Theme: Arise
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.
Readings from the Bible.
Isaiah 60:1‑5,18‑20
Arise, shine; for thy light
is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the
earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and
his glory shall be seen upon thee. And
the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy
rising. Lift up thine eyes round about,
and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall
come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and
thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall
be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
Violence shall no more be
heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt
call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall
the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting
light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun
shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord
shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Matthew 9:2‑8 behold
behold, they brought to him a man sick of the
palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the
palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. And, behold, certain of the scribes said
within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your
hearts? For whether is easier, to say,
Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath
power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,)
Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. And he arose, and departed to his house. But when the multitudes saw it, they
marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
Matthew 17:1‑8
And after six days Jesus
taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high
mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the
sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with
him. Then answered Peter, and said unto
Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three
tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud
overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. And when the disciples heard it, they fell on
their face, and were sore afraid. And
Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. And when they had lifted up their eyes, they
saw no man, save Jesus only.
Mark 5:35‑42
While he yet spake, there
came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter
is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further? As soon as Jesus heard the word that was
spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only
believe. And he suffered no man to
follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. And he cometh to the house of the ruler of
the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed
greatly. And when he was come in, he
saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but
sleepeth. And they laughed him to
scorn. But when he had put them all out,
he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him,
and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi;
which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. And straightway the damsel arose, and walked;
for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great
astonishment.
Luke 17:11‑19
#And it came to pass, as he
went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and
Galilee. And as he entered into a
certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on
us. And when he saw them, he said unto
them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they
went, they were cleansed. And one of
them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice
glorified God, And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he
was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering
said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give
glory to God, save this stranger. And he
said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
Acts 9:1‑18 Saul
Saul, yet breathing out
threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the
high priest, And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if
he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them
bound unto Jerusalem. And as he
journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a
light from heaven: And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him,
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And
he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the
Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick
against the pricks. And he trembling and
astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto
him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. And the men which journeyed with him stood
speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no
man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. And he was three days without sight, and
neither did eat nor drink. #And there
was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in
a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go
into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for
one called Saul of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, And hath seen in a vision a
man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive
his sight. Then Ananias answered, Lord,
I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at
Jerusalem: And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that
call on thy name. But the Lord said unto
him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the
Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: For I will shew him how great
things he must suffer for my name's sake.
And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his
hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee
in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight,
and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell from his eyes as
it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was
baptized.
Ephesians 5:6‑14
Let no man deceive you with
vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the
children of disobedience. Be not ye
therefore partakers with them. For ye were
sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of
light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and
truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful
works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them
in secret. But all things that are
reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is
light. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou
that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
II Peter 1:19
We have also a more sure word
of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that
shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your
hearts:
Readings from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
vii:1
To those leaning on the sustaining infinite,
to‑day is big with blessings. The
wakeful shepherd beholds the first faint morning beams, ere cometh the full
radiance of a risen day. So shone the
pale star to the prophet‑shepherds; yet it traversed the night, and came where,
in cradled obscurity, lay the Bethlehem babe, the human herald of Christ,
Truth, who would make plain to benighted understanding the way of salvation
through Christ Jesus, till across a night of error should dawn the morning
beams and shine the guiding star of being.
The Wisemen were led to behold and to follow this daystar of divine
Science, lighting the way to eternal harmony.
123:11
The verity of Mind shows conclusively how it
is that matter seems to be, but is not.
Divine Science, rising above physical theories, excludes matter,
resolves ^things^ into ^thoughts^, and replaces the objects of material sense
with spiritual ideas.
S&H 238:22‑10
Attempts to conciliate society and so gain
dominion over mankind, arise from worldly weakness. He who leaves all for Christ forsakes
popularity and gains Christianity.
Society is a foolish juror, listening only to
one side of the case. Justice often
comes too late to secure a verdict. People
with mental work before them have no time for gossip about false law or
testimony. To reconstruct timid justice
and place the fact above the falsehood, is the work of time.
The cross is the central emblem of
history. It is the lodestar in the
demonstration of Christian healing,‑‑the demonstration by which sin and
sickness are destroyed. The sects, which
endured the lash of their predecessors, in their turn lay it upon those who are
in advance of creeds.
Take away wealth, fame, and social organizations,
which weigh not one jot in the balance of God, and we get clearer views of
Principle. Break up cliques, level
wealth with honesty, let worth be judged according to wisdom, and we get better
views of humanity.
258:9‑18
Man is more than a material form with a mind
inside, which must escape from its environments in order to be immortal. Man reflects infinity, and this reflection is
the true idea of God.
God expresses in man the infinite idea
forever developing itself, broadening and rising higher and higher from a
boundless basis. Mind manifests all that
exists in the infinitude of Truth. We
know no more of man as the true divine image and likeness, than we know of
God.
268:1
In the material world, thought has brought to
light with great rapidity many useful wonders.
With like activity have thought's swift pinions been rising towards the
realm of the real, to the spiritual cause of those lower things which give
impulse to inquiry. Belief in a material
basis, from which may be deduced all rationality, is slowly yielding to the
idea of a metaphysical basis, looking away from matter to Mind as the cause of
every effect. Materialistic hypotheses
challenge metaphysics to meet in final combat.
In this revolutionary period, like the shepherd‑boy with his sling,
woman goes forth to battle with Goliath.
384:30
Sickness, sin, and death must at length quail
before the divine rights of intelligence, and then the power of Mind over the
entire functions and organs of the human system will be acknowledged. It is proverbial that Florence Nightingale
and other philanthropists engaged in humane labors have been able to undergo
without sinking fatigues and exposures which ordinary people could not
endure. The explanation lies in the
support which they derived from the divine law, rising above the human. The spiritual demand, quelling the material,
supplies energy and endurance surpassing all other aids, and forestalls the
penalty which our beliefs would attach to our best deeds. Let us remember that the eternal law of
right, though it can never annul the law which makes sin its own executioner,
exempts man from all penalties but those due for wrong‑doing.
397:8‑15 np
Suffering is no less a mental condition than
is enjoyment. You cause bodily
sufferings and increase them by admitting their reality and continuance, as
directly as you enhance your joys by be‑lieving them to be real and
continuous. When an accident happens,
you think or exclaim, "I am hurt!" Your thought is more powerful than
your words, more powerful than the accident itself, to make the injury
real.
Now reverse the process. Declare that you are not hurt and understand
the reason why, and you will find the ensuing good effects to be in exact
proportion to your disbelief in physics, and your fidelity to divine
metaphysics, confidence in God as All, which the Scriptures declare Him to
be.
To heal the sick, one must be familiar with
the great verities of being. Mortals are
no more material in their waking hours than when they act, walk, see, hear,
enjoy, or suffer in dreams. We can never
treat mortal mind and matter separately, because they combine as one. Give up the belief that mind is, even
temporarily, compressed within the skull, and you will quickly become more
manly or womanly. You will understand
yourself and your Maker better than before.
Sometimes Jesus called a disease by name, as
when he said to the epileptic boy, "Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge
thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him." It is added that "the spirit [error]
cried, and rent him sore and came out of him, and he was as one dead,"‑‑clear
evidence that the malady was not material.
These instances show the concessions which Jesus was willing to make to
the popular ignorance of spiritual Life‑laws.
Often he gave no name to the distemper he cured. To the synagogue ruler's daughter, whom they
called dead but of whom he said, "she is not dead, but sleepeth," he
simply said, "Damsel, I say unto thee, arise!" To the sufferer with the withered hand he
said, "Stretch forth thine hand," and it "was restored whole,
like as the other."
420:28‑18 (to 2nd .)
If it becomes necessary to startle mortal
mind to break its dream of suffering, vehemently tell your patient that he must
awake. Turn his gaze from the false
evidence of the senses to the harmonious facts of Soul and immortal being. Tell him that he suffers only as the insane
suffer, from false beliefs. The only
difference is, that insanity implies belief in a diseased brain, while physical
ailments (so‑called) arise from the belief that other portions of the body are
deranged. Derangement, or disarrangement, is a word which conveys
the true definition of all human belief in ill‑health, or disturbed
harmony. Should you thus startle mortal
mind in order to remove its beliefs, afterwards make known to the patient your
motive for this shock, showing him that it was to facilitate recovery.
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.
508:28
The third stage in the order of Christian
Science is an important one to the human thought, letting in the light of
spiritual understanding. This period
corresponds to the resurrection, when Spirit is discerned to be the Life of
all, and the deathless Life, or Mind, dependent upon no material
organization. Our Master reappeared to
his students,‑‑to their apprehension he rose from the grave,‑‑on the third day
of his ascending thought, and so presented to them the certain sense of eternal
Life.
511:23
To mortal mind, the universe is liquid,
solid, and aeriform. Spiritually
interpreted, rocks and mountains stand for solid and grand ideas. Animals and mortals metaphorically present
the gradation of mortal thought, rising in the scale of intelligence, taking
form in masculine, feminine, or neuter gender.
The fowls, which fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven,
correspond to aspirations soaring beyond and above corporeality to the
understanding of the incorporeal and divine Principle, Love.
Silent prayer followed by the audible repetition of the Lord’s Prayer.
Hymn161
Satisfied – Mary Baker Eddy
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.
Sharing of experiences, testimonies and remarks by members of the congragation.
Hymn 5
Irving C. Tomlinson
A voice from heaven we have heard,
The call to rise from earth;
Put armor on, the sword now gird,
And for the fight go forth.
The foe in ambush claims our prize,
Then heed high heaven's call.
Obey the voice of Truth, arise,
And let not fear enthrall.
The cause requires unswerving might:
With God alone agree.
Then have no other aim than right;
End bondage, O be free.
Depart from sin, awake to love:
Your mission is to heal.
Then all of Truth you must approve,
And only know the real.
