Theme: “Whole”
Readings from the Bible
Psalms 111:1-8
Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever. He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion. He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant. He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
#Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Isaiah 14:24,26,27
#The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched
out upon all the nations. For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Jeremiah 24:5-7
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are
carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans
for their good. For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this
land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them
up. And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people,
and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
Jeremiah 32:37-41
Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in
my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to
dwell safely: And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: And I will give them one
heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children
after them: And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from
them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with
my whole heart and with my whole soul.
Matthew 6:19-33
#Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither
moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your
treasure is, there will your heart be also. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be
single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full
of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! #No
man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew 9:10-12
#And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his
disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard that, he
said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Matthew 15:22-28 behold
behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he
answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for
she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house
of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said,
It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet
the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Then Jesus answered and said
unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was
made whole from that very hour.
Mark 10:46-52
And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus,sat by the highway side begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee. And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
Luke 11:33-36
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on
a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye:
therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil,
thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not
darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full
of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
John 5:2-14 (to :)
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue
Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt,
withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into
the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in
was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was there, which had an
infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long
time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man answered him,
Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming,
another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And
immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day
was the sabbath. #The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not
lawful for thee to carry thy bed. He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto
me, Take up thy bed, and walk. Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee,
Take up thy bed, and walk? And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed
himself away, a multitude being in that place. Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and
said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole:
I Thessalonians 5:23
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and
body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 3:14-21
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole
family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his
glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in yourhearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ,
which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto him that
is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that
worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Readings from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
14:25
Entirely separate from the belief and dream of material living, is the Life divine, revealing
spiritual understanding and the consciousness of man's dominion over the whole earth. This
understanding casts out error and heals the sick, and with it you can speak "as one having
authority."
79:7
A scientific mental method is more sanitary than the use of drugs, and such a mental method
produces permanent health. Science must go over the whole ground, and dig up every seed of
error's sowing. Spiritualism relies upon human beliefs and hypotheses. Christian Science
removes these beliefs and hypotheses through the higher understanding of God, for Christian
Science, resting on divine Principle, not on material personalities, in its revelation of
immortality, introduces the harmony of being.
142:4
Anciently the followers of Christ, or Truth, measured Christianity by its power over sickness,
sin, and death; but modern religions generally omit all but one of these powers,--the power over
sin. We must seek the undivided garment, the whole Christ, as our first proof of Christianity, for
Christ, Truth, alone can furnish us with absolute evidence.
191:4-15
As mortals give up the delusion that there is more than one Mind, more than one God, man in
God's likeness will appear, and this eternal man will include in that likeness no material element.
As a material, theoretical life-basis is found to be a misapprehension of existence, the spiritual
and divine Principle of man dawns upon human thought, and leads it to "where the young child
was," --even to the birth of a new-old idea, to the spiritual sense of being and of what Life
includes. Thus the whole earth will be transformed by Truth on its pinions of light, chasing away
the darkness of error.
219:6-22
In mathematics, we do not multiply when we should subtract, and then say the product is
correct. No more can we say in Science that muscles give strength, that nerves give pain or
pleasure, or that matter governs, and then expect that the result will be harmony. Not muscles,
nerves, nor bones, but mortal mind makes the whole body "sick, and the whole heart faint;"
whereas divine Mind heals.
When this is understood, we shall never affirm concerning the body what we do not wish to
have manifested. We shall not call the body weak, if we would have it strong; for the belief in
feebleness must obtain in the human mind before it can be made manifest on the body, and the
destruction of the belief will be the removal of its effects. Science includes no rule of discord,
but governs harmoniously. "The wish," says the poet, "is ever father to the thought."
326:3
If we wish to follow Christ, Truth, it must be in the way of God's appointing. Jesus said, "He
that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also." He, who would reach the source and
find the divine remedy for every ill, must not try to climb the hill of Science by some other road.
All nature teaches God's love to man, but man cannot love God supremely and set his whole
affections on spiritual things, while loving the material or trusting in it more than in the spiritual.
340:4
This text in the book of Ecclesiastes conveys the Christian Science thought, especially when the
word duty, which is not in the original, is omitted: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole
matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." In other
words: Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: love God and keep His commandments:
for this is the whole of man in His image and likeness. Divine Love is infinite. Therefore all that
really exists is in and of God, and manifests His love.
369:30
No man is physically healed in wilful error or by it, any more than he is morally saved in or by
sin. It is error even to murmur or to be angry over sin. To be every whit whole, man must be
better spiritually as well as physically. To be immortal, we must forsake the mortal sense of
things, turn from the lie of false belief to Truth, and gather the facts of being from the divine
Mind. The body improves under the same regimen which spiritualizes the thought; and if health
is not made manifest under this regimen, this proves that fear is governing the body. This is the
law of cause and effect, or like producing like.
390:27
"Agree to disagree" with approaching symptoms of chronic or acute disease, whether it is
cancer, consumption, or smallpox. Meet the incipient stages of disease with as powerful mental
opposition as a legislator would employ to defeat the passage of an inhuman law. Rise in the
conscious strength of the spirit of Truth to overthrow the plea of mortal mind, ^alias^ matter,
arrayed against the supremacy of Spirit. Blot out the images of mortal thought and its beliefs in
sickness and sin. Then, when thou art delivered to the judgment of Truth, Christ, the judge will
say, "Thou art whole!"
421:11-18 (to 2nd .)
If a crisis occurs in your treatment, you must treat the patient less for the disease and more for
the mental disturbance or fermentation, and subdue the symptoms by removing the belief that
this chemicalization produces pain or disease. Insist vehemently on the great fact which covers
the whole ground, that God, Spirit, is all, and that there is none beside Him. There is ^no
disease^.
469:25
We lose the high signification of omnipotence, when after admitting that God, or good, is
omnipresent and has all-power, we still believe there is another power, named ^evil^. This belief
that there is more than one mind is as pernicious to divine theology as are ancient mythology and
pagan idolatry. With one Father, even God, the whole family of man would be brethren; and
with one Mind and that God, or good, the brotherhood of man would consist of Love and Truth,
and have unity of Principle and spiritual power which constitute divine Science. The supposed
existence of more than one mind was the basic error of idolatry. This error assumed the loss of
spiritual power, the loss of the spiritual presence of Life as infinite Truth without an unlikeness,
and the loss of Love as ever present and universal.
465:8-14
Question.--What is God?
Answer.--God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life,
Truth, Love.
Question.--Are these terms synonymous?
Answer.--They are. They refer to one absolute God. They are also intended to express the
nature, essence, and wholeness of Deity.
Hymn 12
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 speech,
And prove to all with following sign
The Word of God is power divine.
In love and healing ministry
Show forth the Truth that makes men free.
O Father-Mother God, whose plan
Hath given dominion unto man,
In Thine own image we may see
Man pure and upright, whole and free.
And ever through our work shall shine
That light whose glory, Lord, is Thine.
Hymn 153
Luke I:46 – Maria Louise Baum
In Thee, my God and Saviour,
Forevermore the same,
My spirit hath rejoicing,
For holy is Thy name.
My soul doth magnify the Lord,
Sing all in glad accord!
Praise Him who lifts the lowly,
For faithful is His word.
I magnify and bless Thee,
For faithful is Thy word.
Thou who alone art mighty
Hast done to me great things,
Remembrance of Thy mercy
Sure help to Israel brings.
Thy power, O Lord, will I extol,
Who hast redeemed my soul;
I praise Thee, Lord, with gladness,
For Thou hast made me whole.
I magnify and bless Thee,
For Thou hast made me whole.
Hymn 374
John Randall Dunn
We thank Thee and we bless Thee,
O Father of us all,
That e'en before we ask Thee
Thou hear'st Thy children's call.
We praise Thee for Thy goodness
And tender, constant care,
We thank Thee, Father-Mother,
That Thou hast heard our prayer.
We thank Thee and we bless Thee,
O Lord of all above,
That now Thy children know Thee
As everlasting Love.
And Love is not the author
Of discord, pain and fear;
O Love divine, we thank Thee
That good alone is here.
We thank Thee, Father-Mother,
For blessings, light and grace
Which bid mankind to waken
And see Thee face to face.
We thank Thee, when in anguish
We turn from sense to Soul,
That we may hear Thee calling:
Rejoice, for thou art whole.
