Sunday services are conducted by a First and Second Reader and include music, hymns, prayer, and readings from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural selections are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Sunday, August 16, 2026
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Susan Booth Mack Snipes, First Reader
Robert Witney, Second Reader
Subject: SOUL
Prelude
Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness, BWV 654 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Hymn 365
William F. Lloyd, words
Arr. from Carl Maria von Weber, music
Wait, my soul, upon the Lord,
To His gracious promise flee,
Laying hold upon His Word:
As thy days thy strength shall be.
If the sorrows of thy case
Seem peculiar still to thee,
God has promised needful grace:
As thy days thy strength shall be.
Rock of Ages, I’m secure
With Thy promise full and free,
Faithful, positive, and sure:
As thy days thy strength shall be.
Scriptural Selection
Ps. 27:1, 3–5, 8
Acts 3:1–8
Prov. 8:34
Prayer
Silent prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spiritual interpretation by Mary Baker Eddy
(Read in context)
Hymn 160
Mary Baker Eddy, words
John Stainer, music
It matters not what be thy lot,
So Love doth guide;
For storm or shine, pure peace is thine,
Whate’er betide.
And of these stones, or tyrants’ thrones,
God able is
To raise up seed—in thought and deed—
To faithful His.
Aye, darkling sense, arise, go hence!
Our God is good.
False fears are foes—truth tatters those,
When understood.
Love looseth thee, and lifteth me,
Ayont hate’s thrall:
There Life is light, and wisdom might,
And God is All.
The centuries break, the earth-bound wake,
God’s glorified!
Who doth His will—His likeness still—
Is satisfied.
Notices
Solo
Robin Reinert, Guest Soloist of The Mother Church
Serenity
Abide in peace,
Assured thou art God's own harmonious image still,
And wait, in quietness of heart,
On His serene and perfect, perfect will.
Companion not with lying fear,
With vain desire, or fevered pride.
Be still, and know God's presence here:
Be still and let His hand provide.
Self-will surrendered, enter thou
The hallowed dwelling-place of Soul,
The Father's house where thou art now the child of God,
Beloved and whole.
Words by Edgar Newgass
Music by G. O'Connor-Morris
Published by Carl Fischer LLC
Used by permission. All Rights Reserved.
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Psalms 62:1
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
Responsive Reading:
Isaiah 45:5 (to 1st :); 42:1 (to 2nd ;)
Psalms 119:65, 68, 77, 81, 88 (to ;), 94, 129, 140, 165 (to :), 167, 169, 171, 173, 174
Isa. 45:5 I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me:
42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth;
Ps. 119:65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word.
68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness;
94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
165 Great peace have they which love thy law:
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
169 Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.
171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.
The Bible Lesson-Sermon, the Explanatory Note, Golden Text and Responsive Reading are from the Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson, a publication copyrighted by the Christian Science Publishing Society.
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Récit de Chromhorne by François Couperin
Hymn 64
Violet Hay, words
George Dyson, music
From sense to Soul my pathway lies before me,
From mist and shadow into Truth’s clear day;
The dawn of all things real is breaking o’er me,
My heart is singing: I have found the way.
I reach Mind’s open door, and at its portal
I know that where I stand is holy ground;
I feel the calm and joy of things immortal,
The loveliness of Love is all around.
The way leads upward and its goal draws nearer,
Thought soars enraptured, fetterless and free;
The vision infinite to me grows clearer,
I touch the fringes of eternity.
Scientific Statement of Being
From Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p.468, line 8
Correlative Scripture
I John 3:1-3
Benediction
Psalms 3:8
Postlude
Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161 by Dietrich Buxtehude
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