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, May 2, 2021
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Moji George, First Reader
Josh Niles, Second Reader
Subject: EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT
Prelude
Bryan Ashley, Organist
Adagio (from Sonata I) by Felix Mendelssohn
Lied (from 24 Pieces in Free Style) by Louis Vierne
Hymn 30
Mary Baker Eddy, words
Walter E. Young, music
“Love”
Brood o'er us with Thy shelt'ring wing,
'Neath which our spirits blend
Like brother birds, that soar and sing,
And on the same branch bend.
The arrow that doth wound the dove
Darts not from those who watch and love.
If thou the bending reed wouldst break
By thought or word unkind,
Pray that his spirit you partake,
Who loved and healed mankind:
Seek holy thoughts and heavenly strain,
That make men one in love remain.
Learn, too, that wisdom's rod is given
For faith to kiss, and know;
That greetings glorious from high heaven,
Whence joys supernal flow,
Come from that Love, divinely near,
Which chastens pride and earth-born fear,
Through God, who gave that word of might
Which swelled creation's lay:
"Let there be light, and there was light."
What chased the clouds away?
'Twas Love whose finger traced aloud
A bow of promise on the cloud.
Thou to whose power our hope we give,
Free us from human strife.
Fed by Thy love divine we live,
For Love alone is Life;
And life most sweet, as heart to heart
Speaks kindly when we meet and part.
Scriptural Selection
Luke 8:40 when (to :)
Luke 5:29–32
Luke 15:3–6, 10
Isaiah 54:8 with
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 420
Robert Ellis Key, words
C. B. Rich, music
So brightly burns Love's holy glow,
So constant shines its light,
That none can claim he doth not know
The pathway through the night,
For see, 'tis lit by Love divine
To trace for us His wise design.
The lambs who wander by the way,
He taketh in His arm;
For in the darkness they did stray
Unconscious of their harm:
So cometh He to all who roam,
To lead them safely, surely home.
To God then praises let us sing
With glad and willing mind
For all the gifts His hand doth bring
To us and all mankind:
Forever doth His gift of love
Pour warmth and radiance from above.
Notices
Solo
Josh Henn, Soloist for The Mother Church
New Fallen Snow, Unfallen Man
Arlene Pourroy, words
Ross D. Harrington, music
Create a pure heart in me, O God.
Wash me and I shall be cleaner than snow,
Wash me and I shall be cleaner than snow,
Cleaner than new-fallen snow,
Cleaner than new-fallen snow,
Unfallen man, unfallen man.
The Pharisee he had great things to do in life,
A little time he spared; a ritual place he shared with Christ.
The magdalen —
She brought her life to Christ —
A gift of prayer —
Its promised purity:
Thy sins are all forgiven thee.
The Christ is here to heal and show the truth to willing hearts,
To prove God’s Word:
Ye shall my sons and daughters be.
Wash me and I shall be cleaner than snow,
Wash me and I shall be cleaner than snow,
Cleaner than new-fallen snow,
Cleaner than new-fallen snow,
Unfallen man, unfallen man.
Music and words © 1990 Harrington, Pourroy
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Isaiah 51:11 the
. . . the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Responsive Reading:
Titus 2:11 the, 12; 3:3–7
Hebrews 12:9–13
11 . . . the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
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.
Bible Lesson-sermon
From the Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson
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Hymn 335
Samuel F. Smith, words
George J. Webb, music
The morning light is breaking,
The darkness disappears;
The sons of earth are waking
To penitential tears.
Each breeze that sweeps the ocean
Brings tidings from afar,
Of nations in commotion,
Prepared for Zion's war.
Blest river of salvation,
Pursue thine onward way;
Flow thou to every nation,
Nor in thy richness stay:
Stay not till all the lowly
Triumphant reach their home:
Stay not till all the holy
Proclaim, The Lord is come.
Scientific Statement of Being
From Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p.468, line 8
Correlative Scripture
Benediction
Isaiah 45:17 Israel (to :)
Postlude
Now Thank We All Our God by Sigfrid Karg-Elert
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