Service for Sunday, June 13, 2010

Subject: God the Preserver of Man

Hymn 33

James Montgomery

Call the Lord thy sure salvation,

Rest beneath th' Almighty's shade;

In His secret habitation

Dwell, nor ever be dismayed.

He shall charge His angel legions

Watch and ward o'er thee to keep,

Though thou walk through hostile regions,

Though in desert wilds thou sleep.

There no tumult can alarm thee,

Thou shalt dread no hidden snare;

Guile nor violence shall harm thee

In eternal safeguard there.

The scriptural selection is from Psalms.

Psalms 51:1,2,6‑13,14‑17 O

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Silent prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord’s prayer, with its spiritual interpretation as given in the Christian Science textbook.

Our Father which art in heaven,

Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious,

Hallowed be Thy name.

Adorable One.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy kingdom is come; Thou art ever-present.

Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Enable us to know – as in heaven, so on earth

God is omnipotent, supreme.

Give us this day our daily bread;

Give us grace for today; feed the famished affections;

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

And Love is reflected in love;

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;

And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth us from sin, disease, and death.

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.

For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love, over all, and All.

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Hymn 120

Benjamin Gough*

How beauteous on the mountains

The feet of him that brings,

Like streams from living fountains,

Good tidings of good things;

That publishes salvation;

From error gives release

To every tribe and nation:

God's reign of joy and peace.

Break forth in hymns of gladness,

O waste Jerusalem;

Let songs instead of sadness,

Thy jubilee proclaim;

The Lord, in strength victorious,

Upon thy foes has trod;

Behold, O earth, the glorious

Salvation of our God.

Solo: “Powerful Guardian”

The lesson-sermon from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, read by the First and Second Readers.

The content of the Lesson Sermon may be found in the Christian Science Quarterly. You may also read the Lesson-Sermon for this week online by clicking here.

Hymn 276

Charles Wesley – Adapted

Peace be to this congregation;

Peace to every heart therein;

Peace, the earnest of salvation;

Peace, the fruit of conquered sin;

Peace, that speaks the heavenly Giver;

Peace, to worldly minds unknown;

Peace, that floweth as a river

From th' eternal source alone.

O Thou God of peace, be near us,

Fix within our hearts Thy home;

With Thy bright appearing cheer us,

In Thy blessed freedom come.

Come with all Thy revelations,

Truth which we so long have sought;

Come with Thy deep consolations,

Peace of God which passeth thought.

"The Scientific Statement of Being" (S&H p. 468} and the correlative scripture according to I John 3:1-3.

There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual.

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.468

1John.3

[1] Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

[2] Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

[3] And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Benediction

Psalms 85:7

Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.