Subject: God the Only Cause
and Creator
Hymn 7
Bertha H. Woods – Based on hymn by H. F. Lyte
Abide with me; fast breaks the morning light;
Our daystar rises, banishing all night;
Thou art our strength, O Truth that maketh
free,
We would unfailingly abide in Thee.
I know no fear, with Thee at hand to bless,
Sin hath no power and life no wretchedness;
Health, hope and love in all around I see
For those who trustingly abide in Thee.
I know Thy presence every passing hour,
I know Thy peace, for Thou alone art power;
O Love divine, abiding constantly,
I need not plead, Thou dost abide with me.
The scriptural selections are from Psalms.
Psalms 29:1‑11
Give unto the Lord, O ye
mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength.
Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the
beauty of holiness. The voice of the
Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many
waters. The voice of the Lord is
powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars;
yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young
unicorn. The voice of the Lord divideth
the flames of fire. The voice of the
Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to
calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of
his glory. The Lord sitteth upon the
flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.
The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his
people with peace.
Psalms 67:1 (to 2nd ;),2
God be merciful unto us, and
bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us;
That thy way may be known
upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
Silent prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord’s prayer, with its spiritual interpretation as given in the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy
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.
Solo: “Eye Hath Not
Seen”
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Hymn 412
Rosa M. Turner
O dreamer, leave thy dreams for joyful waking,
O captive, rise and sing, for thou art free;
The Christ is here, all dreams of error
breaking,
Unloosing bonds of all captivity.
He comes to bless thee on his wings of
healing;
To banish pain, and wipe all tears away;
He comes anew, to humble hearts revealing
The mounting footsteps of the upward way.
He comes to give thee joy for desolation,
Beauty for ashes of the vanished years;
For every tear to bring full compensation,
To give thee confidence for all thy fears.
He comes to call the dumb to joyful singing;
The deaf to hear; the blinded eyes to see;
The glorious tidings of salvation bringing.
O captive, rise, thy Saviour comes to thee.
Hymn 137
Annie S. Hawks*
I need Thee every hour,
Most gracious Lord;
No tender voice like Thine
Can peace afford.
Refrain
I need Thee, O, I need Thee;
Every hour I need Thee;
O bless me now, my Saviour,
I come to Thee.
I need Thee every hour;
Stay Thou near by;
Temptations lose their power
When Thou art nigh.
[Refrain]
I need Thee every hour;
Teach me Thy will;
And Thy rich promise, Lord,
In me fulfill.
[Refrain]
"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 67:7
God shall bless us; and all
the ends of the earth shall fear him.
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