in eternity doth ever dwell; 
 Whose name is HOLY, who is great 
 alone, 
 And of whose mighty works the 
 angels tell. 
 
 When man hath set his heart and 
 shows no fear, 
 Himself to chasten and his life to 
 mend, 
 Unto his words the Lord Himself gives 
 ear, 
 And to his supplications will attend. 
 
 A broken spirit (saith th' inspired word 
 Of David) is to God true sacrifice; 
 
 A broken and a contrite heart, O Lord, 
 
 Thou wilt not ever spurn, nor e'en despise. 
 
 Although the Lord our God be high, He hath 
 Respect unto the lowly and the meek, 
 
 And turneth from the proud, whose downward path 
 Leads to that empty goal they daily seek. 
 
 Thou, Lord, art good and ready to forgive, 
 
 In mercy ever plenteous unto all 
 That in this world of toil and strife must live, 
 
 Who turn to Thee and on Thee ever call. 
 
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Co tfte 0ttlg Crue 6uit»e 
 
 npHIS God is our God for ever and ever ; he will be 
 * our guide even unto death.— JWalm tftoiii. t<t. 
 
 Y Father, God, and tender Guide, 
 In Thy great love will I abide; 
 My faults and weakness ever 
 
 move 
 Thee to compassion, thus to prove 
 The truth of Thine all-pitying 
 love, 
 My Saviour, Friend, and Guide. 
 
 Yea, though I walk the vale beneath, 
 That valley of the shade of death, 
 Thy rod and staff will comfort me, 
 And cause me every hour to see 
 That I must give all praise to Thee, 
 Yea, with my latest breath. 
 
 Whom have I, Lord, in Heaven but Thee, 
 
 And there is none on earth for me 
 
 But Thou ; and if my heart should fail, 
 When error chooses to assail, 
 Thy help, O God, with joy I hail, 
 
 From sin to set me free. 
 
 O let me then my thanks outpour 
 
 To Thee, my guide, for evermore; 
 
 Let me glad songs and praises sing 
 To Thee the One Almighty King, 
 To whom mankind owes everything, 
 
 Thou, Lord, whom we adore. 
 
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 OME is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, though not the 
 boundary, of the affections. — Science and Health, page 268, line 21. 
 
 IS " Home, sweet Home," the poets 
 sing, 
 To those the world who roam; 
 This phrase it has a hallowed ring — 
 
 " There is no place like Home." 
 When Jesus, nailed to the cross, 
 
 Perceived his mother there, 
 Weeping in anguish o'er his loss, 
 
 He gave her to the care 
 Of his disciple John, and cried: 
 
 " In future be ye one ; 
 Behold thy mother by thy side! 
 Mother, behold thy son ! " 
 Then that disciple Jesus loved 
 Persuaded her to come — 
 When Jesus from the cross was moved — 
 
 And took her to his home, 
 Made it her Home, for Jesus' sake, 
 
 And loved her like a son; 
 Thus we a Home can always make 
 
 With a beloved one. 
 Home is the dearest spot on earth; 
 
 But then, what makes it Home? 
 Is it the sorrow, or the mirth, 
 That to us daily come? 
 
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Is it by fields of waving corn 
 
 Our love and joy is proved? 
 Is it the land wherein we 're born 
 
 That makes our home so loved? 
 We love each forest, vale, and hill, 
 
 Each island, rock, and shore — 
 We love them dearly ; but there 's still 
 
 A something we love more. 
 'T is those true hearts we love to thank 
 
 For that bless'd harmony, 
 Without whom, life would be a blank, 
 
 And home no Home could be. 
 From them we never are apart, 
 
 Nor separate, and hence 
 No seas divide the loving heart, 
 
 Except to mortal sense. 
 One Mind there is that fills all space — 
 
 One Principle elect — 
 God is that Mind, our Lord of grace, 
 
 And we that Mind reflect. 
 
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