Poetry
By Melanie L. Daglian From the July 2009 issue of The Christian Science Journal It was a cheerless script, that mortal tale— claiming to be my past, my story. A litany of missed chances, condemnation, and regret. With paragraphs of pain too graphic to forget. I didn’t know there were different pages, an altogether different book Until I was compelled…
James Montgomery God comes, with succor speedy, To those who suffer wrong; To help the poor and needy, And bid the weak be strong; He comes to break oppression, And set the captive free, To take away transgression, And rule in equity. He shall come down, as showers Upon the thirsty earth; And joy and…
Violet Hay Arise ye people, take your stand, Cast out your idols from the land, Above all doctrine, form or creed Is found the Truth that meets your need. Christ’s promise stands: they that believe His works shall do, his power receive. Go forward then, and as ye preach So let your works confirm your…
The words from Hymn 10 The following citation from the Bible: Ps 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.