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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, April 14, 2024
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Don Wallingford, Guest First Reader
Cynthia Clague, Guest Second Reader
Subject: ARE SIN, DISEASE, AND DEATH REAL?
Prelude
Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
Meditation (from 24 Pieces in Free Style) by Louis Vierne
Sleepers Awake! A Voice is Calling, BWV 645 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Hymn 99
Ninety-first Psalm I adapted from Tate and Brady, words
John E. Gould, arr. by W. E. Young, music
He that hath God his guardian made,
Shall underneath th’ Almighty’s shade
Fearless and undisturbed abide;
Thus to myself of Him I’ll say,
He is my fortress, shield and stay,
My God; in Him I will confide.
His tender love and watchful care
Shall free thee from the fowler’s snare,
From every harm and pestilence.
He over thee His wings shall spread
To cover thy unguarded head.
His truth shall be thy strong defense.
He gives His angels charge o’er thee,
No evil therefore shalt thou see;
Thy refuge shall be God most high;
Dwelling within His secret place,
Thou shalt behold His power and grace,
See His salvation ever nigh.
Scriptural Selection
Matt 22:1-10
Rom 5:1-5
Rom 8:12-15, 28
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 539
Mary Baker Eddy, words
Lisa Redfern; arr. CSPS, music
O gentle presence, peace and joy and power;
O Life divine, that owns each waiting hour,
Thou Love that guards the nestling’s faltering flight!
Keep Thou my child on upward wing tonight.
Love is our refuge; only with mine eye
Can I behold the snare, the pit, the fall:
His habitation high is here, and nigh,
His arm encircles me, and mine, and all.
O make me glad for every scalding tear,
For hope deferred, ingratitude, disdain!
Wait, and love more for every hate, and fear
No ill,—since God is good, and loss is gain.
Beneath the shadow of His mighty wing;
In that sweet secret of the narrow way,
Seeking and finding, with the angels sing:
“Lo, I am with you alway,”—watch and pray.
No snare, no fowler, pestilence or pain;
No night drops down upon the troubled breast,
When heaven’s aftersmile earth’s tear-drops gain,
And mother finds her home and heav’nly rest.
Music © 2010 The Christian Science Board of Directors. Music arrangement © 2017 The Christian Science Board of Directors.
Notices
Solo
Christa Seid-Graham, Guest Soloist
Sweet Peace
Music and Lyrics by Rebecca Minor
I wake up to a new day,
Right then I face a choice:
To let my heart be troubled,
Or listen for your voice.
Darkness and confusion may extend a beckoning hand,
But you have left this precious gift so I would understand
That sweet peace is mine.
What you teach I ponder
And deeply search within.
You help me see the falsehood
Of sickness, death and sin.
What this world can offer cannot possibly compare
With life in spirit you’ve designed, this joyful journey where
Sweet peace is mine.
Fear, you’ll try to win me back.
You’ll boast of pain, you’ll tempt with lack.
But there is nothing you can do
To make a lie true.
Send me trouble, give me grief;
You’ll only strengthen my belief.
Nothing in this masquerade
Can make my heart afraid.
For sweet peace is mine.
In your love I find my sweet peace of mind.
Sweet peace is mine.
© Copyright Rebecca Minor 2010
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Exodus 14:13 Fear (to :)
. . . Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to-day:
Responsive Reading:
Psalms 91:1–4, 11 he, 12; 103:2–6, 17 the, 21 (to ;)
91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
11 . . . he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
103:2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
17 . . . the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts;
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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Andante in E flat major by Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck
Hymn 342
Laura Lee Randall, words
F. Mendelssohn, arr. by E. J. Hopkins, music
This is the day the Lord hath made;
Be glad, give thanks, rejoice;
Stand in His presence, unafraid,
In praise lift up your voice.
All perfect gifts are from above,
And all our blessings show
The amplitude of God’s dear love
Which every heart may know.
The Lord will hear before we call,
And every need supply;
Good things are freely given to all
Who on His word rely.
We come today to bring Him praise
Not for such gifts alone,
But for the higher, deeper ways
In which His love is shown.
For sin destroyed, for sorrow healed,
For health and peace restored;
For Life and Love by Truth revealed,
We thank and bless the Lord.
This is the day the Lord hath made,
In praise lift up your voice.
In shining robes of joy arrayed,
Be glad, give thanks, rejoice.
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
Psalm 67:1,2
Postlude
Trumpet Voluntary in D Major by John Stanley (arr. Henry Coleman)
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