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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, January 19, 2025
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Mimi Oka, First Reader
Don Wallingford, Second Reader
Subject: LIFE
Prelude:
Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber (arr. William Strickland)
Hymn 533
Pauline T., adapt., alt., words
Robert Lowry; harm. Robert Rockabrand, music
My life flows on in endless song
Above earth’s lamentation;
I hear the sweet though far-off hymn
That hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear the music ringing;
It finds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing?
What though my human comforts die,
The Lord my Savior liveth;
What though the darkness gather round,
Songs in the night God giveth.
No storm can shake my inmost calm
While to that Rock I’m clinging;
Since Love is God of heaven and earth,
How can I keep from singing?
I lift mine eyes, the cloud grows thin;
I see the blue above it.
And day by day this pathway smooths
Since first I learned to love it.
The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
A fountain ever springing;
All things are mine since I am God’s.
How can I keep from singing?
Words adaptation and Music harmonization © 2008 The Christian Science Board of Directors.
Scriptural Selection
Luke 19:1–10 Jesus
Eph. 2:4–8 God
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 464
W. Brian Cork, words
W. Brian Cork; arr. CSPS, music
Dear Master, may I follow thee
With holy, deep sincerity,
Forming each thought to Christly mold,
Feeling your peace my heart enfold.
Lead me to worship God aright,
In truth, in spirit, seek the light;
Loving pure good with heart and soul,
Loving each neighbor, perfect, whole.
May I perceive all being one,
Perfect Father, perfect son;
Let me hold fast this heavenly view,
Finding each day my life made new.
May I see mortal self dissolve,
Take up the cross with firm resolve,
Seeking the victor’s crown each day,
Humble and loving all the way.
Words and Music © 2017 The Christian Science Board of Directors.
Notices
Solo
Josh Henn, Soloist of The Mother Church
Unto a Perfect Man
I therefore beseech you,
that ye walk worthy of the vocation,
wherewith ye are called.
But unto every one of us is given grace
according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Till we all come in the unity of the faith,
And of the knowledge of the Son of God,
Unto a perfect man.
That we henceforth be no more children,
tossed to and fro,
and carried about with every wind of doctrine,
by the sleight of men,
Whereby they lie in wait to deceive.
Put off the old man,
put on the new man,
which after God is created in righteousness.
Put off the old man,
put on the new man,
which after God is created in true holiness.
Wherefore he saith,
Awake thou that sleepest.
And arise from the dead,
And Christ shall give thee light.
Put off the old man,
put on the new man,
which after God is created in righteousness.
Put off the old man,
put on the new man,
which after God is created in true holiness.
Till we all come in the unity of the faith,
Unto a perfect man.
Words from Ephesians 4 and 5
Music by Robert Collister
© 2008 Whispering Chimes Music
Courtesy of Watchfire Music, all rights reserved
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
II Corinthians 5:17 behold
. . . behold, all things are become new.
Responsive Reading:
Psalms 96:1, 2, 6, 9 (to :); 34:3, 8, 12, 17, 22; 36:7–9 (to :)
96:1 O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness:
34:3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
8 O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
36:7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
9 For with thee is the fountain of life:
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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God's Time Is the Best (Sinfonia to Cantata No.106) by Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. E. Power Biggs)
Hymn 329
Frederic W. Root, words
Joseph Barnby, music
The heavens declare the glory
Of Him who made all things;
Each day repeats the story,
Each night its tribute brings.
To earth’s remotest border
His mighty power is known;
In beauty, grandeur, order,
His handiwork is shown.
His law man’s pathway brightens,
His judgments all are pure,
His Word the thought enlightens,
And ever shall endure.
To heed His testimony,
And Wisdom’s way to hold,
Is sweeter far than honey,
And better far than gold.
In daily contemplation
Of Thee, I take delight;
O, let my meditation
Lay hold of Thee aright.
O, aid me in suppression
Of idle thought or word;
O, keep me from transgression,
Redeemer, strength, and Lord.
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:
Isa. 12:3–5 with
Postlude
Pièce d'orgue (Fantasia in G Major ) BWV 572 by J.S. Bach
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